Monthly Archives: January 2005

I think it’s sort of neat that so many different distilled liquors have names that translate to “water of life.” (Is it because the name was cooked up early and passed on to different cultures, or did a lot of … Continue reading →

13 people died. The Amherst debate tournament took place this weekend, and was a great success. Lag times were very low, accuracy of results was pretty high (I think), the party ran under booze-budget and wasn’t interrupted by the police, … Continue reading →

I was browsing the web for snacks when I happened upon the website of Sweat ‘n’ Spice, a distributor of unusual hot sauces. I’m a big fan of hot sauce, so I figured I would see what they had. You … Continue reading →

From an interview I gave this evening: Minsane:hey, inquiring minds want to know Grobstein:they can’t help it, it’s their nature M:would you be offended if your fiancee didn’t like the engagement ring you gave her, and wanted to return it? … Continue reading →

A cool idea: what if you had acoustic noise-canceling software for your home PC? If the microphone picked up noise, the speakers would play a “canceling” noise.

Over at KrisKraus, my classmate Adam has posted a short entry on the HBO phenom Sex and the City. Although (and I say this as gently as possible) in important senses it’s probably several years out-of-date, it strikes me as … Continue reading →

00000026 Originally uploaded by anilucia. I snagged this photo while surfing Flickr. Is it not striking? One neat Flickr feature (among many others) is the one-click “Add to favorites” widget. It makes it easy to keep track of what you … Continue reading →