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From humble beginnings, with only an air mattress in the master bedroom, To movers chuckling that I wouldn't have enough space, and stil...

There are now five people in our condo packing everything we own. I'm going to live out of a suitcase for a week or more, and Ap's g...

A 1991 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Station Wagon is no longer a member of our family. For 17.5 years it's served us well, and today, at 13...

For better or worse, we're going with my initial impressions and living in the Halstead Tower on King Street for at least the first year...

Video Walkthrough .

Here's a map of the locations of 3 of my favorite apartment possibilities so far (plus CNA.) Clicking on the markers should give a few...

3 minute video of 13th floor 2/2 in Halstead Tower

Halstead Tower Floorplan C3 (mirrored) - 1149 Sq.ft. 13th floor Kitchen Master Bathroom 2nd Bedroom Main Room Main Room / 2nd Bedroom

Lots to update, little time. Matt's been here since Monday - Awesome. I love it when he visits, even though I can never think of super k...

Was a bit tired yesterday on the flight home from Detroit, and felt like writing a bit in my slightly altered mind-state. It was nice to wak...

Our biker gang is kinda small at the moment, but we're focusing on quality before quantity.

April is officially my sugar mama. She decides that the old setup just won't do, and enlists my help to buy some new stuff. Here's a...

Hidey Ho, strangers. I've been back from Mexico since Sunday - what a wonderful trip. Lots of riding motorcycles with April's Dad an...

Finished at last. What do you think? At the very least, it's a lot better than the stained, dirty concrete that's under it.

My feet ache. My back aches. Ten hours on the back patio today and I'm not even done the measly 65 square feet that I'm tiling with ...

I know I haven't posted in almost two months, so no one will probably read this. However, the kitten thing is getting a little out of ha...

I'm back in action, oh faithful reader. That's right - reader, singular. Don't you feel special? Not that there's been anyth...

So, it's been something close to eternity since I last updated this little blog-thing - not that you all didn't notice. I mean, with...

You've gotta love remakes of your commercialized childhood playthings, especially ones that involve innocuous animals, toxic ooze, ninja...

First, I thought it worthy of mention that I was rear-ended on Wednesday afternoon, not 100 yards from where I wrecked my bike a few weeks a...

If you're at all interested in the whole net neutrality issue, Engadget has a good article by the Columbia Science and Technology Law ...

Next week, April and I are going to Las Vegas to be with the fam for Easter weekend. Matt and Emily are driving out from LA, Mom's going...

Going to hear SJ Klien talk was kind of a waste of time today, except that I got to play around with the laptop. I didn't really hear an...

SJ Klein , director of content for the One Laptop Per Child project, will be talking and giving a demonstration today at Rice. I'm rea...

... for things like this article about the cover-up of huge problems in e-voting machines used in Florida. Not that anyone will ever be hel...

I'm trying two new experiments this week, both of which will hopefully find their way into my PhD thesis if they're successful. So f...

It's your day, so live it up! Happiest of happy birthday wishes are being continually sent your way, even though you're only a few h...

Well, damn. Because of the wintry weather in the Philadelphia area today, Mom can't make it to Houston this weekend. Today's flight ...

Houston looks like it's going to have a wonderful weekend, weather-wise. Highs in the 70s, low humidity, and cool evenings make it a gre...

Yesterday, using the additional daylight that it's "savings time" allows in the pm, I got to work disassembling my thrashed TL...

Here are some more pics of my Breckenridge Trip last week. Again, awesome.

Boy, oh boy, was Breckenridge great!!! I'll spare the myriad details I could go into, and post a few pictures here and a link to more fo...

Just a quick update while I escape the commotion of four thousand APS physicists in one crowded (albeit very large) building. I'm back ...

... or, "Why I'm Limping like an Eighty-Year-Old Man." There's a good deal more bruising down my left side that's not ...

If this weren't my life, and if money weren't such an issue at the moment, the last two days would be pretty damn funny. Unfortunate...

I know it's been a while since I last rapped at ya, but much has transpired over the last few days. Thursday was cool because former pre...