date | category | title |
23 September 2012 | website |
SummaryLinks to projects, articles, reports, and mock websites i'm working on. |
14 September 2023 | neuroscience |
SummaryAn updated resource that provides new and existing researchers a central location for methods and URLs for (calcium) imaging data processing and analysis tools. This table also includes imaging data handling and analysis tools beyond calcium imaging and will be updated going forward. Also found at https://bahanonu.com/brain/imaging_tools/ or https://github.com/bahanonu/imaging_tools. |
25 May 2023 | neuroscience |
SummaryHow does the spinal cord process sensory stimuli in awake animals? A brief overview of results from our recent preprint describing a spinal implant chamber, fibrosis-inhibiting materials, computational methods, and end-to-end pipeline for large-scale bilateral recording from multiple segments of the spinal cord. This allowed us to conduct long-term (months to over a year) imaging of individual axons, microglia dynamics, and Ca2+ imaging of neurons—all in awake, behaving animals. Several of the approaches described, such as fibrosis inhibition, are applicable to preparations and experiments beyond the spinal cord. |
30 November 2022 | satellite |
SummaryTo visualize the nighttime lights of Eastern Europe, with a focus on times before and after the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, I updated my geoSatView I then created higher-quality movies in I will go over how the Black Marble dataset is collected and processed along with how I created the movies and the advantages/disadvantages of each data source. Using this platform and codebase, in follow-up posts I will look at 2021 Texas power crisis during the winter storms, vegetation changes in deforested areas or after conservation efforts, and other events. |
02 Jul 2022 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryArizona has beautiful sunsets.Captured on my Olympus E-M10 Mark III (ISO-100, f/2.8). |
27 Jun 2022 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAmerica s national parks are a treasure that everyone who lives in, or visits, the United States should have a chance to enjoy. We recently visited three national parks: Pinnacles, Kings Canyon, and Sequoia. Each has beautiful landscapes and flora; however, another attraction is the diversity of animals, from squirrels to bees to several bears (including a mother and cub!).If you look closely in the top-right photo, you can see a snake hiding under the rock (the squirrel gave a series of warning calls while approaching the snake before/during the photo).Captured on my Olympus E-M10 Mark III (various settings, lenses). |
30 May 2022 | neuroscience |
SummaryOur book chapter detailing the entire pipeline from surgeries to analysis for calcium imaging of pain-related neural activity has been published. This can prove a useful reference for those new to calcium imaging (esp. in freely moving animals) or researchers who want to see how others perform certain experimental and analytical steps along with the rationale. Please reach out if you have any specific questions, happy to help! |
19 Nov 2021 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryCaptured on my Olympus DSLR camera using a tripod during a partial blood moon lunar eclipse on 19th November 2021 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_2021_lunar_eclipse). Luckily, there was a tall building nearby with an unobstructed view of the moon and the clouds that night miraculously decided to have fun in another portion of the sky or give me just the right moment where I could capture the next phase of the eclipse.
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08 November 2021 | neuroscience |
SummaryProvide new and existing researchers a central location for methods and URLs for calcium imaging data processing and analysis tools. This table also includes imaging data handling and analysis tools beyond calcium imaging and will be updated going forward. The table can be sorted by column by clicking each header. Also found as part of the Brain Initiative Notes post imaging analysis tools or https://github.com/bahanonu/imaging_tools. |
14 June 2021 | filugori |
SummaryA short dirge that introduces one of the themes of Filugori, my planned book on man's conquest of space. |
18 February 2021 | science |
SummaryI recently became a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Hanna H. Gray Fellow. A brief post thanking my amazing mentors and highlighting (some of) my goals as a Fellow. |
14 September 2020 | satellite |
SummaryI created geoSatView back in 2018 to visualize fires on the West Coast of the United States. This entry briefly discusses geoSatView along with providing example videos and links to the code. |
09 September 2020 | Photography |
SummarySan Francisco looks good in red. Select pictures from a Martian-themed bike ride around SF. |
06 April 2020 | statistics |
SummaryI will briefly discuss properly interpreting data you might see in the mainstream or on social media. The takeaway: if recent data for some measure (e.g. pneumonia deaths) from this year looks to be different than prior years, make sure to check that it is not an artifact of data collection or compilation. |
01 January 2020 | origin and evolution of life |
SummaryI am starting a new blog focused on the Origin and Evolution of Life. Here is the first post. |
18 September 2019 | north american pain school |
SummaryThe North American Pain School (NAPS) is a unique experience. The combination of great faculty and trainees, awesome discussions and talks, and a beautiful location help produce a week that will continue to pay dividends far into the future. In this post I want to give future NAPS attendees an idea of why I loved NAPS so much, interspersed with photos that give a feel for what to expect. This post can also be found on the PRF website: |
18 August 2019 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryOne of the initial designs for a book cover for my planned sci-fi book Filugori. |
25 June 2019 | north american pain school |
SummaryMy second blog post as a PRF-NAPS correspondent for the North American Pain School. Briefly talks about how several scientists got into pain research. This post can also be found on the PRF website: https://www.painresearchforum.org/forums/discussion/118414-2019-prf-naps-correspondents-blog. |
18 June 2019 | north american pain school |
SummaryMy first blog post as a PRF-NAPS correspondent for the North American Pain School. Explores some thoughts on spiritual, societal, and historical influences on pain perception. More soon! This post can also be found on the PRF website: https://www.painresearchforum.org/forums/discussion/118414-2019-prf-naps-correspondents-blog#styles-2-0. |
29 May 2019 | neuroscience |
SummaryAn updated spatiotemporal domain of neuroscience methods graphic, inspired by from Sejnowski, 2014. More changes will be added in time. |
09 December 2018 | neuroscience |
SummaryI will begin posting again on the BRAIN initiative notes running webpage/blog that I started while ago. There is a lot going on in neuroscience and many questions of how it relates to society at large. Below I have included the first of the new posts that goes over methods for identifying cells and reconstructing neural activity traces from calcium imaging movies. Find article on BRAIN webpage at Calcium imaging cell identification and fluorescence activity trace reconstruction, part 1. Look forward to more postings! |
31 July 2018 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe announcement poster for my Stanford PhD university oral exam. |
31 March 2018 | books |
SummaryWho We Are and How We Got Here is an excellent book that, even with its flaws, is worth reading for the great overview it gives into the emerging ancient DNA field that could have profound impacts on culture, politics, and science. Goodreads review at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2343817531. |
18 November 2017 | books |
SummaryChinese conquests of Venus, cats fighting off extra-dimensional dragons, Soviet telepathic experiments gone wrong, and much much more! Cordwainer's The Rediscovery of Man is a grand, unique vision of Mankind's future and is a must read for anyone interested in a delightful journey that will both get them to ponder many new ideas and leave a smile on their face. |
04 June 2017 | SBSA |
SummaryI spent the past year leading the Stanford Biosciences Student Association (SBSA) as President. This post consist of the letter to the community I sent out at the end of my term giving some highlights of the past year, those who have helped out, and thoughts on future directions. |
20 May 2017 | books |
SummaryGiven the historical baggage surrounding Mein Kampf it is difficult to write a review that isn't completely overtaken by Adolf Hitler's later actions. In lieu of writing a full review, I'll give a series of quotes from the book that are particularly informative. The book is an uncomfortable read; however, as George Santayana noted that "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.", the book may be worth reading to understand how to identify and prevent a repeat of history. |
21 March 2017 | books |
SummaryA review of Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power, a book that provides an excellent view of how a large multinational corporation deals with adversity, planning on horizons unheard of in political or other arenas, and deals with hostile, often unstable governments in far flung reaches of the world. This review was written back in December 2016, but I am posting it here largely unchanged. |
07 February 2017 | books |
SummaryI have created an updated and corrected E-book version of Johannes V. Jensen's The Long Journey. It is easier to use on ebook readers and when using text-to-speech since header/footers and other errata have been removed from the PDF converted text. I've included HTML, EPUB, and MOBI files along with an explanation of major fixes/changes made. Enjoy! |
05 February 2017 | books |
SummaryHow do you disentangle the period in which Don Quixote was written, it's stature as a literary classic, and all the other baggage that accompany this epic? Forget all about it and just enjoy the reading experience. |
29 January 2017 | books |
SummaryAn old review of The Revolution: A Manifesto, a book that is well worth revisiting from time to time. |
25 January 2017 | books |
SummaryFor those willing to take the plunge, The Road to Serfdom is endlessly rewarding and well worth the intellectual effort. A re-post of a book review I did back in July 2008. |
11 Jan 2017 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThis is an updated version of Election poster no. 6 with a focus on Americans instead of President-elect Trump. |
11 Jan 2017 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThis is an updated version of Election poster no. 6 with a focus on Americans instead of President-elect Trump. This is the background wallpaper version. |
07 January 2017 | books |
SummaryBarbarians at the Gate is an excellent journalistic endeavor and a non-stop thrill from start to finish; highly recommended. |
31 Dec 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryChallenge ideas and assumptions now: be better prepared to defend them in the future. A worthwhile read: https://www.huxley.net/bnw-revisited/. This poster is the first in a series of posters that will explore the relationship between freedom (liberty/license) and various ills plaguing society. It ultimately aims to get people thinking about calls to limit freedom, the context in which these calls arise, and what that means when taken to the extreme. https://twitter.com/syscarut/status/815047192494804992 #IsFreedomNecessary |
29 December 2016 | books |
SummaryAll the President's Men offers a compelling description of Woodward and Bernsteins investigative journalism but suffers from a narrow presentation of the events surrounding Watergate and its exposure. |
17 December 2016 | books |
