I’m in love… (with WordPress)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Every once in a while, WordPress goes and does something that makes me want to write a post about them. I was originally pretty angry that they killed the Read-o-Mattic, since I loved that tool – it was so easy to add blogs to my dashboard and read them when research was slow. While it’s possible for me to use my desktop RSS feed reader, I follow way too many blogs for that to be particularly useful for me. I didn’t particularly like the read blogs section of WordPress before, but I’m starting to like it now. And why is that, good sir? →

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Undergraduate Research

Posted on January 21, 2012 by

So today, there was supposed to be a Graduate Research Symposium for our Computer Engineering departments, but I went when they said to be there and didn’t see anyone else there at all. I was about to head home, but as one would expect, another few people came in looking for the same thing. We were all a little disappointed that we weren’t going to get any free food see the presentations by researchers in our departments that day, but as luck would have it, we still managed to have a good time. See, they were both undergraduates, coming to the event to get some insight into a possible future in research, and I was going there to meet new people. While there was no symposium or presentations, I had the pleasure of sharing some of my insight about how to get an early start on research and how to direct your studies to have a good Graduate School application. And you're going to tell us all about it. →

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Lovely Day for a Blackout

Posted on January 18, 2012 by
Protesting SOPA

We're making history over here!

Earlier today, from 8 AM to 8 PM eastern time, I joined thousands of sites and blogs in protesting two controversial bills that are in consideration in the United States Congress, SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House of Representatives), and PIPA (the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate). Not even going to put a snarky comment here. →

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AWOL

Posted on January 16, 2012 by
Lazy College Barry

Lazy College Barry Meme

According to my blog’s calendar, I’ve been hiding from everything for about 10 days now, and that’s not healthy. I wanted to blog more this year – not less, and the first month is already halfway over! Since I can’t think of anything more productive to write about, I’m going to talk about my first fun-filled week of classes for my Second Semester in Graduate SchoolTM and hold you off with this meme I made. You can’t trick me with your doodles. →

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Communist Chicken Cheese Cubes

Posted on January 6, 2012 by
Communist Chicken Cubes

As you can see, they aren't exactly cubicle.

Despite being sick, I still managed to do some epic cooking this week. On Tuesday, I revisited my sweet bourbon glaze that I used on salmon, but this time, putting it on some chicken. When I had chicken left over, I wanted to think of something different to do with it, and I decided to try something from Time Well Wasted – her “Buffalo Chicken Bites” recipe. Those don’t look like cubes to me. →

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