Posted in a day in the life on March 7th, 2006 No Comments »
so i found out a couple of weeks ago that my cousin, francis estrada, made his way into “time out new york” (one of the trendy nyc weeklies that hip new yorkers read). i thought i’d link to his slick interview, to provide proof that there are in fact cool people in my family. oh […]
Posted in laughery on March 5th, 2006 2 Comments »
SNL has been putting up a heroic fight against being lame lately. here’s the latest SNL digital short installment (most likely dreamt up by chris parnell, andy samburg, and the lonely island boys). this clip is particularly stunning: it features a brilliant gangsta rap performance by natalie portman. watch it here while you still can. […]
Posted in rant, science! on March 5th, 2006 1 Comment »
lately, graduate school has got me feeling like a manic-depressive. the week started off smoothly: my current research was going well (which always makes me happy) and, in preparation for my final lab rotation, i had finished setting up meetings with all the relevant folk at mit who might be interested in bioenergy research. and […]
Posted in geekery on March 4th, 2006 No Comments »
ah, the bar has been raised for simpsons geekery.
Posted in geekery on March 1st, 2006 2 Comments »
this really is a better mousetrap. the idea is that you balance a toilet paper roll on the end of a table and place a bit of food at the unsupported end. when the mouse goes for the food, the toilet paper roll will give way and fall into a bucket you’ve placed beneath the […]