SummaryWhat an adventure. In short, the book describes the key players, their personalities, ambitions, and background, along with the financial forces at work that created the culture of Enron and thus the seeds for its dramatic rise and fall. Highly recommended. |
16 Dec 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresident-elect Trump has mentioned several times his lack of alcohol, smoking, and drugs likely contributed in part to his success. This poster is a mock-up of a potential ad campaign style—it would be called !DAC (no drugs, alcohol, cigarettes) campaign with the tagline “Making America healthier than ever before!”—albeit with a darker tone than would likely be used. |
30 Nov 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryFirst poster in the President Trump series, building off of the Trump campaign poster series. Some will be older designs that were not pushed out before the election while others will focus on aspects of his administration going forward. "American Games's is set to release The Dissonance Saga, a more hard hitting, back to basics follow-up series to the lauded but misapprehended cult masterpiece The Understanding Saga." The poster highlights the constellation of factors that lead to someone making a decision about who to vote for and why. This seemed to have been ignored by many in their judgement and discussion of President-elect Trump's supporters. |
18 Nov 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThis is an updated version of Election poster no. 6 with a focus on Americans instead of President-elect Trump. Will likely do a continuing series of these posters. Description of previous copied below. Assuming a President Trump, this is a 3-for-1 future retrospective with a style reminiscent of some older presidential posters. Those who listen to Trump's full speeches/interviews or read his books get a dose of his boundless optimism mixed in with his more pessimistic views about the current state of the Union. Given his current run of policy speeches, focused the poster on the former trait. |
3 Nov 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresidential election 2016 poster no. 15. As his movement strides toward the final leg of the race, Trump comes across some more positive, American high energy to help them fly past the finish line. Go out and vote! Perceptive remarks about a subset of Trump supporters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY-CiPVo_NQ. |
31 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresidential election 2016 poster no. 14, a future retrospective. Actions trump words. |
28 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresidential election 2016 poster no. 13! A Sec. Clinton triple play. For those who believe in equality in all aspects of American life, Sec. Clinton's support of requiring women to register for the draft is a step towards realizing that gender should not influence one's ability to serve. |
27 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummarySurprises and knee-jerk reactions can arise from a fear of wading into the deep, dark swamps where the truth is oft found. |
19 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresident election 2016 poster no 12! Trump's continuous spotlighting of the inner cities, and other communities, plight is beneficial. Equally admirable is his desire and plan for the entire nation to be aware of and help these communities. Best to listen to Trump s unedited speeches and interviews when judging the man, movement, and policies. e.g. https://youtu.be/IAjWtnGihYA?t=41m56s Godspeed. |
18 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPresidential election 2016 poster no 11! Completing the major candidates set. Even if one doesn't agree with all of her positions or worldview, it is worth listening to Dr. Stein's speeches and interviews along with evaluating her stances in greater detail. Might come away with a new idea or two. |
04 Oct 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryWhile everyone focuses on the predictable, over-the-top sayings of one candidate, sometimes it is another's more subtly dicey pronouncements that cause sweat to start trickling down one's brow. It may be shrewder to continuously complement—rather than smear with cries of "dictator!"—an elected President who brought prosperity to a crumbling, dispirited, nuclear-armed nation. |
14 Sep 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAssuming a President Trump, this is a 3-for-1 future retrospective with a style reminiscent of some older presidential posters. Those who listen to Trump's full speeches/interviews or read his books get a dose of his boundless optimism mixed in with his more pessimistic views about the current state of the Union. Given his current run of policy speeches, focused the poster on the former trait. |
28 August 2016 | politics |
SummaryA series of posters about the 2016 presidential election. They will focus on the candidates themselves along with how the public reacts to, and is manipulated by, the election as a whole. |
26 Aug 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAll the hoary takedowns of Trump and his supporters seem to ignore that many may simply desire another Reagan, TR, or JFK rather than a Wilson, LBJ, or Nixon. Re: poster, President Trump would be the one audacious enough to declare and wheel-n-deal to get the budget for and excitement behind an American landing on Mars by the end of his second term, yielding to untold technological/scientific benefits similar to the Apollo program. |
18 Aug 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryTime to get rid of the negative all talk, no action mindset of "You are wasting your vote by voting third party this election", etc., etc. If you are on the right side of history and want to improve a failed system, do it now! Just like the Founding Fathers did. |
04 Aug 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryI'll keep hammering on the need for more positive, high energy surrounding election coverage. What appears to be lacking in the discourse surrounding modern Presidential elections is: would people become so impassioned if the Presidency was still constitutionally limited (to Article II)? |
20 Jul 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummarySixth in the 2016 Presidential poster series. The poster is self-explanatory. Trump is now the GOP nominee. There needs to be more positive, high energy in this election season. That is all. |
04 Jul 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryNo context needed, America is awesome. Celebrating Independence Day! |
07 Jun 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryFifth in the 2016 Presidential poster series. Went to a Trump rally in San Jose last Thursday (June 2nd) to see what they are like in person. It was very (positive) high energy and the people I met were courteous, even when noting I wasn't a supporter. Left the rally and stayed around to observe the anti-Trump protesting (rioting) after. Also high energy, but in a physically violent, intolerant, and nasty way. A complete disgrace. This poster focuses on the positive high energy. |
01 Jun 2016 | Designs/Posters |
Summary2016 Presidential poster number 4. During speeches, Senator Sanders has delved into America's past to show when the hand of government helped push the United States to new heights. Wanted to honor the loftier aspects of his rhetoric with a poster to match. Additional high energy posters forthcoming... |
09 May 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPart 3 in the 2016 Presidential campaign poster series. "Under budget and ahead of schedule" is an easy to remember phrase. Fits Trump's campaign rhetoric, so here's the poster. Originally was a direct numbers-to-numbers comparison with all the other candidates, but that got a little busy... |
09 May 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryContinuing the 2016 Presidential campaign poster series. Wanted this one to be simple and to the point before designing a more elaborate one for Senator Clinton. |
09 Feb 2016 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryWanted to make a series of 2016 presidential candidate posters like I did for the 2012 race. The first is for Donald Trump and focused on emphasizing his general goals rather than specifics. They were also left appropriately vague to allow the viewer to interpret them through their own lens/opinions on the issues. |
15 January 2016 | movies |
SummaryThe Revenant is a beautiful, haunting, and brutal tale of a man's struggle against nature, himself, and his fellow man. And at the same time, it is one of those brilliantly conceived movies that uses screen time to allow the audience to meditate and reflect on what they have just witnessed. Go see this movie. |
07 January 2016 | books |
SummaryHarmony Black starts with an old premise, there is a normal and magical world, and barely builds on it. If you are looking for a fun weekend read, this book will fit the bill. But don't expect to come away with a novel view on the world or a new set of wondrous ideas to mull over. |
21 December 2015 | movies |
SummaryStar Wars: The Force Awakens is an okay movie when viewed through the eyes of an adult, but is a fun, entertaining movie if you go in with a twelve year old's mindset. It pushes the right buttons and has a good amount of fan service. But it ultimately fails as a standalone movie—with its boring/predictable plot, rehashed characters and concepts, and other flaws—that will ultimately be remembered as good or bad depending on how episodes VIII and IX turn out. |
29 November 2015 | television |
SummaryBlack Mirror is a unique and ever timely experience. The vignettes are spot on and while each explores a different aspect of our interaction with technology, the internet, and social media, there is an underlying dystopian view of the world that unifies the whole series. Watch it. |
31 October 2015 | books |
SummaryWalter Isaacson has done an admirable job of trying to tackle such a complicated biographical subject. But for many aspects of his life, from his childhood upbringing to his relationship with Patty Jobs to his time at NeXT, the book is lacking. |
17 September 2015 | books |
SummaryAs has been stated many times, Robert Caro has written a tome that will show you in minute detail how a man manipulated the law, people, and money to obtain, use, and abuse power in quest to reshape NYC. It is absorbing, thrilling, informative, and much more. Read this book. |
19 August 2015 | graduate school |
SummaryProviding links to some articles and other resources that I have found useful while in graduate school. I'll continually update the list as I find more. |
29 July 2015 | books |
SummaryA flawed and deceitful rant against free markets in the guise of an objective analysis about the dynamics of capital. Piketty focuses almost exclusively on the inequality of wealth/capital and its accumulation. He then spends vast portions of the book attempting to put this inequality in a bad light without clearly articulating why. Couple that with a tendency to qualify every claim so as to avoid taking a definitive stand and you have a book that leaves you more confused and less informed about the topic, the dynamics of capital, than you entered with. |
02 June 2015 | movies |
SummaryA gorgeously shot film that is hampered by a spartan story that never really goes anywhere and action that becomes repetitive by the end of the first act. |
12 May 2015 | website |
SummaryOn the Subject of Something was my original blog during high-school and early college. My Opera (the site it was hosted on) closed down and I was unaware of this fact during the grace period during which they allowed users to export the content from their website. However, I am extremely grateful to the Internet Archive: Wayback Machine, which allowed me to recover many of the webpages. I've included links to all the relevant posts that I could recover. Enjoy! |
12 May 2015 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryDecided to begin finishing my series of presidential posters. The best part of JFK's 'We choose to go to the Moon' speech isn't necessarily the actual goal, but the justification for why we want to achieve that goal. |
