Talking Flat Rat Jerky

A certain passionate photographer and power blogger at work made an extremely unsettling, but curiously delightful discovery when shooting one day- a completely flattened and rather leather-like rat corpse.  She actually brought this deflated beast into the office in a little bag, and I even got to handle it a bit! (while it was in [...]

5-Second Test: Simple User Interface

I’ve designed a very simple user interface inspired by a basic functionality required to address low barrier of entry in web application user interaction for a particular subset of users, which are often discussed in circles around lunchtime at my workplace.
To that end, I’ve set up a 5-Second Test using the nifty service at www.fivesecondtest.com. [...]

Drummin’ and Dancin’ on Campus

As I was leaving work yesterday, I heard the not-too-unfamiliar sound of some sort of music close by. Being that some faculty are known to wail on electric guitars and such inside the faculty lounge in the upper floor of my building, I assumed that something similar was going on.  When I exited the building, [...]

Ann is an awesome boss!

Today, I am going to do something atypical with my weblog- I’m not going to complain and groan about technology that doesn’t work well, or that spies on you, or even ponder out loud on the confusion something or someone instills in me at any given time. There’s not even a shred of nerdspeak to [...]

A Festivus Miracle!

Festivus is a great annual holiday made popular by the television show Seinfeld, and is actually observed by one of my co-workers.
Festivus Resources

Festivus on Wikipedia
Festivus Book
YouTube video excerpt of Seinfeld eisode
Festivus poles!