Eris got her first COIVD-19 vaccine on Monday.

Your Local Epidemiologist had an interesting post about rubella, as a case-study of a disease that's been suppressed through widespread vaccination for the sake of a particularly vulnerable group (pregnant women), even though it's mild for most (less severe than COVID-19).

The lack of quiet leisure has ( Read more... )

This week at work: All Flights Summit, a team event for everyone on the broader Flights team. Unfortunately, this lacked one key element of an offsite for those of us in Cambridge, but it was cool to see more of our Mountain View and Zurich colleagues in person, and maybe we'll get a farther-away offsite next time. Still had a lot of interesting ( Read more... )

I really liked the sci-fi/horror short-story comic Apothecia, and now that it's finished, I can point to the whole thing.

Anime: Japanator's top 50 for the decade. An interesting selection. I've watched all of 22 of those and touched on 6 more.

Clothes: Ties! Also, the other kind of ties! umbrellas! Blue shoes! Double monks!

It occurs to me that I've gone from two pairs of shoes (running shoes, black oxford dress shoes; three if you include beach sandals) to ( Read more... )

Two weekends ago: Dinner at Journeyman (fantastic) with DJ and Zach (sp?) (DJ's friend), BarCamp Boston (I did go to the second day after all).

One weekend ago: Saw The Dark Crystal (there are many good thing about this movie, but that doesn't change the fact that it's overall pretty terrible) and Labyrinth (awesome) at the Brattle Theater. ( Read more... )

The past week has been pretty good. Bouldering (still stuck mostly at v0+), dancing (Squares!), crazy-hard endurance circuits. Electric Six concert last Thursday, and have a date this Thursday with Jess, who I met at the concert. Went to the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo on Saturday (local opening band Mighty Tiny also worth a listen), ( Read more... )

Back home after a rather fantastic NYC trip.

Saturday: MoCCA Fest was awesome, Topatoco had a booth, so I got to meet some of my favorite webcomic artists, got a book signed by Ryan North and an original sketch by Jeph Jacques, bought the first anthology of The Fakeheads (Emmett's group) and a few other cool things. Afterwards, wandered around ( Read more... )

(Home sick today, and consequently awake now because I was asleep most of the day. Will try to sleep again in a bit, but first, some links.)

Amazon vs. Macmillan: Last week, Amazon briefly stopped stocking Macmillan books when the publisher demanded the ability to set the retail price on their ebooks. Previously, Amazon paid Macmillan a fixed ( Read more... )

Saturday, got a new exercise routine at FT, then spent some time with Ames. Also started playing Persona 4, which is a nifty game once you get past the slow start (and addictive, which has meant quite a few late nights for me since).

Went to the healthcare reform rally on Monday and marched with SEIU and others. After, rewatched The Girl Who ( Read more... )

Pi-Con was good and relaxed as usual. There were a few hiccups with the new hotel, but the beds were comfortable, the rooms were huge, and although the convention space was mostly off of narrow hallways, which made it seem a bit confined, the actual function rooms were quite good. I played a few games, went to a few panels, heard Rob Balder (who ( Read more... )