19 April 2015 | short story |
SummaryThis short harkens back to some of the older short stories I used to write that focused on word play. It also allows me to hide some of the story and clues as to its meaning within the structure of the punctuation and grammar itself, which is always fun. Plus, gets me back in the mode of posting short stories, especially as I try and finish some of the longer ones I have been working on. |
20 March 2015 | books |
SummaryA short review of the excellent Zero to One, mostly analyzing an important question it ask early on: "What important truth do very few people agree with you on?" |
13 February 2015 | books |
SummaryA brilliant science fiction novel that raises many questions and sets up an intriguing universe. |
18 January 2015 | programming |
SummaryPutting up some code that might be useful to others when formatting Goodreads widgets using dynamic class creation in SASS. |
17 December 2014 | movies |
SummaryA review of Christopher Nolan's latest movie Interstellar. To put it briefly, rarely has a movie so vastly deviated from my expectations going in. And not in a good way. |
30 November 2014 | neuroscience |
SummaryEarlier this year I created a webpage to list various labs, websites, and other resources related to neuroscience and biotechnology. Decided to expand on this and create a living document of various technologies currently used in neuroscience. |
10 Oct 2014 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryDecided to continue playing around with Illustrator. Wanted to update the bald eagle with a USA flag wallpaper I have. Wanted something a little different and distinct, so went for the cel-shaded look. Maybe next time i'll get an eagle in flight... |
06 Sep 2014 | Designs/Posters |
SummarySimple design I had for the Stanford biology 2014 retreat. Focused on a molecular structure of DNA and a pipette, a commonly used device in biology. |
29 August 2014 | books |
SummaryThe Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson) is a sweeping tale about the early years of LBJs life and political career. It is easily one of the best books I've read in awhile and would heartily recommend to others. Here i'll do a brief review of the book. |
11 August 2014 | books |
SummaryRecently finished The Power of Myth, which covers interviews with Joseph Campbell about myths, and was greatly disappointed. I'll briefly outline why in this review. |
16 July 2014 | short story |
SummaryWanted to quickly turn an idea that came up during a conversation into a short story. Touches on ideas of genetic engineering and cockfighting. |
21 May 2014 | books |
SummaryBelow is the current crop of books I'm reading along with ratings and mini-reviews for other novels I've recently finished. I'm always excited to start a new book, so recommendations are welcome! NOTE! The ratings are a combination of how impactful the book was on my thinking about a particular topic or how well I think it was written/got its point across. Thus, at times whether I agree or disagree with the content/thesis/etc. of the book, it could still get 5 stars if the point it makes gets me to think about the subject in a new way or changes how I interpret the world around me. |
09 May 2014 | science |
SummaryA continually updated repository of scientific resources (journals, blogs, etc.) in biology with a focus on neuroscience. |
09 May 2014 | programming |
SummaryA function to easily create custom colormaps in Matlab. |
18 April 2014 | short story |
SummaryThe project had started out with a simple question: would it be faster to assemble complete knowledge about all truths past, present, and future through scientific inquiry or via brute force computation? |
29 March 2014 | short story |
SummaryA micro story about antibiotics. |
19 February 2014 | america |
SummaryThere have been several articles that re-order the medal count ranking by comparing medals to population or GDP, which then show small countries topping the charts. This analysis ignores some obvious facts: small countries are over-represented in the number of athletes they send and the relationship between athletes sent and medals is linear. I present a brief analysis to support and expand on these claims. |
17 February 2014 | programming |
SummaryThere are various ways to handle variable input arguments (varargin) in Matlab. I present the standard getOptions method I developed that is simple, flexible, and allows for more readable code. |
28 December 2013 | programming |
SummaryAn artistic rendering of Boston's skyline using R. Code and source data are included. |
28 Dec 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe heights of various buildings in Boston's skyline, converted into polar coordinates and randomly grouped. |
10 December 2013 | programming |
SummarySome thoughts on coding practices and an outline of a work-flow that i find useful when starting any project. Future posts will focus on concrete examples. |
03 November 2013 | short story |
SummaryWhat is a conversation? |
26 October 2013 | short story |
SummaryThe point was nearing when humanity needed to optimize the population. And so the question arose: how many humans do we need? |
11 October 2013 | programming |
SummaryThe processes of passing command-line parameters to ImageJ plugins isn't the most direct. Illustrated is a simple solution to this problem, full code included. |
06 October 2013 | short story |
SummaryHow much effort would you expend to abstract man? |
25 August 2013 | short story |
SummaryIf you are reading this—the book should be entitled BLUe buBBle PoP, not blue bubble pop or Blue Bubble Pop or even bluE bubblE poP as the backwards pinkle squishes are like to do, but BLUe buBBle PoP—then you’ve found the world of pink raspberry. Now, one might ask, what is pink raspberry? What happens when you are sitting in a room waiting for an experiment to finish. |
13 July 2013 | programming |
SummaryThought i'd share the wrapper function i use to knit files using the excellent knitr package in R. This allows easy creation of an html page that integrates commentary, R code, and the resulting plots (which are base64 encoded, so the html file is fully portable). |
11 July 2013 | america |
SummaryA revised Declaration of Independence I did awhile ago (i.e. high school) for a writing class. It is slightly a mockery of the style of writing sometimes used back then, e.g. finding unnecessarily complicated ways of saying a simple concept; long, ponderous sentences; and an abuse of the Capital. |
10 Jul 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryHe got us the Louisiana Purchase and wrote the Declaration of Indepedence. Enough said. |
28 June 2013 | short story |
SummaryThe first in a series of short stories exploring a universe in which our negative space (i.e. space) is turned into their positive space (i.e. matter) and vice-versa. Thus, it is like the entire universe is a series of caves that they must excavate. This story introduces a few key characters, explore a bit of the lore, and is an attempt by me to write a story in which a clearer light is shone on a relationship between two characters. More to come, enjoy! |
13 June 2013 | programming |
SummarySmall script to enable quick randomization of files in a directory and conversion back to original names later. Original inspiration was a way to blind data analysis, e.g. if studying images from an experiment and don't want to be biased by the conditions applied. |
08 June 2013 | architecture |
SummaryOne of my favorite classes at MIT was 4.605 (Global History of Architecture), which explored various styles and themes found throughout different buildings and other types of architecture from the beginning of civilization to the present. In the spirit of sharing my enthusiasm for the course i'll discuss some takeaways from, and have included a couple papers i wrote for, the class. |
06 June 2013 | programming |
SummaryThe best way to create a barplot with errorbars using ggplot in R is not obvious. I'll show a super simple solution. |
27 May 2013 | neuroscience |
SummaryThis is a continually updated collection of news, ideas/findings, and other tidbits related to the BRAIN initiative, promising biotechnologies, and neuroscience/biology in general. This is a really exciting time in neuroscience and I hope to capture a bit of that here. |
24 May 2013 | short story spanish |
SummaryHaba terminado y sal para mi cocina. Tena hambre pero este da no haba comida dentro de mi despensa. Me fui y camin hacienda la Tport—una mquina que puede transportar una persona a otro lugar sin energa y tiempo. Cuando entr la mquina, toqu algunos botnes y esper. Pero nada ocurri y lo hice las mismas acciones otra vez—y nada ocurri. How would the disappearance of streets affect the social fabric? This short story briefly (in castellano!) explores a world in which instantaneous, free transport is possible. Meant mainly to practice my spanish, i plan to follow-up with a more detail story in the future. |
17 May 2013 | programming |
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14 May 2013 | science |
SummaryWanted to share my final paper for bioc218, a computational biology class i took this winter 2013. We were tasked with choosing a particular technique, algorithm, or any material discussed in the class and exploring it in more detail. Neural networks seemed particularly interesting—and not just because i'm a neuroscientist. I wanted to use machine learning algorithms to improve predictions for the project i am working on in Judith Frydman's lab. |
12 May 2013 | teaching |
SummaryWhile teaching bio42 (cell biology and animal physiology) I created weekly notes to help students in my section study and focus on the important materials presented in the class. I built off of the latex boilerplate that I have been improving over time to create weekly notes. This highlights why I love LaTeX so much, especially for larger projects that are heavily linked—it allows easy annotation, indexing, creation of new document styles, and other related processes rapidly and consistently. Plus, separating content and style is always a plus and images stay uncoupled from a propriety source (e.g. Word files). I really love the resulting notes and student feedback was quite positive. I thought sharing them might be useful for others in the future. The source latex files and raw images can be sent upon request (I'm considering making a Github repository in the future). I'll briefly talk about the document below and certain decisions that were made to get it to its current state. |
19 Apr 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryMade a script to access the facebook api, extract information from our group and parse the data for youtube links. Kept the date posted and other information then graphed the contributions of each user over time. Axis and other flourishes have been removed to focus on the aesthetics of the graph. |
12 Apr 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryOne can create art with data, many have proven that with beautiful infographics or dazzling company reports. I thought using R to create an artistic rendering of a normally mundane process would be neat. I created a graphic based on Cheyne-Stokes respiration with the help of ggplot package. I think the resulting work has a sci-fi feel to it, almost like it could be a symbol for a corporation should the sinusoidal lobes be made solid. |
12 April 2013 | programming |
SummaryOne can create art with data, many have proven that with beautiful infographics or dazzling company reports. I thought using R to create an artistic rendering of a normally mundane process would be neat. I developed a graphic based on Cheyne-Stokes respiration using ggplot. Code is included at the end. |
11 Apr 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryWanted to expand my use of ggplot in R to analyzing old data from previous projects and see how quickly I could make it look polished given a minimum amount of coding. In effect, I am slowly trying to eliminate my dependence on Excel, Matlab, and other propriety analysis tools while improving how I structure and organize my data.
