tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-140169382012-01-21T22:56:06.607-08:00"ONCE there was a boy. He was, let us say, something like twenty seven years old; long and loose jointed and towheaded. He wasn't good for much, that boy. His chief delight was to eat and sleep, and after that he liked best to make mischief." <br> -- adapted with modification from <em>The Wonderful Adventures of Nils</em>.Seannoreply@blogger.comBlogger1681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-40370466186150906412011-11-08T07:30:00.000-08:002011-11-08T07:30:19.437-08:00

Asimo vs. Petman: fight!

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-24855397798929972322011-10-19T20:22:00.000-07:002011-10-19T20:22:43.976-07:00

Fox News posted an article with the title "Biden Evokes Sexual, Violent Imagery Again in Push for $447 Jobs Bill". This is a pretty low shot by a company that constantly sells articles about sex and violence.  For example, currently on its homepage are the following headlines: Diseased Monkey Missing After 56 Animals Escape Gruesome Details Emerge in Philly Dungeon Case

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-345694148130255272011-10-17T20:26:00.000-07:002011-10-17T20:27:51.440-07:00

I was about to respond to someone's Facebook post about forgiving student loans, but I realized that my response would have been tactless.  So I'll post it here. My response is regarding a resolution supporting the forgiving of student loans, a letter from the resolution's sponsor, and an article about this resolution which seems to misconstrue the issue. The resolution states: Expressing the

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-62066336089668587972011-08-18T12:38:00.000-07:002011-08-18T12:51:19.978-07:00

A little while back I'd commented about the tech bubble. I speculated that, once the market falls about 15%, we'd start to see a drop in investing, since tech startups are basically highly leveraged investments: Here's how it will happen: once our stock market dips again, say 15% (and it's bound to happen eventually, even if it goes up before), Google and other established companies will pare

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-16441150576017813472011-08-04T06:23:00.000-07:002011-08-04T06:48:56.376-07:00

A while back Rupert Murdoch said he would make the Wall Street Journal a more general-audience publication. It's been going on for some time.Recently they published an article titled, "Who Gets Drunk and Why" ? To be sure, it's one of the most popular (it's the most-read on wsj.com). But it's also not such a good article. First, the article isn't really business/econ/finance related. That's

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-20091833687361716892011-07-31T05:50:00.000-07:002011-07-31T07:57:13.129-07:00

I wonder if there is some way we could use auction theory to reach a compromise for the debt ceiling -- or political decision-making in general. To motivate this, consider the following examples, where one might use auctions for making decisionsExamples of making choices with auctions1. My roommate and I want to figure out who gets which room in our new apartment. On sealed bids, I say I'm

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-30122913447848825262011-05-29T13:24:00.000-07:002011-05-29T14:45:05.906-07:00

We're in an education bubble, and Thiel wants to deflate it.I'd posted a little while back about unaccredited institutions and the education bubble.This bubble has existed for some time, with online institutions getting billions in federally subsidized student loans. Recently, the well-known entrepreneur Peter Thiel also posited that we're in an education bubble:“A true bubble is when something

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-66619450143885045022011-05-21T15:02:00.000-07:002011-05-21T18:41:03.653-07:00

Harold Camping was the preacher who thought the rapture would happen today.To justify this theory, he came up with a rather arbitrary mathematical formula:Christ was crucified on April 1, 33 A.D., exactly 722,500 days before May 21, 2011. That number, 722,500, is the square of 5 x 10 x 17. In Camping's numerological system, 5 represents atonement, 10 means completeness, and seventeen means

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-57262767104992528512011-05-01T10:03:00.001-07:002011-05-01T11:20:44.320-07:00

The NYT has an editorial today about how poorly U.S. teachers are paid.I agree with the main idea of the article (I have a few issues with some of its points), although I think there would need to be a few changes for something like this to be very successful.As it is, teachers' salaries are below-market for a given education level:At the moment, the average teacher’s pay is on par with that of a

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-56074001289770818892011-03-29T22:06:00.000-07:002011-03-29T22:48:41.359-07:00

