UltraNurdage

Year: 2013

  • A Bagel Too Far

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    Pumpkin Spice is everywhere!

  • The Happiest Baby on the Block

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    The Happiest Baby on the Block by Harvey Karp My rating: 3 of 5 stars As you might have heard, our son Theodore was born two weeks ago. Since he is our first child, I naturally wanted to become more knowledgeable about little things like soothing him when he’s upset. We bought this book based…

  • How I Live Now

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    How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a relatively rare example where I decided to read a book based entirely on the trailer for its upcoming movie adaptation. It was a serendipitous opportunity because Rebekah happened to have a copy sitting out at her apartment, so I…

  • Puzzle Complete

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    I don’t think my old (ca. 1990) placemat featuring the Periodic Table had anything named past Fermium, plus a smaller set of Ununs. Lots of new ones in the quest for the Island of Stability.

  • Birthday Puzzle

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    Border complete! Thanks Rebekah :o). Coincidentally I also got a Periodic Table-themed gift from my mom. (Blocks for me… and Theo.) Maybe that random invitation to join the American Chemical Society wasn’t so far off base?

  • Mavericks

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    Download only took about 20 minutes. Not too shabby.

  • Room with a View

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    Our post-partum recovery room, and the solarium down the hall, have great views of the Head of the Charles Regatta.

  • Darcy Helps

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    Oh, you wanted to tuck in this corner?

  • Snickering

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    I am having a really hard time keeping a straight face with the current ad campaign in Harvard Square station.

  • Warp Core Online

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    Upgrade is in process. It’s a raw computation upgrade of about 2.5x, but the Fusion Drive makes a ridiculous performance improvement over my old spinning disks.