One day a few weeks ago, Daniel asked me if I wanted to shave my head. Of course, I did it. Who wouldn’t want their head shaven? Pretty soon, everyone else in the office was shaving their head, too. It was all good fun. Until we were walking down the street one day and…
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My TV Debut
October 23, 2009
Quoted in eCampus News
July 28, 2009
Open universities offer students a shot at learning for free and the freedom of doing so remotely. It’s a really cool movement in education. eCampus News just did a feature on the subject and I was lucky enough to be one of their sources. Here’s the pertinent chunk so you don’t have to register on [...]
A single serving
February 22, 2009
This is my first real website. It’s a simple, single-serving site with just one answer: how much a first class stamp costs.
Why TwitterMail is the best iPhone Tweeter
August 28, 2008
I’m tired of every Twitter application for the iPhone. Some are buggy, some are too complicated, others are slow. My solution is a little hack with the fantastic TwitterMail. As far as I’m concerned, it ends the debate. Regardless of what app you use to check Twitter, everyone should use TwitterMail for just plain Tweeting.
It [...]
Critical massage
July 2, 2008
On Friday I did one of the most muscle-pleasing, tension-releasing activities of my life.
It was critical mass, an incredible demonstration of the power of people. And it was fun.
Critical mass started right here in San Francisco — where hundreds of bicyclists, from enthusiasts to laymen, dominate the roadways during rush hour once a month. As [...]
A Crash Course
September 27, 2006
[I wrote this for my motion picture analysis class. I think that even though it's not a perfectly written piece, it's my final word on the movie Crash. Since it's such a hotly debated and talked-about film, I just wanted to go on record with my thoughts. Enjoy.]
The most important thing in a movie is [...]
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
August 26, 2006
By now, I’ve traversed this 3,000-mile stretch of country by every form of commercial transportation known to mankind except watercraft and hot-air-balloon. Planes, okay, we all get that, and most people have taken a road trip and a train: well, even a trip on the rapid gives you some perspective, so in the end, what [...]