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26 March 2013 | short story |
SummaryWe had just met and she knew everything about me: where I'd come from, job, favorite books, hideaway where I went to think, special Sunday bike routes, time of day I woke and slept, first time abroad, family members' names, secret hobbies, wants, desires, people I abhorred, my first love...everything. |
24 March 2013 | poems |
SummaryA couple of my old poems from way back when, with minor edits. Enjoy. |
23 March 2013 | programming |
SummaryDecided to take another stab at converting small programs to bash. This time, the python playlist maker was updated to bash and greatly simplified, no longer need to do sketchy recursions. |
09 Mar 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA n o l d , p r o p o s e d c a t a l a s e m e c h a n i s m I p i e c e d t o g e t h e r f r o m v a r i o u s s o u r c e s a n d m a d e i n C h e m D r a w . N e e d t o g o b a c k a n d v e r i f y i t a t s o m e p o i n t . . . |
08 Mar 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS h o r t d i a g r a m f o r b i o 4 2 i l l u s t r a t i n g s e v e r a l t y p e s o f n e u r a l n e t w o r k s : s e l f - , f e e d - f o r w a r d , a n d l a t e r a l i n h i b i t i o n a l o n g w i t h a m o d e l o f p a i n a n d i n s t e s t i n a l p e r i s t a l s i s . |
02 Mar 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryM a d e t h i s f o r b i o 4 2 p h y s i o l o g y s e c t i o n . W a n t e d t o c o n v e y h o w t h e h y p o t h a l a m u s r e s p o n d s t o i n p u t s i n a n e a s y t o u n d e r s t a n d w a y . S t a r t e d t o u s e m o r e c o l o r s i n d i a g r a m s a n d d i f f e r e n t h u e s t o m a k e i t e a s i e r t o l o o k a t . |
25 February 2013 | programming |
SummaryBit by bit, I have replaced repetitive tasks completed using downloaded programs with scripts that do the same thing more efficiently, without the residual registry and file junk many programs leave, and with the flexibility to allow me to modify the script to suite specific needs in the future. This was the case with batch renaming files. I've included the script and briefly go over the code. |
23 Feb 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW a n t e d t o i m p r o v e t h e l o g o s l i g h t l y b y a d d e d t h e o r i g i n a l c l u b c o a t c h e c k l o g o f r o m t h e w e b s i t e I m a d e a l o n g w i t h m a k i n g t h e t e x t s t y l e m o r e b l o c k y , t o b e t t e r a l i g n w i t h t h e s l i c k , m o d e r n f e e l . T h e b a c k g r o u n d i s s c i - f i i n f e e l , b u t t h e p a s t e l g i v e s t h e w h o l e l o g o a s l i g h t r e t r o f e e l . |
18 February 2013 | short story |
SummaryI bobbed my head up and down, the music reaching a crescendo. My arms lay stretched out in front of me and I did a few punching motions. Rotating my head, I look to my left and right then down at my feet. My laces were undone. And the clock was ticking. 3. I gazed into the distance, where the crowd had gathered. Whooping and yelping, they were in a ravenous mood today. This was to be the big race. Not the championship. The Championship.
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25 January 2013 | teaching |
SummaryHad a couple minutes to spare before leaving lab, so decided to throw together some diagrams to help explain a couple biological pathways students of bio42, a bio class at Stanford I'm TAing. Hoping to make a set for each system we study. Started with vesicle budding and fusion along with muscle contraction in smooth and skeletal muscles. |
23 Jan 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h i s o u t l i n e s s m o o t h a n d s k e l e t a l m u s c l e c o n t r a c t i o n . T r y i n g t o s h o w s i m i l a r i t y i n p a t h w a y s f o r s t u d e n t s a n d g e t t h e b a s i c c o m p o n e n t s d o w n . |
23 Jan 2013 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryC r e a t e d t h i s f o r b i o 4 2 , w h i c h I a m T A i n g . O u t l i n e s t h e b a s i c c o m p o n e n t s o f v e s i c l e b u d d i n g a n d f u s i o n . |
10 January 2013 | programming |
SummaryStarted a github repository to put online R functions I've create for some common types of analysis and plots. Aim to have a core set of functions to make figures look prettier, even on preliminary analysis. A couple examples are included focusing on the first function: principal component analysis.
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27 December 2012 | programming |
SummaryLaTeX Boilerplate is for those starting a project or more experienced users who want an organized structure to their documents. All code (e.g. \newcommand, pgfkeys) and packages included are commented. The boilerplate contains examples for common tasks: figures, tables, BibTeX, index, new commands (including some using pgfkeys), and more.
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24 Dec 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW a n t e d a q u i c k f u n c t i o n t o d e t e r m i n e h o w f e a r f u l I s h o u l d b e ( o r s h o u l d h a v e b e e n ) u n d e r c e r t a i n s c e n a r i o s a t p a r t i c u l a r p o i n t s i n m y l i f e . |
15 December 2012 | stanford |
SummaryDesigned by architect Richard Olcott (Ennead Architects) and sound designer Dr. Yasuhisa Toyota (Nagata Acoustics), the Bing Concert Hall is stunning. Robert Campbell (Fisher Dachs Associates) was on hand during the second sound check (along with Richard and Dr. Toyota) to discuss the philosophy behind the building, a bit of history, and where they hope it will be in the future. This post is my impressions of the place along with notes from their interview. |
01 December 2012 | short story |
SummaryFlash, crackle, bang. Pit-pat, pit-pat, pit-pat. The flare skidded down the long, narrow tunnel that appeared to stretch downward forever. Another corridor, if you want to call the passages in this labyrinth of a make-shift cave that, ran to our right. Behind us, a sliver of light, flickering on and off, spilling in from the opening from whence we came. We all gave each other the look-n-nod, donned our breathing masks then proceeded to attach the hooks and ropes. Minutes later, one by one, we rappelled down into the abyss below... |
23 November 2012 | short story |
SummaryI was blown off my feet! The entire place was a mess, people everywhere! I don't know what to say, I just...I don't know, it was just...Jesus! The people, there were people all over the ground!