In the last post, I discussed why we're in a bubble. In this post, I'll discuss why people keep founding startups.Why people start startups From an engineering perspective, you might rationally work as an employee in a startup under at least one of two conditions (I'll explain this below): you feel that the founders have significant skill or resources that you lackyou are receiving a

Seannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-45233867412712705132011-03-29T20:52:00.000-07:002011-03-29T23:06:06.320-07:00

Nobody can go far without hearing discussion about startups or speculation about bubbles:http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/mar2011/sb20110329_239744.htmhttp://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/12/03/a-silicon-bubble-shows-signs-of-reinflating/http://www.businessinsider.com/a-few-points-about-the-tech-bubble-debate-2011-3http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2011/03/24/the-41-

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-7726289538147438282011-02-12T09:00:00.000-08:002011-02-12T09:33:40.668-08:00

The global recession has encouraged a number of social uprisings, including the recent overthrow of Egypt's autocratic government and milder protests such as those across Europe and in Argentina. Right-wing extremism is predictably on the rise.It's rather apocalyptic to argue that World War 3 is around the corner, given that I know little about history. Still, I'm placing my bet on increasing

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-55391022579286501492010-10-17T10:25:00.000-07:002010-10-17T10:29:39.850-07:00

Larry Hosken provided the winning caption to this photo (which was taken from here.)

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-84480266321713192462010-10-01T08:22:00.000-07:002010-10-01T08:30:37.142-07:00

A freshman at Rutgers committed suicide shortly after his roommate secretly recorded him making out with another guy.First, there's no question that this is a tragedy.Further, what Ravi did is terrible: it's an invasion of privacy, and he deserves to be punished for that.However, Clementi would probably have been less likely to commit suicide if society were more accepting of homosexuality. That

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-35194090148315721972010-09-07T05:08:00.001-07:002010-09-07T05:11:45.327-07:00

In the comments section, add a caption to this image. The best caption gets to go here. The image is taken from this article.

Seannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-15224564305765075942010-07-20T12:43:00.000-07:002010-07-20T13:22:00.474-07:00

David Brooks over at the NYT is parroting the typical Republican talking points.http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/opinion/20brooks.html?hpHere are some current typical Republican talking points he's squeezing in here, and why they're bad arguments:"the middle is rising up in revolt in the tea party movement" (although he's careful not to mention the tea party) Where's your source, except for Glen

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-61712669680340116542010-07-18T11:54:00.000-07:002010-07-18T13:27:03.474-07:00

In this post, I'll explore interest rates with a focus on trust.Earlier this year I was listening to the book-on-cd version of Alan Greenspan's Age of Turbulence. Greenspan's political views aside, it was an interesting biography which provides some important insight to a dabbler in economics.One of the things mentioned by Greenspan was the importance of trust in a capitalist economy: Greenspan

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-41303518834277905432010-07-14T10:55:00.000-07:002010-07-14T11:08:40.354-07:00

Flights by EU carriers and all flights to or from EU countries must put you up and pay for meals when you're stranded. They also must pay you a fee if it's their fault, and they need to reimburse you for cancelled flights.From TFA:The rules themselves are fairly simple. When a flight is canceled, regardless of the cause, a passenger can choose to get a refund for the unused portion of the ticket

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-49948624594068381112010-07-04T10:21:00.000-07:002010-07-04T11:46:11.063-07:00

As we'd seen in the middle of the past decade, knowing when you're in an asset bubble can be extremely difficult, often only obvious in retrospect.So what are the current bubbles now? It's still hard to say, but I'll posit one bubble. Post a comment if there are other bubbles you see happening right now.Bubble: The value of a college education. An education is definitely important, but only

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-52798012662772625432010-05-28T19:27:00.001-07:002010-05-28T19:32:40.775-07:00

Olivia Judson usually writes pretty interesting pieces for Science Times. Yesterday's article on engineering life forms was a great example (it doesn't present new, groundbreaking research; but you feel like you've learned a bunch after reading the article...

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-73780779049843882042010-04-04T12:17:00.000-07:002010-04-04T13:49:08.283-07:00

Apparently either the US and the EU burn no coal, or China burns infinite coal:China is the world’s largest consumer of coal, burning more than the United States, the European Union and China combined.From this article about a freighter crashing into the Great Barrier Reef near Austrailia.(Note: it looks like this typo has been fixed in the posted article.)

