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Pi Day

March 10, 2011

March 14th is the best holiday of the year: Pi Day! At 1:59 on 3/14 (p.m. if you are normal, a.m. if you are dedicated), nerds across the world will be celebrating Pi Day. If you work in a field that is technical, this is your chance to celebrate your nerdiness. If you don’t work [...]

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Roundup: Because it’s the weekend

January 28, 2011

It’s Friday. You’re at work but don’t want to be. You’re thinking about how to dig your car out of that 3 foot pile of snow so you can go skiing. Here are some distractions: Yesterday, there was a coupon online for a Brazillian wax and vajazzling. Let me say that again: VAJAZZLING. Do you [...]

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Quarterlife survival skills

January 19, 2011

I have many a cell phone issue. In the last few months, two cell phones died randomly. I could either text but not speak or speak but not text. I am currently using a phone from 2003 that has duct tape around it. Crappy phones aside, my most frequent problem is losing my cell phone [...]

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MBTA love story

November 5, 2010

This tweet from @juliacantor got me thinking. You could write a love story from this! Here’s what I’m thinking: Two lovers meet at Park Street. Unfortunately, she lives in Harvard Square and he lives in Brookline. They were separated by the Charles River and construction on the BU bridge. Unwilling to switch lines for romance, [...]

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Vote!

November 1, 2010

Tomorrow, Tuesday, November 2, is election day. Don’t be like this guy: Be more like this guy: Find out which candidate is for you using this fun tool at VoteSmart.org. Also,

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Be doin artists in like Cain did Abel

September 27, 2010

I just…don’t have words. Now I can really perfect my coloring pencil shading techniques. Buy your own here.

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How do you spell AWESOME?

June 23, 2010

The word is: Highland Kitchen Definition: A bar/restaurant in the middle of Prospect/Spring/Winter Hill in Somerville Can I use it in a sentence? Highland Kitchen is without a doubt my new favorite bar! I’m finding it really hard to write this post because I can hardly contain my excitement. Yours truly made it to round [...]

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Summertime

June 21, 2010

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Link Roundup

May 7, 2010

Blogs I ♥ New Dress A Day: This girl blows me away. $365, 365 dresses. Repurposing $1 thrift store clothes into something amazing. Big thanks to Pam at Cave Cibum for bringing this to my attention. Academichic: Changing the academic world one PhD at a time. Very fashionable grad students! Lovely Undergrad: I’m a little [...]

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What are the chances

April 27, 2010

Stephen Strogatz is writing a fantastic series in the New York Times about math. You’re talking to the girl who wants to use mathematical constants as the table numbers at her wedding (the people I don’t like sit at table i), so I obviously like these pieces. This week’s post is about probability theory. Read [...]

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