Monthly Archive for August, 2005

Strange experience on returning

I just returned from the post office with the mail that built up (in four days? i know!) while we were gone, and there were 3 netfilx dvds in there… A few seconds after I did the following, I realized how 21st century I have become. So: stack of netflix envelopes right there in front of me, but (in what seemed to be an instinctual move) I accessed information on a server hundreds of miles away to determine their contents rather than opening them myself.  Heh.

The aforementioned trip to NYC was supergreat. Pictures @ flickr; executive summary below:

Highlights:

  • Seeing a huge crew of fools: Dan, Smooth Dan, Chris, Tess, Bartow, Ryan (!), Kevin, Daniel, Carrie, Jon, Tally, Alex, Nora, Hanney.
  • Rocking the tourist style w/ Ryan on the Empire State Building
  • Eating at favorite joints: Grimaldi’s, Go, Cucina de Pesce, Chip Shop
  • Good meals at places new to us: Loreley, Press 195, Gravy, Pink Pony
  • Inside look at the casket factory near Dan’s place on Union Street
  • Spending more time in the Lower East Side than ever before
  • Kevin playing at Tonic w/ a full band
  • Walking from Dan’s to Tally & Alex’s
  • The weather
  • Seeing an apparently-F’d-up Sam Rockwell eating a slice of pizza on Ave A
  • Late night patties

Lowlights:

  • Missing all the out of town friends: Rachel, Real Bobby, Jennifer
  • Missing other folks that were around: Chris, Daniel, Katherine & Erich, Chris infobong
  • International Bar seems to be closed
  • Spending more time in the Lower East Side than ever before
  • Unsuccessfully trying to sleep during Broken Flowers @ BAM
  • Never finding any cold Manhattan Special for sale
  • Actually seeing some Real World Austin episodes
  • ATM fees

Ok, back to work.

Published
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patrick
on August 23, 2005
in machines and travel
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More Meegan

MeeganLet me brag a little more.  Is my niece Meegan a cutie pie or what?
Between the Clawsons, the Yericos, the Mulvilles, the Burnses, and the Brundretts, Patrick and I are lucky to hang with some top-notch baby makers.

Published
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kelly D
on August 14, 2005
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Nichols Quiz

Hey folks, it’s that time again.  Time to test your brain with the Annual Nichols Quiz.
Here’s the test,
and here’s the answers.

I got a 67.5 this year which is okay, I guess.

Post your scores in the comments section.

High score wins a prize.

Published
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kelly D
on August 11, 2005
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Business P


  Emi’s presentation concludes. 
  Originally uploaded by jonl.

Here’s a picture of me, bald head shining, before I gave my HHSC document management presentation on Friday at the UT Science Technology and Society Program Board meeting (the INF 312: Information in Cyberspace class  I’ve been teaching for the last few semesters is xlisted as STS).  You probably can’t tell from the picture, but that’s the suit I got married in.  I did about as well delivering my 3 minute spiel as I did on my wedding vows, and I’m almost certain that my chin quivered equally on both occasions.

Emi, pictured delivering her presentation, did a great job (23 NPO tech survey responses in less than a week!), as did Mayank and Amanda (both pictured) before me.  To the three of you reading this in Austin, check out the UT STS Nanotechnology Civic Forum, coming up on October 1 (and sign up for it on August 15th).  Should be a good, paranoia-inducing time.

Published
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patrick
on August 7, 2005
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