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-14325918950068518142010-03-30T15:10:00.000-07:002010-03-30T15:22:05.746-07:00

Good news is already happening with the healthcare bill, as insurers are now agreeing to cover children with preexisting conditions. It's hard to believe denying them such coverage was legal before.Prices will likely increase because of the bill. I'm not too familiar with the legislation, but mark my words: unless there is very close antitrust regulation and monitoring of pricing, insurers will

Seannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-65679996496764249772010-03-26T08:18:00.000-07:002010-03-26T08:25:37.814-07:00

Probably about how you'd expect, given the name and the "light" texture of freeze-dried foods.Basically, you need to freeze something to below water's ideal point, then reduce the pressure and add enough heat to make the water in the material sublimate (go from a solid directly to a gas).This is apparently similar to a process by which natural mummification sometimes takes place in high altitudes

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-24710664574038485412010-03-25T22:18:00.001-07:002010-03-25T23:00:02.576-07:00

About a year ago, the Department of Homeland Security warned of increased right-wing extremism. This is notable because it appears to be true. Since then, the Tea Party Movement, a wacky rightwing movement incubated by conservative organizations, has continued to gather increasing press. More recently, a man furious with the IRS crashed his airplane into an IRS building. And democrats have

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-79397549343245688552009-12-20T10:41:00.000-08:002009-12-20T10:57:24.720-08:00

With the recent death of someone close to me, I discovered the industry of online obituary guestbooks. The industry seems at once disgusting and emotionally manipulative. Upon cursory inspection, one might also infer a network of payments between these guestbooks, online newspapers, and the "comfort industry" (flowers, giftbaskets, etc.), which makes it that much more uncomfortable, given the

Seannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-37578953542090459922009-12-20T09:37:00.000-08:002009-12-20T09:53:07.126-08:00

A compelling op-ed by Eliot Spitzer, Frank Partnoy, and William Black appeared in today's NYTimes."By [making emails and models related to AIG's counterparties publicly available] online, the government could establish a new form of “open source” investigation."One argument is that the US is an 80% shareholder -- we should have the shareholder power to compel AIG to make decisions such as this.An

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-31330204807628766202009-11-19T22:19:00.000-08:002009-11-19T22:21:39.805-08:00

I usually consider myself a decent speller, but sometimes I end up writing a word for the first time (since I just never had a reason to write it before). The two words I learned today are "millennium" (note the two N's, which I'd thought was one n) and "inoculate" (I thought there were two n's).

Seannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-74297824242672428532009-07-05T10:10:00.000-07:002009-07-05T10:19:49.343-07:00

The Saginaw News published my letter here.Here is the text, for readers' convenience:A letter on Friday, June 26, to The Saginaw News urges readers to donate to the Saginaw fireworks display to make it better than Bay City's. Two days later, the editorial board published a story noting that 65 Saginaw County school teachers have been laid off.With Saginaw's dismal economic outlook, we must be

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-23190610730042067682009-06-19T19:29:00.000-07:002009-06-19T20:17:47.206-07:00

With the recent election in Iran, you have to admit that the widespread protests were a bit of a surprise. It seems safe to say that the US has a much greater interest in the outcome -- and a much greater role in the events -- than they are letting on.The official line (CBS News) is basically that we expect that Iran recognizes that"the world is watching... I want to repeat it that we stand with

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-21799602657404021402009-05-17T10:37:00.000-07:002009-05-17T11:16:45.897-07:00

Mars has come out with a new candybar aimed at women called the "Fling", according to this article by All Things Considered on NPR.The marketing includes "Pleasure yourself" postcards and refers to the 10 included candybars as "fingers".At first I thought that the Fling's marketing (as depicted in this article) would not succeed; an initial marketing campaign with risque overtones might be one

Seannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-3625114117849727772009-05-15T12:25:00.000-07:002009-05-15T12:36:23.075-07:00

A little while ago I posted on these calls and letters I've been getting about the factory warranty on my car being about to expire.This company was finally hit by the FTC।Their tactics were aggressive: they called people indiscriminately and misled people on the phone. Nate Anderson writes:They didn't bother targeting people who had recently purchased vehicles; in fact, they did no targeting at

