Author: Sam
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Cold Weather Grilling
Well, it’s officially winter break: it’s sleeting outside, I’m putting off wrapping gifts, and I’m at my parents house with very little to do. I had a pretty decent semester, and my one class (Advanced WWW Technologies) is now complete, so I can focus full time on my master’s work. In a sort of neat…
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Climbing Manhattan Hill
So yesterday my buddy Matt came into town. He's from Lincoln, so we don't get to hang out as often as we used to, but neither of us have class on Thursdays, so everything sort of worked out. We didn't have any big plans, so it was a lot of video games, barbecue, and just…
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Halloween!
It was recently Halloween, which means in addition to my normal fall regimen of sleeping through football games, I carved a pumpkin and bought candy for local children. It had been a long time since I'd made even a basic Jack-O'-Lantern (like 15 years) but it turns out that if your design consists almost entirely…
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I reviewed a paper!
So, I just reviewed my first academic paper. I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say about it (since it's both pre-release and not my own work) and I can't link to it, but I will say that it was fascinating. It also was one of those unique experiences where you know you'll be…
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My new picnic table
I moved into a new house in May, out from my single bedroom apartment. I now have a lot more space, both inside and outside and my house includes a sort of back patio area which is perfect for grilling, but neither I nor my roommate had any outdoor seating. Inspired by this post by…
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Custom symbols in LaTeX
I'm writing a report which will eventually become the introduction to my Master's thesis. It's on existing medical workflow technologies, including Little-JIL. I wrote the rough draft back in January, and am now hammering away on making the revisions my advisor suggested (try and ignore the several month turnaround :D). Little-JIL has a number of…
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Colbert Hills executive course
Summertime has arrived, which means it's golf time. There's a top-notch golf course here in Manhattan called Colbert Hills (designed by Jim Colbert)which I've been playing on recently. I'm not really good enough to hold my own on the main course (though I was part of a scramble team out there) so I've been playing…