Author Archives: mindless

When I was listening to NPR two weeks ago, I was excited to learn that the Decemberists were releasing a new CD. So, I hopped over to eMusic, the music service I subscribe to and which provides DRM-unencumbered mp3’s. I … Continue reading →

Guess I should remain a Muggle: An “E” is only the 2nd-best score in the Potter-verse. (If only I had known that Hags eat children…)

Rain postponed Chicklet’s cool b-day present (again), but I do have a bloggable story from Thursday to share. My Dad always said that every time you go to the ballpark, you’ll see something new, and boy was that true last … Continue reading →

Time for the Wednesday update. Had a roller coaster week in terms of research. Over the weekend, I discovered that the U.S. cell phone carriers had colluded to make part of our text message experiment not only cost prohibitive and … Continue reading →

Just on Monday, Chicklet, Danny, and I were planning a winter break trip to Thailand. We had found tickets for under $1000 from LAX, had been discussing the required vaccinations, and had checked out which guide books to buy. Then, … Continue reading →

Leave it to the MIT kids to outshine the Presidents speech: Hat-tip to Chicklet for the story.

I’ve been off the blog lately because I’ve spend much of my time (too much time?) coding this neat tool for campaign staffers: TurfCutterGM. Basically, it let’s you use Google Maps to create your walklist. Check it out — geocoding … Continue reading →

I completely missed the highly objectionable line in question when I read this NYT article about the new female Sesame Street character, but my friend (from the Yaxuna trip) Hilarie was right on top of it and sent the following … Continue reading →

Apologies for the lack of blogging, but I finally realized how much I procrastinated all summer and finally got down to work. You’ll be able to see the fruit of said labor in about a week when I announce the … Continue reading →

Democratic voters flexed their muscles today, and the results were positive. Lamont upended Lieberman 52-48 (I was a bit too optimistic in my prediction), but the Senator has decided that keeping his job is more important than either the Democratic … Continue reading →