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-20515052703053724002009-04-17T22:33:00.001-07:002009-04-17T23:07:03.808-07:00

Today I saw the UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon speak at Princeton.  I became curious about how people generally enter foreign service jobs and poked around a bit on the State department's web page.  I found this FAQ, which had an interesting (but reasonable) tidbit about dissent in such positions:25. Does the system tolerate dissent?As public servants, Foreign Service Officers must publicly

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-15999727045569364922009-04-03T22:46:00.000-07:002009-04-03T23:03:40.744-07:00

Brazil’s ‘Teflon’ Leader Nicked by SlumpSo I haven't even read the article yet, but the headline and photo are great.

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-48485724621035468082009-04-03T21:21:00.000-07:002009-04-04T18:05:45.197-07:00

It seems that Amazon Mechanical Turk is suddenly becoming very widely used (or perhaps my recent change of scenery and my surroundings just make it seem that way).  My research group uses it to label examples for machine learning applications, for example, but I was wondering what other sorts of original, interesting things we could learn from this tool... So I asked MTurk for an anwer to this

Seannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-42137420956443932032009-03-26T22:00:00.000-07:002009-04-03T21:01:47.367-07:00

Judging by how hard Honda has been trying to get me to renew my car's warranty, I'm guessing it must be a huge profit machine for them.I've gotten calls from them roughly about once every three weeks for about 6-10 months, and I've just gotten another FINAL NOTICE from them in the mail warning me about the factory warranty.  The notice warns on its cover that tampering with it could result in a

Seannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-52252617624248678502009-02-11T18:41:00.001-08:002009-03-09T22:06:14.031-07:00

In a recent Canadian sexual assault case, a Muslim woman was forced to remove her headscarf while being questioned by the defense counsel.The judge writes,In investigating just how important a belief this was, it came down to her candid admissions that it was a matter of her being `more comfortable' and to me that really is not strong enough to fetter the accused's rights to make full answer and

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-56216804232030840032009-02-08T12:30:00.000-08:002009-02-08T12:48:10.179-08:00

I was chatting with some friends today about a few wartime prodigies such as Turing, Einstein, von Neumann, etc. and was curious about what broader society recognizes as its current (or soon-to-be) scientific legends. I did a Google search and found this one:http://www.hategun.com/blog/pages/resume.html

Seannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-43608135382286811222009-02-04T20:38:00.001-08:002009-02-04T21:16:56.052-08:00

I recently finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. It's understandably a classic, as it was well written and evokes a vivid story.The story depicts a family in a small Alabama town in the 1930's. The story is narrated by a sharp young girl who, despite her age, struggles to grasp what she is experiencing: she is able to sense that (even if she does not understand why) there are very core

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-9065171835871046412009-01-25T10:34:00.000-08:002009-03-09T22:06:54.174-07:00

"Snarge" is the word of the week. It basically means bird goo from an airplane engine.This is noteworthy because US Airways flight 1549 is suspected to have hit a flock of birds, possibly geese, and researchers have been collecting data about snarge for years according to this NYTimes article.Of course, birds aren't the only thing that airplanes hit in the air. An old Wired article reports:"...

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-25712273108721337502009-01-06T19:28:00.000-08:002009-01-06T19:31:08.871-08:00

R is getting quite a bit of attention lately (which is good!). Daryl and Hal (both quoted, and both of whom I was fortunate to get to know when I was at the company) also have very highly-respected analysis-fu at Google.There's also funny quote from a director at SAS which doesn't reflect highly on their understanding of open source:“I think it addresses a niche market for high-end data analysts

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-19036252942723064382008-12-26T12:21:00.000-08:002009-03-09T22:53:14.539-07:00

The NYTimes recently published an article on recent cancer research observing that cancer cells tend to have many swapped blocks of DNA. I have a very good feeling about this line of research.The short article makes an observation which is especially interesting: the gene RAD51C, which is normally responsible for mending chromosomal breaks, is disrupted in this particular instance. Perhaps, the

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-25970850105051824062008-06-29T20:03:00.000-07:002009-06-19T20:19:48.648-07:00

Since late last year, the United States has been organizing covert operations against the Iranian government...