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16 November 2012 | programming |
SummaryNow that I've gotten back in the python groove somewhat, wanted to make a playlist script that recursively went through a folder, found all files in a sub-folder and create a playlist from them. Implementation described and link to github repository. |
11 Nov 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t w a s s u p p o s e d t o i l l u s t r a t e o n e h y p o t h e s i s f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e c o u p l i n g b e t w e e n B O L D a n d n e u r o n a l a c t i v i t y . T h i s i s t h e i m p r o v e d , m o r e c o n c i s e v e r s i o n . |
11 November 2012 | science |
SummaryThe graphical abstract is an effective way to convey a complex message in an eye pleasing format that is easily digested. I wanted to create a neuroscience-based one as it would be an extension of my work with creating graphic designs and would take advantage of my current studies. From the initial, crowded to the final, clean abstract, I'll go through my thought process and provide links to useful resources. |
30 Oct 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e g r a p h i c a l a b s t r a c t w a s s u p p o s e d t o i l l u s t r a t e o n e h y p o t h e s i s f o r d e t e r m i n i n g t h e c o u p l i n g b e t w e e n B O L D a n d n e u r o n a l a c t i v i t y . |
21 October 2012 | website |
SummaryJustified text is awesome. Clean lines align well with other elements and it doesn't produce a crazy jagged edge. But without hyphens, problems quickly arise. Some lines have super large spaces between words and the end look is quite ugly. There are several solutions: css, server-side, and javascript. |
17 October 2012 | singapore |
SummaryAnd here it seemed I'd forgotten to write about the last exhilarating weeks in Singapore. Fear not! Beautiful buildings, a Hong Kong speed-run, and more food await the eager reader. |
12 October 2012 | science |
SummaryMade a small app that allows browsing of Nobel Laureates. Also provides link to their Wikipedia and Pubmed. Might expand to include pictures or some publications. Enjoy! |
07 October 2012 | programming |
SummaryCreated a small app, implemented in python and PHP, that crawls authenticated Facebook page for Youtube videos and adds them to a specified user's Youtube playlist. Useful for groups that post a lot of youtube videos and want a centralized playlist to share with others. I'll go over some of the implementation details in this post. |
01 October 2012 | notes |
SummaryArchived everything in my inbox. It's awesome. Continues my general trend of simplifying. Logging off websites, only checking the news for brief periods, and focusing on a core set of hobbies. Eliminating distractions and reducing information overload are doing wonders to fight off stress and keep me humming along. |
29 Sep 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryRon Paul often speaks the truth regarding foreign, monetary and other policies. He sheds light on the hard decisions we must face. He doesn't treat the average voter as dimwits, as other candidates do. For those, and many of reasons, he has my vote. |
25 September 2012 | politics |
SummaryJames J. Polk expanded the territory of the United States by about one-third during his tenure. A remarkable feat. Not only that, but it was done through an astonishing three ways: territorial conquest, gold and negotiation.
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18 September 2012 | short story |
Summary
"You can't prove other stars exist!" |
16 September 2012 | singapore |
SummaryBefore finishing my adventures in Singapore, I was asked to put together a final report describing my experiences and where the program could improve. Rather than bore you with details, I've included a link to download the report. This is a draft form and I'll update the link with a finished version in the future. |
09 September 2012 | essay |
SummaryScott Adams recently wrote about citizenship and how the Internet will bring the fall of territory-based national governments, and by extension wars. In this post I briefly highlight where he errs and give reasons why country divides will only grow sharper in the coming decades, in part due to competition for dwindling water, oil and other resources along with increasingly fraught intranational civil relations. |
09 September 2012 | short story |
SummaryIt is a century and a half in the future and I am staring at my grave. Vines crawl up the sides and bits of stone have fallen off in places. Across the top my name is barely visible and the dates of my birth have long since been worn away. I look around the graveyard, at my friends, enemies, confidants and others. All of them are fading, the last vestiges of their existence being worn away by wind and rain. I hear a beep to my left and sigh. The machine only gives me ten minutes per jaunt into the future. And there is no going back, only forward by ten year increments. I started it twenty-four hours ago if my watch is to be believed...
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08 September 2012 | guild wars 2 |
SummaryThe chef's ingredients are scattered throughout the Guild Wars 2 map, but the profession is a cheap way to get 10 levels quickly. Because I am OCD and would rather not read text when I can browse a spreadsheet, compiled information from a couple of sources that is more easily searchable. |
31 August 2012 | short story |
Summary We have entered into unknown territory, the nebula around us swirls with shades of pink, purple and orange and the light of stars long dead. It is a breathtaking sight. There are several young stars drifting through the ether that flare and burn the sky. It has been two years since our last encounter with a solid planet and some of the crew was starting to lose it. Luckily for us, we'd been given some ridiculous suits.
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30 Aug 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPeople on either side, left or right, tend to disparge opponents. They misrepesent the facts and construe the truth in their favour. This annoys me greatly and this quote from Washington's Farewell Adress Speaks to that. |
25 Aug 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA b a n n e r f o r o u r G u i l d W a r s 2 g r o u p . P r e s i d e n t P o l k h e l p e d c o m p l e t e t h e o r i g i n a l M a n i f e s t D e s t i n y . T h e f o n t i s B l a c k a d d e r I T C a n d h e l p s m a i n t a i n t h e s o m e w h a t c l a s s i c a l f e e l . H o w e v e r , t h e s o l e u s e o f b l a c k , w h i t e a n d r e d i s v e r y m o d e r n . |
22 August 2012 | short story |
SummaryLike many people, I was programmed to like my job, least I grow bored or suicidal. But this was the future! The biologist were supposed to engineer out man's desires and policy makers slowly outlaw this barbaric practice. But it is hardly surprising that didn't happen.
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20 August 2012 | singapore |
SummaryMarina Bay Sands, Sydney, Haw Pa Villa and more! The good times keep rolling in Singapore. |
16 August 2012 | programming |
SummaryWhen coding, writing up blog post, or doing any other task, I generally have used Notepad++. It is a great program that automatically detects, based on the extension, the type of code you are writing and parses the file accordingly. It is light and gets the job done, but it always felt like it could be taken to the next level. Enter Sublime Text 2, a program that seems to have everything I am looking for in a text editor and then some. |
12 August 2012 | programming |
Summaryquicklinks is a new homepage for those looking for efficiency over lavish use of big buttons commonly seen in Firefox, Opera and other browser's homepages. As quicklinks is still a little rough around the edges and needs to be updated, I've added it to GitHub to allow me to update it easier. |
10 Aug 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW i l l i a m T a f t i s o n e o f t h e o f t f o r g o t t e n p r e s i d e n t s . H e w a s v e r y e f f i c i e n t a n d a g r e a t p r o b l e m s o l v e r , b u t t h i s l e d t o p r o b l e m s p o l i t i c a l l y . H e b e c a m e a S u p r e m e C o u r t j u s t i c e a f t e r b e i n g p r e s i d e n t . |
10 August 2012 | design |
SummaryMany default PowerPoint themes are too outlandish and graphics heavy for my taste. So over the last year or so, I have begun designing my own themes for PowerPoint. I'll go over the design decisions behind a couple and provide links to download the themes. |
06 Aug 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryJ a m e s P o l k w a s a n e x t r a o r d i n a r y p r e s i d e n t w h o a c c o m p l i s h e d a l o t i n o n l y o n e t e r m . F o r t h i s r e a s o n h e i s m y f a v o r i t e p r e s i d e n t a n d t h i s i s a p o s t e r t o t h a t . |
05 Aug 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryB e n j a m i n F r a n k l i n i s t h e p r e s i d e n t t h a t n e v e r w a s , a r e n a i s s a n c e m a n w h o m a s t e r m i n d e d m u c h o f t h e R e v o l u t i o n a n d h e l p e d i t m a t u r e i n t o t h e g r e a t n a t i o n i t b e c a m e . |
5 August 2012 | website |
SummaryWanted to add the ability for people to comment on this website, but delayed adding the feature until I could write the code myself. There are many pre-built PHP solutions on the market (like commentator), but the original purpose of this site was to allow me to learn how to build a website from scratch. So I've implemented the comment system using about a hundred lines of code to access the MySQL database, verify inputs and display all the comments for a particular article. |
1 August 2012 | essay |
SummaryReflections on a couple TED talks. |
27 July 2012 | short story |
SummaryI killed Time. And now I stand trial for my crimes.
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21 July 2012 | singapore |
SummarySometimes it feels like life should have a record button that nicely parses the endless stream of awesomeness that comes at you. Not a camecorder or microphone, but a program that understands the world, can automatically find and retrieve the most useful links then type-up a nicely formatted document to present to others. Alas, while some of this technology exist, it isn't in one nice little package. Plus, writing about Singapore is almost as fun as experiencing it. Below are some finds from my fifth and sixth week in Singapore, from adventures in Bali to savouring the taste of Ayam Goreng Pedas Ramen (super spicy!). |
10 July 2012 | short story |
Summary
"You know Harry, I don't understand this God." A short story about God. |
8 July 2012 | singapore |
SummaryMassive artificial trees, beautiful orchid gardens, clubbing till late and learning about Singapore from students and labmates--this week was a blast. |
2 July 2012 | essay |
SummaryI have been recording down many recent and very old dreams in a Word document, which has swelled to over 7,000+ words and contains near one hundred stories. The plan is to clean-up and compile all these stories into one novella that has several characters exploring the dream-worlds with some overarching story to tie it all together. Should be a fun experiment. |
2 July 2012 | singapore |
SummaryAllowed a bit of a breather this week, but nonetheless still full of adventures: getting an equivalent of Montezuma's revenge (but still trudging on), visiting the awesome Mustafa Indian centre, a trip to Malaysia, biking and plenty more. Let's dive in. |
24 June 2012 | short story |
SummaryThe short stories that I have written will now include a link to a pdf containing all the short stories on this website and a couple others. The link will stay the same, I'll just update the file from time-to-time. |
23 Jun 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS u p p o r t i n g O b a m a , t h i s p o s t e r t r i e s t o f o c u s o n t h e p o s i t i v e r a t h e r t h a n t h e n e g a t i v e . I h o p e O b a m a w i l l c a m p a i g n i n t h i s s t y l e |
23 Jun 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS u p p o r t i n g O b a m a , t h i s p o s t e r t r i e s t o f o c u s o n t h e p o s i t i v e r a t h e r t h a n t h e n e g a t i v e . I h o p e O b a m a w i l l c a m p a i g n i n t h i s s t y l e |
19 June 2012 | singapore |
SummaryThis pace can't keep up. Saw some crazy animals at a night safari, wandered around NUS's campus late at night (the place is chaotic, beautiful and slightly eerie at night), met with SUTD's president and more. It seems that staying in Singapore for most of the summer is a go, there is so much here to find out and explore. That might also be because I severely underestimated the size of the country (e.g. don't glance at a map's scale and assume 20 miles = 2 miles, haha). Anyhow, here goes, another eventful week summarized in small snippets. |
12 June 2012 | singapore |
SummaryWow, what a week. Ran around Hong Kong, learned a couple new things in the lab, meet a bunch of awesome MIT/SUTD students, went clubbing twice, ate a different type (Indian, Indonesian, Muslim, etc.) of food each meal, wandered around Singapore several of the nights and so much more. To top it all off, I was able to learn a ton about Singapore's culture. This place is awesome. |
10 June 2012 | short story |
Summary
It was December 31st, 2089 and I was feeling a bit hungry. The neighbors down the street were throwing a New Year’s party; they were a superstitious bunch and assumed all their savings would disappear on New Year’s Day due to a computer glitch. I decided to pitch in, though I’m not the superstitious type, just to show my appreciation. The parties from past years, after all, were quite a hoot.
