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I competed in the Google US Puzzle Championship and didn’t do very well. Not that I ever expected to finish in the top ten or anything but when it was over, I knew I could have done better. I spent a lot of time on puzzles that I wasn’t able to solve. [...]

I came across this Op-Ed piece by Neal Stephenson in the New York Times (thanks to Joel.) Stephenson expresses some of the same thoughts that I was having about Star Wars earlier this week. Of course, Stephenson expresses these thoughts much better, which is why he gets paid to write and I don’t. [...]

I bought a Star Wars novel this weekend, much to Susannah’s chagrin. She just doesn’t understand. The novel is Yoda: Dark Rendezvous by Sean Stewart. I just can’t pass up reading any Sean Stewart novels (and it’s not like I’ve never read a Star Wars novel either. I lent her [...]

This Friday I went to my ten year high-school reunion at Roxbury Latin. From the outside, the school looks very different from when I went there (there are three new buildings) but we were assured by many of the teachers that the soul is still the same.
My reunion began in Back Bay station where [...]

My friend Cole suggested that I take part in the Google Summer of Code. On the surface it seems ideal. Become involved in an Open Source project and get paid for it. The only catch is that you have to be a student. Apparently aspiring open source coders with a lot [...]

Last night I was at Fenway Park for the first time in years. The occasion was Susannah’s and my second anniversary (she bought me the tickets for Christmas.) I have a few random thoughts on the occasion.
1. I was sitting next to a kid who was probably about seven years old. [...]