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-91555963796448895632008-06-19T09:28:00.000-07:002008-07-28T19:21:14.937-07:00

President Bush recently had a fundraising dinner where he commented on retirement. According to an article published by the Los Angeles Times, he jokes, "Can't say for sure what I'm going to be doing at this time next year -- I suspect I'll be in Crawford, watching the Rangers on TV."Meanwhile, in Iraq...

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-36941837217982443152008-03-28T09:26:00.000-07:002009-03-09T22:07:34.517-07:00

BBC News has an article about the layoffs taking place in New York City due to the real estate / subprime bubble. One of the pictures in the article has the following caption:The "golden balls" offer a sign of hope to Wall Street tradersThe article itself comments on this further:""" Now its more private parts are rubbed for a bit of a change in fortune. You can imagine they are looking pretty

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-77625915846589693602008-02-11T21:37:00.000-08:002009-03-09T22:09:06.627-07:00

The Saginaw News is the paper of my hometown.  While it keeps Michigan (and Saginaw in particular) residents abreast of what's going on, I've put together a list of ways in which it could improve.It has a complete lack of focus on global -- or even national -- events, insulating residents from the rest of the world. In the news today (Monday, 11 Feb), for example, the only nonlocal news coverage

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1052068719314895982008-02-10T16:49:00.000-08:002009-03-09T22:56:45.871-07:00

Today the New York Times published a very misleading editorial claiming that the discrepancy between the rich and the poor is not such a big deal after all. The gist of the article is that the income gap in American society isn't as big a deal as it's made out to be. It claims that looking at the income alone is misleading because, instead of comparing income at various quantiles, we should

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-86237486583637470992008-02-10T16:46:00.001-08:002008-02-10T16:48:17.361-08:00

I'm going to start blogging a little more frequently, getting myself into slightly better shape regarding political writing. This may come in handy for the upcoming presidential elections.

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655230414817572006-01-18T23:20:00.000-08:002006-01-21T11:30:37.790-08:00

Ripley sniffing the puppy

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Lake Tahoe

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Awww

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Sharing

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Awww

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655157118933212006-01-18T23:19:00.002-08:002006-01-21T11:29:37.256-08:00

Lake Tahoe with clouds on it

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Puppy

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655179142343522006-01-18T23:19:00.000-08:002006-01-19T12:05:44.133-08:00

Ripley and Griffin

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Lake Tahoe

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655088617544392006-01-18T23:18:00.004-08:002006-01-21T11:34:59.353-08:00

You are here

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655093430953342006-01-18T23:18:00.003-08:002006-01-21T11:33:11.800-08:00

Lake Tahoe

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655099210637982006-01-18T23:18:00.002-08:002006-01-21T11:32:41.626-08:00

Puppy

Seannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016938.post-1137655120174934422006-01-18T23:18:00.001-08:002006-01-21T11:32:01.956-08:00

Aww

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Awww

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Lake Tahoe

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Nevada landscape

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Lake Tahoe with clouds on it

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Ricky again

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Ricky (in the brown) having pushed someone over

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Nevada landscape

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Lake Tahoe

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Nevada landscape

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Matthew

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Ricky

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Nevada landscape

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Lake Tahoe from the ski lift

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Lake Tahoe

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Ricky freestylin'

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"You are here" 

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just a picture of how they load the airplane 

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a band I met called "my gay monkey". They sang, "we're the kids from mountain view" after meeting me.

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more of the band 

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more of the science museum 

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the science museum 

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the first steam-powered locomotive 

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another neat fossil 

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how dinosaurs may have died 

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how dinosaurs may have died 

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a side view of that thing 

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I don't remember the name of this thing 

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cafe manga 

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some nice big bridge 

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saatchi gallery 

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liverpool street 

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notice the guy in the background with a big long squeegee 

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of etna. notice the crater(s) and the lavaflow

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mathematicians juggling at mount etna

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me at etna 

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more craterage 

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some rougher etna terrain 

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more etna 

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from etna 

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a nice view of a crater at etna from another crater. the one in view is the site of some pictures 

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