Year: 2020
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Incident in English 177
At UC Berkeley I took Literature of Philosophy which spent a lot of time debating the meaning of specific words and dissecting them ad infinitum. The final exam consisted of three questions, each one a paragraph long that took up half a page. You only had to answer one question but it took me a…
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The week that was
Using more than 150,000 single-use plastic bottles, CalTrans and sustainable landscaping company TechniSoil repaved the first mile of recycled plastic highway on a state road anywhere in the U.S. Apparently a “guy in a jetpack” was flying around buzzing landing airlines at LAX. Last week a 3-year old girl was plucked out of the ocean floating on…
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Crazy Detail
In an interview with a level designer for the video game, Last of Us Part 2, we learn that one part of the game took a “solid two years” to build. Near the end of the interview, Brown asks Hill roughly how long the entire sequence took to build from scratch and perfect. “Pretty much…
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The week that was
The internet speeds up and Greenland melts down.
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Lennon meets Wilson
This story of the night John Lennon met Brian Wilson (of the Beach Boys), told by Alice Cooper is too good not to re-publish. As told by Alice Cooper: “I was sitting backstage after the 1974 Grammys with Bernie Taupin (Elton John’s lyricist) and John Lennon. This was when Brian was really having some…
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Dean Elmore
Boston University’s Dean Elmore has the unenviable task of leading BU’s student population safely thru the pandemic. He is normally jolly and approachable and, when you meet him, his love of BU is plainly infectious. Here he is taking the plunge into the Charles River after challenging at least 2,011 seniors (more than half the…
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The week that was
The 71-year old president of Portugal swam out to rescue two women in trouble when their kayak capsized off a beach in the Algarve. Local authorities in the Florida Keys approved a plan to release 750 million genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent the spread of dengue fever and other diseases. Fans of a 2004 video…
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Scared Kitty
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Don’t be UNC
This year, more than ever, college students returning to campus will be tested. Not only tested for COVID-19 but also tested for their maturity to follow the health guidelines put in place to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to other students, their professors, university staff, and the community that hosts them. UNC-Chapel Hill was…