I like this immensely, for the obvious reasons of typography in motion, but also for the music. Who would suspect that design magazines would lead me to Uruguayan bands?
I need to learn how to do this, and I need to learn more languages.
El Cuarteto de Nos - Ya no sé que hacer conmigo
Upon walking out of the subway, a young boy in front of me picked up a penny, at which point he proceeded to sing to his mother, "I found a lucky pennny! I found a lucky lucky pennnyy!!" It made me wonder what sort of euphoria a dollar might induce.
The Excel course I took today was subpar; cross your fingers for Monday.
I managed to catch some snowflakes today.
I've been sick for the last few days, which means I've had a lot of time to read and learn today. Among the interesting things I've stumbled upon:
A persuasive argument that Edwards would make the best president, put together by Steven Kirsch. I was led to Kirsch by this article in the New York Times which summarizes, in two pages, his entrepreneurial background, his philanthropy, and his fight against cancer.
Physics for Future Presidents, recommended to me by a friend a few years ago, rediscovered through the internet. A bit silly that I'm listening to podcasts of a course I could have taken in person, but better late than never. And, interestingly enough, I think I'm getting more out of it now. I downloaded the audio lectures from iTunes Music Store, but you can get the video from Google Video, or both from the course website mentioned above. An SF Chronicle article about the popularity of the course here.
We were profiled recently by BusinessWeek. There are some factual inaccuracies/mischaracterizations, but it paints a pretty good picture..
Link
Seen on a shirt upon exiting gate last night:
If I had balls, they'd be bigger than yours
How is that attractive????
Lovely to be home. The streets feel empty and the airport was delightfully uncrowded. Hope I'm not becoming a New Yorker.
I spent much of yesterday cleaning, the results of which make me immensely happy, and should spend the rest of today taking steps towards my grand departure. I also tried (and subsequently succeded) to make oatmeal this morning, during which I learned that boiling milk, water, and apples is not a good idea.
The latest plan includes marrying Raj and becoming a photographer. This picture gives me hope.
It is hard not to be at least a little bit in love with Barack Obama, isn't it?
Well, I didn't get that job at Google I'd applied for. I do kind of feel like any application for a job there is a bit of a long shot, so while I think it would have been great, I'm not terribly disappointed.
It's good, though, because I am sorting things out, future-related things, that is. It is supposed to be quite a rainy Saturday tomorrow which is all the more incentive to hole up in my room and study, apply, etc.
In other news, Facebook has been valued at $15 billion, and apparently not all 23-year-olds are as confused as me.
Does this mark my return to the blogging world?
