The early years

After spending some time with my nephew, Zack, who happened to turn one year old last week, and watching the vivacity at which he soaks up the knowledge of the world, I have decided a few things. If I ever have children (oh heaven help the world), I will do the following:
I must create an [...]

An entertaining Lifehacker post

This is one of the better posts at Lifehacker, a popular technology blog. If you’ve got a mac, try some of these suggestions. I can guarantee you’ll have fun with them, especially number 10.

Skitching it up with Skitch

Anyone who frequents this blog with any regularity will probably figure out that I love Skitch. In fact, I’m a bit of a Skitch whore.
What is Skitch? I will answer this question in the only appropriate way – with a Skitch:

Skitch is one of the easiest ways to snap an image of whatever happens to [...]

Arthritis and Me

Rheumatoid arthritis is a complicated disease of the immune system that affects over 2 million Americans. Though its cause is unknown, it is believed that rheumatoid arthritis is caused by an excess of the protein tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a). This TNF-a excess can cause an autoimmune response, damaging healthy tissue and leading to swelling and [...]

Literature Citation Software Goes Ballistic

A large part of graduate school is the work, research, and written documentation of one’s thesis. For the better part of the last six months, I’ve struggled not with the work or research portions, but with the written portion.
Why, you might ask? Is not the written portion simply a detailed account of what was hypothesized, [...]

Burrito and Something Deeper

I admire burritos, both in taste and in composition. To me, they represent a kind of order lacking in many foods, a melody and a rhyme that can only be touched by a select few delicacies. Properly prepared, a burrito will contain many ingredients, almost perfectly arranged in a symbiotic gathering of facilitive foodstuffs. The [...]

Finished!

I’m proud and incredibly satisfied as I write the following words. After roughly 6 months of work, dozens of formula/recipe revisions, and a few seemingly insurmountable obstacles, my team and I have completely finished our entry in a national food product development competition sponsored by a major ingredients manufacturer/supplier. We shipped it yesterday, and it [...]

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