Posts from February 2010

In Boston again, for the second time in a month. Feeling the winter here cut through my coat collar reminds me of places even further north. Incidentally, I just came across this rambling bit, from a nondescript text file I left on my own desktop in November 2006. There are not enough stars in Boston. (More…)

UPDATE 3/8/2010: There is actually now a “Refresh POP” feature in Google Labs, which mostly removes the need for this hack. But check it out anyway, if you want to see some potentially useful tricks with Gmail/cron. I love Gmail. It is simple, and I can do things with it that would usually take 10 (More…)

It’s 9pm in San Francisco–12am the next day for my East-coast internal clock, but feels like it could be the year 2100 for my frayed nerves I’ve been waiting in this damn line for so long. The United customer service agent at the counter in front of me is expounding on his life experiences. “Let (More…)

A full day of PhD interviews tomorrow. Flying from DC to Boston reminded me how much I love airplanes. That, in turn, reminded me how much I love Flickr. Exhibit one, two, three.