I finally got my hands on the video of me riding the insect car we built last summer.

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So I've been messing around with composing midi stuff.

Here is my first effort: Two-part tune in D Major. I can't tell if it's any good since I've been staring at it too much already. Any criticism or suggestions (for a better title perhaps?) would be appreciated.

Here are some reviews of books I've read recently.

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I had put up some pictures of my new facial hair coloration on flickr, and I noticed that one of the pictures has been marked as a favorite by this guy, BeardFanAccording to his profile, "I hire men to grow their beards/goatees/mustaches and take photos of the growth. Send me a message if your interested ( Read more... )

So a kid was murdered about two blocks from my apartment yesterday afternoon. The schools had a half-day yesterday for teacher workshops, so all the kids were out and about. Apparently there are two latino "gangs" in Santa Barbara, the west-side and the east-side. This refers to the east and west sides of State Street, which is the main drag in ( Read more... )

It smells so frickin' good in my apartment right now. I've got the window open, and I think it's this one tree down the block that's flowering right now that's doing it. When you walk by the tree the smell is almost overpowering. (As Marc and Sadie know, when they were here these other trees were flowering that actually smelled kind of bad. But ( Read more... )

Here are some pictures of my new beard:


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So I've noticed previously the titillating names of weapons favored by the two remaining members of the "Axis of Evil" (Iran and North Korea ( Read more... )

currently in Denver for the american physical society march meeting ( Read more... )

So I'm reading this article in Slate this afternoon, and I'm thinking "I think I've seen that guy commenting on Livejournal or something."

Sure enough, here he is: auros. I like how the picture in the article is the same as his user icon.