February 2010
24 posts
“As the people in the Obama administration look back over the first year, and...”
– Op-Ed Contributor - Bill Clinton’s Narrow Victories - NYTimes.com
“It remains to be seen whether death will now publish Mr. Salinger — whether...”
– Editorial - Appreciations - J.D. Salinger - NYTimes.com
January 2010
24 posts
The art of fine engineering gchat statuses
me: looks like i'm going to have to take a leaf out of your book with gchat statuses this semester
EW: haha i've noticed
EW: your statuses have been getting more and more grim, concerning homework
EW: i found that posting my homework status was a way of connecting to the wider world while i why suffered through interminable problem sets
me: there's a sense of humor in all of this, though
me: "look, i'm dying yet i must update my gchat status about it!"
EW: haha
EW: the status also sort of serves as motivation to finish
EW: it's like, the world is cheering you on
EW: "come on, only a few more problems!"
EW: "you can do it!"
EW: "you've come so far!"
me: you have to be careful, though
me: it can come off as self-serving (the bad kind) if you don't word it properly
EW: yeah, i agree
EW: ah, the art of homework gchat statuses
EW: haha, i swear, they kept me sane last year
Syrian Christian Cuisine of Kerala - Wikipedia,... →
The food of my ancestors. I’ve been trying to learn how to make some of these dishes over the past couple of holidays. Mmmmm.
“May I root against the New Orleans Saints?
No, you may not. Rooting against...”
– Saints Are the Sentimental Team of the Century - WSJ.com
“Today a football game will be played in the super dome. It is the most important...”
– — Facebook status of one of the guy who sat next to me in AP Chemistry. True dat.
GEAUX SAINTS!!!
“When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity? And why...”
– — Werner Heisenberg
Heisenberg is only speaking about the scientific phenomena… I think.
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s...”
– Conan O’Brien
“The caveman lifestyle, in Mr. Durant’s interpretation, involves eating large...”
– The New Cavemen Lifestyle Has Found a Home in the City - NYTimes.com
Neocaveman-ism? Oh boy…
Summer Internships & REUs →
Yo Columbia, can we get some resource like this, or am I going to have to spearhead the initiative?
“There is neither happiness nor unhappiness in this world; there is only the...”
– Alexandre Dumas (via kari-shma)
“The main advice she’ll be giving adults: Read aloud to your children. “You can...”
– New Envoy’s Old Advice for Children - Read More - NYTimes.com
Katherine Paterson!
“The reason we’re so resistant to anomalous information — the real reason...”
– Accept Defeat: The Neuroscience of Screwing Up | Magazine
The Physics of Space Battles - Space battle -... →
Brilliant!
“Willpower, like a bicep, can only exert itself so long before it gives out;...”
– The Science Behind Failed Resolutions - WSJ.com
Story of Mira’s 2009. When I was in India around this time last year, I made a brutally honest list of things (that had nothing directly to do with academics) I knew I needed to do/improve on in order to make my life better. I threw away the...
“Recently, researchers have found even more positive news. The brain, as it...”
– Adult Learning - Neuroscience - How to Train the Aging Brain - NYTimes.com
“Such stretching is exactly what scientists say best keeps a brain in tune: get out of the comfort zone to push and nourish your brain.”
“For better or worse, over the past 50 years we have concentrated authority in...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - The God That Fails - NYTimes.com
