End of Year 2

Hmm, another year over. Was it successful? Hard to tell... life goes on.

Reading: the Invisible Gorilla
Planning: 1 week at home, 1 week at MIT, 1 week at San Francisco, then another few weeks at MIT, two weeks in Nicaragua, then term starts again.

To do this summer: make a t-shirt printer, help with CADing a lasercutter gantry, make a hat alarm clock, and finish an ecommerce site. Oh, continue work on hexapod.

Currently: spending 5 hours trying to get a freakin' file to unzip. Windows *shudders* GUI webhosts *shudders* :(

Quote of the Day

Well, for a mild breather from my blogging spree, this brightened my day at work on Friday:
"My child has become a glutton" -- SWAP Kenya

And I thought those crazy titles in science fair were a peculiar phenomenon... it looks like "real scientists" do it too :) As for newspaper / blog writers, crazy titles are a given, heh.

Also, check out:
"More research of Sprinkles use and morbidity is needed to determine the safety of Sprinkles."
(from "Is Sprinkles Use Associated with Malaria Morbidity Among Young Children in Western Kenya?"
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Sprinkles? Yea, that's right, Sprinkles, y'know, the multi-nutrient powder that's developed to address anemia and iron-deficiency, which leads to stunting and other problems. (ever wondered why North Koreans are so short? Now you know... ) (link's to the Google Talk, "Born and Raised in a Concentration Camp")

I know you weren't thinking of those sugary solids dispersed in a chaotic manner onto various treats (e.g. ice cream). Although obesity definitely causes morbidity...