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Twisting at the White House

I’m home from twisting balloons at the White House. I have over 500 pictures to pare down, so it might be a day or three before I get them online.

Balloons and science and Google

Google’s Project Loon Google just announced their super-cool ambitious Project Loon: Balloon-powered internet access. They are going to float balloons that provide wifi. Fun! This is something that I (and all my twisting buddies) will follow closely. We’ve already made flying balloon sculptures, and do lots of science experiments with balloons. Speaking of science, did […]

Responsive Spammers?

My spam folder is filled with a new flood of spammy offers — flowers. This is a big change from the usual fake paypal, banking, pharmaceuticals, and dating offers that usually get filtered in there. Apparently the spammers know that Mother’s Day is coming up, and they are sending me calendar-specific offers. I totally appreciate […]

Advice from Richard Feynman

If you have any talent, or any occupation that delights you, do it, and do it to the hilt. – Richard Feynman

Twitter impersonation battle is over!

I have claimed @twistedballoon! This is a big deal, because for the past few years it was a “fake” Todd Neufeld account. It had my name and my picture, but it was not mine. Every once and awhile it would add a spam-tweet, but never written or added by a human specifically for that account.

BUSL Alumni News

I made the BU Law alumni news. Sweet! http://www.bu.edu/phpbin/news-cms/news/?dept=634&id=60161

Post Format Woes

I can’t seem to get different post formats to load the right components or look nice.  I suppose I could find a new theme, or move everything to Tumblr, but that seems a bit excessive.  I’ll worry about this all later . . . . there’s real work to do today.