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9 June 2012 | short story |
Summary
“So, Mr. Paterson, I have heard great things about your business. The earnings reports you gave me look stellar. But there aren’t any real details about what your business does. I couldn’t find specific information on your considerable series A funding. As a series B investor, I would like to know a little more before investing.”
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9 June 2012 | singapore |
SummaryI fly out to Singapore today. Two days, 11,459 miles and (hopefully) one A Song of Fire and Ice book later, I'll be in my dream city. Can't wait! |
04 Jun 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryF o r t h e S p r i n g 2 0 1 2 p a r t y |
03 Jun 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryP r o - R o m n e y a d , g o i n g t o m a k e o n e f o r P r e s . O b a m a a s w e l l . |
2 June 2012 | short story |
Summary
The sun beat down and I raised my hand to cover my eyes. It had been days, weeks, maybe even years. Who knew? I surely didn’t. The dry sands whipped our faces, blurring our vision and making us believe we saw things. Water, chief among them. Haha, it’s funny how that most abundant always seems to be the end of us. You either drown in it or die from not having it. No one wins. Someone told me that they’d managed to survive a month without water. I don’t believe it, but guess I’m about to find out. We’d seen other things. Silver buildings that rose into the sky, it blinded us and as we got close, a sandstorm would appear and when it was gone, so was the house. It is incredible what you imagine when under stress…
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29 May 2012 | programming |
SummaryThe new-tab page on most browsers inefficiently uses screen real estate by giving each website a picture and large button. While useful for tablets, it prevents addition of many websites and can't be organized into groups without increasing the number of clicks required. Also, often only one search site is accessible, with the rest found in a drop-down menu. To alleviate this, I created quicklinks. It uses javascript to create a row of categories (that you choose), which when hovered over show associated links. Further, there are several search bars readily avaliable, no extra clicking needed. Enjoy. |
28 May 2012 | essay |
Summary
Quantized art. The idea came about while reading how the music industry assembles top-liners, producers, artists, performers, etc. to create top 40 hits. For example, there has been a recent trend in pop music to use 'drops', when the song builds to a crescendo and then a crazy, catchy bass line is released that causes everyone to dance. This has been perfected to the point where even an okay song can become popular because the producers know when to build, at what moment to intersperse catchy, meaningless lyrics and how to end the song on a high. I like the idea that art (as in paintings, drawings, etc.) can be dissected and quantified.
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26 May 2012 | singapore |
SummaryFirst post about Singapore lays out some of the background surrounding the trip and Singapore itself. This summer is going to be awesome! |
25 May 2012 | design |
Summary
How do you design an icon for a website? This question arose once I'd finished writing the back-end of this website. There is a great book called Creative Workshop: 80 Challenges to Sharpen Your Design Skills that helped me answer this question.
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15 May 2012 | filugori |
SummarySeveral months ago I took a hard look at Filugori: The Long Tale, the story I started in grade school that was meant to be a mash-up of my favorite books and fictional universes. However, it lacked a certain vision. The story was fun, frantic and fanciful, but there was no heart. It lacked cohesion and the universe did not appear to justify its own existence. Why should someone care to read this tale? What would they gain from it? While fleshing out the background of the universe, providing details on the four major epochs that define the story, I came to realize that I wanted to tell a very different tale than originally planned. |
13 May 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryL o g o f o r t h e w e b s i t e . W r o t e a n a r t i c l e d e t a i l i n g t h e d e s i g n p r o c e s s : w a s a t t e m p t i n g t o g o f o r a S F l o o k t h a t c o n v e y e d a s e n s e o f m o t i o n . A l t b l a c k v e r s i o n . |
10 May 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryLogo for the website. Wrote an article detailing the design process: was attempting to go for a SF look that conveyed a sense of motion. |
07 May 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryM a d e t h i s p o s t e r f o r a f a c e b o o k g r o u p . |
06 May 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryUsed for the internal CAP website. |
14 Apr 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryF o r t h e M I T - S i n g a p o r e p r o g r a m |
12 Apr 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryP o s t f o r C P W g r a f f i t i p a r t y . T h e d a r k b a c k g r o u n d h e l p s a c c e n t u a t e t h e r e d a n d w h i t e u s e d f o r t h e t e x t a n d s p r a y - c a n . |
10 Apr 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryFirst draft of the Graffiti party poster. Was going for a very dramatic look. |
29 Mar 2012 | design |
SummaryThis website was built from scratch using only Notepad. While it would have been easier to create the site in Dreamweaver or another program and then upload it, I wanted to learn first-hand about the steps involved in web development. The site has allowed me to hone my design skills, both aesthetically and organizationally. This is an essay detailing the evolution of the website. |
28 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryP o s t e r f o r m y f a c e b o o k g r o u p w h e r e w e p o s t s o n g s . |
23 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS o m e o n e w a s w h i n i n g o n o u r e m a i l l i s t , s o I m a d e t h i s a s a r e s p o n s e . |
22 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPeople whine way too much. This poster is a response, but desguised as an advertisment for military armor. Some people didn't quite get the joke. |
19 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW h e n y o u n e e d t o g e t p e o p l e o u t o f a p a r t y , t h e G T F O P a t r o l i s h e r e t o h e l p . T h i s w a s t o u n g e - i n - c h e e k , f o r t h o s e t h a t g o t i t . |
12 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAn homage to Chris Foss's classic SF work. Dark version goes better with the SF feel. Onward signifies the purpose of SF, to give us purpose to make the next journey into the unknown. |
12 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAn homage to Chris Foss's classic SF work. |
06 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW e h a d a R e l a y f o r L i f e e v e n t S p r i n g 2 0 1 2 , I h e l p e d w i t h t h e p o s t e r s a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n . T h i s g i v e s a p r e v i e w o f s o m e o f t h e d e s s e r t s o n t h e m e n u . |
06 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h i s i s t h e f a c e b o o k p r o f i l e p i c t u r e p e o p l e c o u l d u s e f o r o u r P h i S i g r e l a y f o r l i f e . |
06 Mar 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW e h a d a R e l a y f o r L i f e e v e n t S p r i n g 2 0 1 2 , I h e l p e d w i t h t h e p o s t e r a n d o r g a n i z a t i o n . |
20 Feb 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryMade my own font for this poster. Focus on large, recognizable text so people won't forget. The lack of anything else intices people to come. |
20 Feb 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryEarly sketch for our CPW party. |
20 Feb 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe original, wide angle graffiti party poster. Was trying to make a cartoon look that stood out. |
20 Feb 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e p o s t e r f o r o u r M a r d i G r a s p a r t y . W e n t f o r a s i m p l e , d i s t i n c t l o o k . G o l d a n d w h i t e c o n t r a s t w e l l w i t h b l a c k , s o i t h e l p s t h e p o s t e r p o p o u t . |
20 Feb 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW h i l e c r e a t i n g p o s t e r s i n t h e n e w c a r t o o n - i s h s t y l e , r e a l i z e d I n e e d e d a s e t o f P h i S i g l o g o s t h a t w o u l d m a t c h . |
24 Jan 2012 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS p r i n g 2 0 1 2 s o c i a l c a l e n d a r , s o m e e v e n t s c h a n g e d s i n c e I m a d e i t . |
07 Jan 2012 | essay |
Summary
Sex sells. That simple statement has been used throughout the ages to justify lewd advertisements and other forms of communication, whether they are through pictures, videos or other mediums. But while other industries, from cigarette companies to Hollywood, use it passingly to entice people into considering a product they otherwise would not, there is an industry and culture which bases its existence upon this simple fact. That industry is pornography.
