All of my blog posting these days involves solving (really hard) puzzles and documenting my thought processes. That blog is at http://solvingpuzzles.tumblr.com/

301 days ago, President Bush said "I think about Iraq every day, every single day [...] and will continue thinking about it, because I understand we've got kids in harm's way. And I worry about their families; and I obviously, any time there's a death, I grieve ( Read more... )

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Laura and I are doing a walk-around-and-solve-puzzles thing in San Jose this Sunday. More info at the BANG website. We always really enjoy playing in these, whether we do well or not ( Read more... )

Perhaps the most enjoyable concert I've ever attended was a small one-band "event" in the food court area at UVa back in 1988 or '89.

The band was House of Freaks. Just two guys, a singer/guitarist and a drummer/percussionist. But they were engaging, energetic, and played some very catchy songs (QT audio samples from the album I remember hereThe ( Read more... )

I'm reading this Bush response differently than the press seems to be:
Our country is at war, and our government has the obligation to protect the American people. [...] We are finding terrorists and bringing them to justice. We are gathering information about where the terrorists may be hiding. We are trying to disrupt their plots and plans. ( Read more... )

So, the WaPo reports that China is cracking down on non-mainland slang on TV.

Apparently, this summer in China, an American Idol type show was super popular. Its sponsor shot from third-largest to the largest dairy in the country. The hostess was hip and happening and used Hong Kong and Taiwanese slang in her conversations with the sometimes spiky ( Read more... )

I've noticed that my daily life is full of an awful lot of consuming (weblogs, web news, tv, etc.) and not enough doing stuff, and definitely not enough making stuff.

Active week coming up, at least. orienteering Sunday morning. Rock climbing class starts tonight at Planet Granite ( Read more... )

Sometimes you just have to make a change

I get the 'Physics News' email newsletter (or "news of groundbreaking research I don't understand in things I've never heard of ( Read more... )