Just returned from New York!
I had a grand old time. Jenny and I spent 3 days running around the Big Apple. Rather than bore you with specifics, you can follow the journey through the magic of photography.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, December 11, 2009
MBB: the Moronic Bumblers Building..
Laboratory update:
We have officially moved into our new labs at the Medical Biosciences Building at UMN. The idea was to have a location for all the immunologists to be localized in the same area to promote interaction. Unfortunately, the building is designed in a way that makes it more difficult to interact.
I admit, everything is new, and it's an edgier, artsier building than before. And best of all, I have gigantic windows with a great view... of the train tracks.
HOWEVER, overall lab space is diminished, storage is drastically reduced, and we've been plopped out by ourselves behind the football stadium. My giant windows are north-facing -- so it's frigid in here, there's not enough refrigeration capacity, and for a building that is meant to promote interaction, there are no large meeting rooms.
Good job, UMN. Your goal of making the University one of the top research institutions will surely work when you let administrative accounting control building design. This building had been touted as high-tech and state-of-the-art. So far the most futuristic bit I've seen is the motion sensor on the urinal.
Well done.
We have officially moved into our new labs at the Medical Biosciences Building at UMN. The idea was to have a location for all the immunologists to be localized in the same area to promote interaction. Unfortunately, the building is designed in a way that makes it more difficult to interact.
I admit, everything is new, and it's an edgier, artsier building than before. And best of all, I have gigantic windows with a great view... of the train tracks.
HOWEVER, overall lab space is diminished, storage is drastically reduced, and we've been plopped out by ourselves behind the football stadium. My giant windows are north-facing -- so it's frigid in here, there's not enough refrigeration capacity, and for a building that is meant to promote interaction, there are no large meeting rooms.
Good job, UMN. Your goal of making the University one of the top research institutions will surely work when you let administrative accounting control building design. This building had been touted as high-tech and state-of-the-art. So far the most futuristic bit I've seen is the motion sensor on the urinal.
Well done.
Friday, December 04, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
I don't want to grow up!
The new season of Top Gear is here!
RAD!
And I literally LOL'd at this while at work:
RAD!
And I literally LOL'd at this while at work:
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
NOVA: science that is decades behind...
As I was setting up my TV to watch some Top Gear last night, I caught a snippet of a NOVA episode on PBS. It was about human origins, but in the 7 seconds it was on, I heard the narrator say, "millions of years ago, we were apes -- living ape lives in Africa."
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHH!
C'mon NOVA! You know better than that!
This is why people still think evolution is a lie.
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHH!
C'mon NOVA! You know better than that!
This is why people still think evolution is a lie.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Rocky Mountain High...
Colorado!
Just got back from a week in the mountains. We timed it perfectly -- the aspens were just starting to change color, and we got out just two days before the snow.
We spent most of our time in Rock Mountain National Park as well as a few days hiking in the Arapahoe National Forest.
There are hundreds of photos here.
And just to get you in the mood...
Yeah, I love Colorado.
Just got back from a week in the mountains. We timed it perfectly -- the aspens were just starting to change color, and we got out just two days before the snow.
We spent most of our time in Rock Mountain National Park as well as a few days hiking in the Arapahoe National Forest.
There are hundreds of photos here.
And just to get you in the mood...
Yeah, I love Colorado.
Saturday, September 05, 2009
An argument for living in NYC...
Oooh... how much would I love to go to this?
Author Salman Rushdie, Dredg Join Forces for SPIN Charity Event
If you haven't been exposed to either dredg or Rushdie, I strongly encourage you to become so.
Author Salman Rushdie, Dredg Join Forces for SPIN Charity Event
On October 1, Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie will join San Francisco rockers Dredg at NYC's Housing Works Bookstore Café for the third installment of SPIN's Liner Notes series, a special event that unites authors and musicians for an evening of collaboration -- and fundraising.
If you haven't been exposed to either dredg or Rushdie, I strongly encourage you to become so.
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