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06 Jan 2012 | essay |
Summary
One of the main themes of the renaissance was the rebirth in the interest of classical themes or greco-roman culture. Many artist, either through paintings, sculptures or architecture, portrayed this general movement by using Greek/roman themes, such as pillars, and integrating it into their works. But it wasn?t just an interest in greek/roman architecture or appearance but also their cultures.
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27 Dec 2011 | psk |
SummaryMy terms as social chair during Fall 2011 went quite well, but there were several things I was unsatisfied with. This presentation outlines several different areas I would like to see improved. |
26 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryImplemented the mock-up during a wait at Logan airport. It is world's better than the current site, both navigationally and on the eyes. |
23 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryI n f o A g e i s a a p p l e t I m a d e t h a t a l l o w s o n e t o m o n i t o r a l l y o u r s y s t e m s e t t i n g s . U s e d t h e r e d , w h i t e a n d b l u e t h e m e t o a c h i e v e n i c e c o n t r a s t a n d a s o f t l o o k t h a t i s e a s y o n t h e e y e s . |
22 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe Tsai Lab's website was a bit ramshackle and I aimed to improve it. This mock-up is an attempt to improve it. |
19 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA foray into the abstract. It captures the chaotic nature of my dreams, but it doesn't capture the wonder and Romanticism that prevades them. Need another go. |
19 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW e h a v e a n i n t e r n a l w e b s i t e f o r P h i S i g . T h i s w a s o n e o f m y r e d e s i g n m o c k u p s . |
19 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryI s p e n t s o m e t i m e r e d e s i g n i n g m y W i n d o w s 7 i n t e r f a c e t o a l l o w f o r e a s i e r n a v i g a t i o n . A s a b y p r o d u c t , i t a l s o l o o k e d b e a u t i f u l . |
17 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e o r i g i n a l s i t e d e s i g n w a s a b i t b l a n d , s o I a d d e d a b i t o f c o l o r . S t i l l t h i n k o f r e v e r t i n g t t h i s d e s i g n , t h e c o l o r s h a r k e n t o a n o t h e r e r a . |
11 Dec 2011 | short story |
SummaryThis was originally called "Human War" and was written mostly during high school. It focused on Bi and several of his crew as they journeyed across a galaxy filled with alien races, adventure and glory. It was fun-loving, energetic and a bit schizophrenic. While I loved writing it, there were too many borrowed influences for it to be a viable story in the long term and I did a 180 when creating Filugori, which is influenced by this but is much darker. |
10 Dec 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPoster I made for our fraternity's massive 1st lounge TV. A soft blue goes well with white and red. There is an implied diagonal axis to the poster as well. |
30 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe number 42 is odd. Originally I obsessed over it due to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. But as I used it more often, it took on a life of its own. The bold text and color I think do the number justice. |
22 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryD e s i g n f o r a J i m T h o r p e w e b s i t e . |
22 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryO u r f a l l p a r t y , p e o p l e d r e s s a s n e r d s o r j o c k s . R e p r e s e n t e d b o t h i n t h i s p o s t e r a n d a i m e d a t a p a u c i t y o f t e x t t o p r o x i m i t y o f w o r d s t o p i c t u r e s t o c o n v e y t h e m e s s a g e . |
20 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e b r a c k e t f o r t h e f i r s t F I F A t o u r n a m e n t a t P h i S i g . W a n t e d t o a d v a n c e b e y o n d t h e b o r i n g s p r e a d s h e e t s s e e n b e f o r e . |
20 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA s y o u c a n s e e , I w a s g e a r i n g u p f o r W i n d o w s 8 . |
17 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryThe first mock-up for this website. In a way, I've returned to this original, minimalistic design |
14 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryI l o v e t e n n i s a n d t h i s f o n t i s m e a n t t o c o n v e y m o t i o n a n d a s e n s e o f m o d e r n s t y l e . |
14 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA m o n t a g e o f i m a g e r y f r o m C a t a l i n a F o o t h i l l s t e n n i s u s i n g t h e p r e v i o u s l y c r e a t e d t e n n i s f o n t . G o o d t i m e s . |
13 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryP a r t y p o s t e r , w a s g o i n g f o r a m o r e d r a m a t i c l o o k . |
12 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS o m e w h a t s a t i r i c a l t a k e o n A m e r i c a n l i f e . |
08 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryLiving in Madrid gave me my first homestay experience and I learned a great deal from it--both about myself and Hispanic culture. I'll never forget that experience. |
04 Nov 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA c r a z y , p r o - b a r c e l o n a p o s t e r . I l o v e t h a t c i t y . |
31 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA n o t h e r e x a m p l e o f m y r e v i s e d W i n d o w s 7 i n t e r f a c e w i t h a M e t r o f e e l . |
27 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h i s m o v e m e n t a n n o y e d m e , m o s t l y d u e t o t h e f a l s e s t a t e m e n t s a n d i g n o r a n c e o f i t s s u p p o r t e r s . S o I m a d e a p o s t e r w i t h a W i n s t o n C h u r c h i l l q u o t e . |
23 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummarySeemed like a good replacement name for Bromicron. Oh wait, it wasn't. |
23 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryU n f o r t u n a t e l y , w e o n l y h a d r o o m f o r a H a l l o w e e n o r G r a f f i t i p a r t y . W h a t d i d I d o ? C o m b i n e d t h e m ! T h i s p o s t e r u s e d s o m e f u n k y e f f e c t s . I o n l y l i k e t h e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e t e x t a n d i m a g e r y . |
22 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryU n f o r t u n a t e l y , w e o n l y h a d r o o m f o r a H a l l o w e e n o r G r a f f i t i p a r t y . W h a t d i d I d o ? C o m b i n e d t h e m ! T h i s i s t h e s e c o n d p o s t e r a n d I t h i n k i s m o r e a p p e a l i n g . |
20 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryB a s i c a l l y a p r o - A m e r i c a p o s t e r . S o m e p e o p l e m i g h t n o t g e t t h e j o k e . . . |
19 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryFall 2011 poster for our end of year party. Was trying to keep it classy. |
19 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryGoing for a more human centered design and a combination of both Cowboy and Indian. |
19 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryS o m e p e o p l e h a v e l o n g , o b n o x i o u s e m a i l s i g n a t u r e s . T h i s i s m y r e s p o n s e . |
16 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryL o v e t h i s p o s t e r . I n s p i r e d b y a c o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h a f r i e n d , w e w e r e t a l k i n g a b o u t w h e t h e r A m e r i c a i s a n e x a m p l e f o r t h e w o r l d t o f o l l o w . I f o c u s e d o n t w o A m e r i c a n g r e a t s a n d u s e d t h e c o n t r a s t b e t w e e n t h e d r a b , a u t h o r i t a t i v e g r a y w i t h t h e b r i g h t r e d , w h i t e a n d b l u e f l a g t o g i v e t h e i m a g e a k i c k . |
13 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryPhi Sig plays in IM Soccer, we normally have good turnout, but when we don't, the following poster can be used. |
12 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryRemoving the 'Sympathy Bombs' changes the overt meaning, but the message stays the same. |
12 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAnother pro-America poster. A friend noted that the poster suggest 'Sympathy Bombs', that was unintentional but fits the theme. |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryAn old-school looking poster for Phi Sig. |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryC h e m i c a l e n g i n e e r i n g c a n i n d u c e m a n y t h o u g h t s , b u t I t h o u g h t t h a t t h i s b e s t s y m b o l i z e d w h a t p e o p l e t h o u g h t a b o u t . I p a r t i c u l a r l y l i k e t h e m a n w i t h t h e r e d t u b e . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW a s s u p p o s e d t o h i g h l i g h t h o w u r b a n p l a n n i n g c a n h e l p t h e w o r l d . A l i t t l e b a s i c , b u t g e t s t h e m e s s a g e a c r o s s . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryP a r t o f m y s e r i e s o f p o s t e r s f o r e a c h m a j o r a t M I T . I t h i n k t h i s i s o n e o f t h e b e t t e r o n e s . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryM o r e p e o p l e s h o u l d l e a r n s p a n i s h . T h i s p o s t e r g i v e s a c l e a r r e a s o n w h y : o v e r 4 0 0 m i l l i o n p e o p l e s p r e a d o u t o v e r v a r i o u s c o u n t r i e s s p e a k i t . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e p o s t e r c a n b e i n t e r p r e t e d t w o w a y s , e i t h e r a s a s t a t e m e n t o f w h a t n u c l e a r c a n h e l p b r i n g o r t h e t h r e a t i t c a r r i e s . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryO n e o f t h e f i r s t d e s i g n p o s t e r s , i t s t a t e s m a n y o f t h e t h i n g s I p a r t a k e i n o r e n j o y a t M I T . W a s t r y i n g t o c h a n n e l t h e o l d S w i s s m a s t e r s . |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA n o l d - s c h o o l l o o k i n g p o s t e r f o r P h i S i g . G i v e s d i r e c t i o n s t o u s e W i n d o w s 8 |
09 Oct 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryO n e o f t h e f i r s t p o s t e r s i n t h e M I T C o u r s e s s e r i e s , t h a t m a d e a c a r t o o n t h a t h i g h l i g h t e d c e r t a i n a s p e c t s o f e a c h c o u r s e . |
