Snowtrooper, my semi-intrepid Dell keeled over from a bad case of USB drivers the other night, forcing me to repair the WinXP from the master CD. On the upside, running a fully legitimate rig meant having a recovery disc.
The downside was on the reboot, and the discovery that WinXP wouldn’t update. The reason? Microsoft [...]

The first half of the semester is over, and it’s two weeks of non class time to recapture lost momentum in the research pool, bolster the ranks of the productivity inducing schemes, and generally spent 14 days without standing in front of a class.  As much as I love teaching, there’s some quality time to [...]

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B3TA : FEATURES : HOW TO POACH AN EGG
Scientific method meets breakfast, and the winner is poached eggs
Composer of the Classic Electronic Track, Popcorn, Playing it 40 years later, on a Grand Piano

Popcorn is the grand parent of all things techno. Rejoice in the glorious hightechness of the original, and the technology unplugged [...]

Sometimes, Twitter just provides pure awesome in the ability to see multiple conversations crossover like a dialogue mashup tape. Case in point:

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I am a child of the 80s. One of my 80s nightmares was to be stuck in the land of the Care Bears. To this day, one of the darkest insults to cross from my mind is utter the words “Care Bears” at someone. (Though, I like the Care Bear Stare! [...]