I’m home! I’m very very very happy to be back =D My mom and brother drove me back to my sf apartment from the airport. I’m super grateful, since I brought home a bunch of stuff (including a very Dutch bag for my bicycle from Hema!), and my bags were heavy. Stroopwafels have been a… Continue reading Home!
crunch time
Ally and I ate a lot of falafel on Leidseplein last night at this awesome salad bar, then barhopped all night. I really love this area just south of Leidseplein. And it was an accident–we had found a cheap Best Western here. I’m pretty behind on blogging! The livenation.nl website didn’t take american credit cards,… Continue reading crunch time
Bicycle
Rented this at: Amsterdamse Fietswinkel Postjesweg 106bg 1057 EG Amsterdam, Netherlands 020 7371185 amsterdamsefietswinkel.nl (and on g+ haha) =D
This library is beautiful
I had a totally uneventful flight (hooray!). I watched Life of Pi (Ang Lee! Also I loved the book when I devoured it, years ago, wrapped in bed and wracked with doubt, adrift in my own sea of turmoil) and then, immediately, Les Mis, which is such a stupid story I could barely stand it.… Continue reading This library is beautiful
Enroute to Amsterdam!
Here I am, in Houston! One day I will sit down and figure out a process of getting pictures from my phone onto Something That Is Convenient For Display On Mah Blaugh and then I will be able to easily post this picture I just took of a bronze statue of George HW Bush in… Continue reading Enroute to Amsterdam!
Women Techmakers at Google I/O – May 15, 2013
Raw notes below! Will edit later! Susan Wojcicki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Wojcicki Insights: often one sentence, but it’s very powerful Youtube: user-generated content 1.56 billion dollars – from that little insight, you make a really big decision Near and dear to my heart: ads Insight’s very basic: ads are information. Anna Patterson VP Engineering F15E – like the… Continue reading Women Techmakers at Google I/O – May 15, 2013
Beowulf!
Kenton, Jade, Asheesh, maiki, and Sarah all met each other! There was OpenHatch + Railsbridge/Bridge Foundry strategerizing! Jade played fantaisie impromptu and vienna Teng! Two MIT puzzle hunt puzzles by Seth: http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2012/puzzles/betsy_johnson/slash_fiction/ http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/2012/puzzles/into_the_woodstock/sounds_good_to_me/ emscripten nacl native client Sodium chloride ha ha ha Google pushing it The tyranny of somethinglessness Otherwise: on thurs there was a… Continue reading Beowulf!
Angaza Design won Women2.0 PITCH 2013!
I went to Women 2.0’s conference in SF last week on Valentine’s day! I had gone last year too, when it was at the Computer History Museum. This year it was right by Union Square, at the Westin. It’s always an amazing event. So many inspiring stories. The winner of the pitch contest was an… Continue reading Angaza Design won Women2.0 PITCH 2013!
“Communication in multiplayer gaming: Examining player responses to gender cues”
Researchers at Ohio University conducted a study on reactions to gendered voices in Halo 3. The same recordings (of generic things like “thanks for the game”) were played in the lobby and after matches. https://vgresearcher.wordpress.com/2013/02/08/reactions-to-a-womans-voice-in-an-fps-game-kuznekoff-rose-in-press/ via r/girlgamers link to abstract of study: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/09/12/1461444812458271 I like that they also compared performance and found that the female… Continue reading “Communication in multiplayer gaming: Examining player responses to gender cues”
on suicide
Cory Doctorow writes: Because whatever problems Aaron was facing, killing himself didn’t solve them. Whatever problems Aaron was facing, they will go unsolved forever. If he was lonely, he will never again be embraced by his friends. If he was despairing of the fight, he will never again rally his comrades with brilliant strategies and… Continue reading on suicide