Archive for the ‘Life’ Category
Monday, April 6th, 2009
I've been unable to sit down and write anything remotely thoughtful or coherent for a while now. The reason? I've been working (er, thinking is a better term I guess) on my MS final project. The overall experience has been frustrating at varying levels, but unequivocally frustrating nonetheless. Putting things ...
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Monday, March 16th, 2009
The question "What is it that you do again?" is something I've heard repeatedly ever since I started doing what I do for a living almost 7 years ago. People's face expressions usually range from the comic to the downright scary when I explain, as clearly as I possibly can, ...
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Sunday, February 8th, 2009
I want you to look closely at the following two pictures and answer this question: how would you open these doors?
My dorm's door
Door outside the laundry room (you'd have to open this door in order to enter the dorms)
So, what's your answer? Would you pull my dorm's door handle up? ...
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008
Do you guys remember Randy Pausch? No? What about his remarkable last lecture? Today, for the first time, I came across Randy's fantastic take on a very pressing matter for most of us: time management. Here's the entire YouTube video:
If you don't have enough time to watch the whole thing ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
At 25 years old, I have had my fair share of failures. In retrospect, I think I have failed more than I care to remember. Recently, I have had two colossal debacles that made me waste a few good night's sleep, money and, most importantly, time. Strangely, unlike other fiascos ...
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