29 Sep 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryA n e w t y p e o f s o c i a l e v e n t a t P h i S i g w e t r i e d f a l l 2 0 1 1 . L o g o a r i f f o n G o o g l e s + 1 i c o n . |
18 Sep 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryW a n t e d t o c o n t r a s t t h e t w o a s p e c t s o f t h e p a r t y i n b o t h t h e p i c t u r e , f o n t a n d c o l o r i n g . H o w e v e r , t h e r e a r e t o o m a n y f o n t s a n d t h e o n l o o k e r d o e s n o t k n o w w h e r e t o f o c u s . |
11 Sep 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e f i r s t o f f i c i a l p a r t y o f t h e y e a r , w a n t e d t o m a k e t h e p o s t e r h a r k e n t o f u n t i m e s a n d n o t j u s t d r i n k i n g . |
01 Sep 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryF a l l 2 0 1 1 s o c i a l c a l e n d a r . F o c u s e d o n g i v i n g p e o p l e d e t a i l e d i n f o r m a t i o n w i t h o u t s e n d i n g o u t a b o r i n g e m a i l . |
28 Aug 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryT h e f o n t s u g g e s t f u n , t h e p i c t u r e s u g g e s t o l d - s c h o o l s e x y . T h e r e i s a s u b t l e c o n f l i c t h e r e , b u t a l s o a s u g g e s t i o n o f h o w t h e p a r t y w i l l g o . N o t e n t i r e l y s u r e i t w o r k s . |
10 Aug 2011 | science |
SummaryThe Janelia Undergrad program ended with a all-day Symposium during which each undergrad had around 15 minutes to present the results of their project. It was a fun way to end the summer and see what the others had been up to. |
08 Aug 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryOriginal logo for the facebook group. |
08 Aug 2011 | Designs/Posters |
SummaryOriginal logo for the facebook group. |
6 July 2011 | science |
SummaryThe second presentation that Alyson and I gave during the Janelia Undergrad program, it was a brilliant paper that used Hidden Markov models to build a predictive algorithm that could tell you what chromatin states you were in. |
24 June 2011 | science |
SummaryAt the beginning of the Janelia Undergrad program we had to give a presentation on what we planned to do. It was a worthwhile experiences that made one really focus on the different aspects of your project and get feedback. |
15 June 2011 | science |
SummaryAlyson Yee and I gave the first presentation of the Janelia Undergrad program. The paper tried to tease apart the different aspects of a songbird's appearance that most influenced behavior of other birds. |
29 Jan 2011 | science |
SummaryI spent January 2011 in Cuernavaca, Mexico and worked on a project to model the Notch and JAK/STAT signaling pathways. This is part of one presentation, which I gave in Spanish. |
12 Jan 2011 | science |
SummaryAn educational presentation I gave in Spanish about the differential equation model used in several papers to predict biological pathways. |
30 Nov 2010 | science |
SummaryPresentation I gave in 9.29, the computational neuroscience class at MIT. They attempted to build a model that could use the information obtained from recordings in the prefrontal cortex and other areas of a monkey brain to predict their behavior based on the 'state' their neuron groups were in. |
22 August 2010 | short story spanish |
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13 July 2010 | science |
SummaryOne of the presentations I had to give during my stay in Barcelona. Detailed some of the progress made in characterizing the response of different Drosophila species to a set of odors. |
05 May 2010 | short story spanish |
Summary
Mis amigos y yo fuimos al bar cuyo nombre es “Club Dos”, es muy famoso en esta parte de la gran ciudad. Sus ciudadanos le ponen algunos nombres a la ciudad, como “La Ciudad sin Tierra” o “La Ciudad de Edificios” |
24 April 2010 | short story spanish |
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21 Dec 2009 | short story |
Summary
The trees flew past us, the wind almost drowning out the roars, hisses, and howls that permeated the area. The gun felt cold in my hand; it weighed me down and got in the way of my agile attempts to slip through the undergrowth. To my left was Marsha, like a sly fox she twisted and turned to avoid everything Nature did to obstruct her path. To my right was Judy, her movements labored owing to the gash running down the side of her leg. It oozed green and yellow puss—we may have to kill her before she turns. The twigs and branches continued to rip through my clothes and skin, yet it was nothing compared to the terror that drove us forward. The howls grew louder and the falling of trees could be heard behind us.
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09 Dec 2009 | short story |
Summary
I've always wanted to fly--to soar and twirl without a care, to dive bomb that crazy little brat who walks on me every day and spills his rancid milk, or to skim the streets unhindered. Alas, I am here, watching the world pass me by. I was always the odd one out, but that would make me special right? It's always good to be special...
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28 Nov 2009 | short story |
SummaryThere are two goals in life, to reproduce and defy death.
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20 Nov 2009 | short story |
Summary
Captain’s Log 1.25.2838
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11 Nov 2009 | short story |
Summary
“Haha, my brother, how have you been?”
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28 Dec 2008 | short story |
Summary
America needed help. The rise of China, Japan, Germany and various other nations was fast making it an irrelevant player on the international scene. Resurgent Russia and climbing India looked to give America a run for its money, in both domestic and foreign markets. And so on to the scene came Rate, to save America, to preserve and spread truth, justice, and the America way.
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27 Dec 2008 | short story |
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The pair looked out across the gorgeous vista, the golden plans below waiting to be harvested, the mountains in the distance yearning to be explored, the hidden structures and stories aching to be discovered. The sky was auburn green; owing to the transition between ecosystems as the planet was terraformed. The suits were itchy, their bright white exterior blinding those foolish enough to stare at them. They reminded him of the astronaut suits they used to see from the late 20th century photos.
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17 Dec 2008 | short story |
Summary
Smith was nothing special; he had grown up in middle America in a comfortable middle income family, his parents rather tame--an old line Republican and a right-leaning Democrat. His formative years were spent building forts with his pals, exploring the streams nearby and wandering out into the woods, and learning from the small district that had the elementary, middle and high schools rolled into one large building. He loved those years, he reminisced constantly about them, longed to have them back, but that could not be.
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13 Dec 2008 | short story |
Summary
It was a pristine autumn evening, the street was wet from the recent rain and the trees had become a spectacular array of browns, reds, and yellows. The streetlights cast a surreal glow on the scene. Kil walked down the street, her dress billowing in the wind, her gait slightly off. She was the height of an average man, tall and slender, with billowing red hair.
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8 Dec 2008 | short story |
Summary
“Hey honey, how are you? Been a busy day, considering not looking at any work tonight, I’ll relax and spend some time with you.”
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25 Nov 2008 | short story |
SummaryEver get that feeling, that the people you know may have something to hide? That the girl you've been with for all this time is cheating on you? Or taking advantage of you? Ever had that thought that the friend laughing with you is just looking out for the next opportunity to fleece you in the name of 'friendship'? Friendship! Base on what?!
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25 Nov 2008 | short story |
SummaryIt was like a fairy tale, rays shone through the canopy overhead, dust glittered in the autumn air, and two children frolicked about. Chirping, the rustling of leaves and the crackle of twigs breaking underfoot could be heard all around. The children, a boy and a girl, ran across the scene.
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23 Nov 2008 | short story |
SummaryThe sun scorched the skin off of my back; below me was an endless throng of citizens, all about to die. How morbid, eh? Haha, well this is my tale, so I?ll start it however I please. If you are reading this, it means you?ve found my journal, flipped through any of the other pages yet?
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16 Sept 2007 | short story |
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Click
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27 Aug 2007 | short story |
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The ball whizzed past the net and bounced on the very edge of the service box. I reached out with Herculean effort to hit the ball as it tried to curve away from me. Relief! My return sped towards the middle of the court, only to see him already at the net, Apollo at his back. He sliced the ball to my forehand, I rushed and managed to get to the ball, and turned, waiting for the succeeding surge of energy to do battle with against this unstoppable foe.
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11 Mar 2007 | short story |
Summary
“Hey sexy, how’re you?”
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4 Mar 2007 | short story |
Summary
He hit me, once again I fell to the ground.
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4 Mar 2007 | short story |
SummaryWhat happens when two people use different meanings for the same word. |
2 Feb 2007 | short story |
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“Ye food aging quite well, why don’t ye come in and stop it.”
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2 Mar 2006 | short story |
SummaryCollection of three short pieces of fiction that contain only fifty-five words. They are all play on words. |