Aetherial Vox

Tweaking the summer structure

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:35:11 -0500

In my last post, I described my scheme for getting stuff done over the summer by blocking out times to work on particular projects and other work. Overall, the scheme worked well - I was quite productive - but it needed a few tweaks. Going forward...

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Structuring the summer

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 20:01:40 -0500

I wrapped up the spring quarter late last week and I've been thinking about ways to be productive over the summer. I'm probably already overbooked in terms of projects, and I want to be sure that both my personal, professional, and academic goals ...

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Research Update: Pennyworth

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Tue, 27 May 2008 12:10:33 -0500

I spent the remainder of Memorial Day getting through Season 6 of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". The first episode that I watched was "The Quality of Life". In this episode, a scientist working on a mining platform develops small semi-autonomo...

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Wrapping up the New Mexico trip

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sun, 18 May 2008 07:06:36 -0500

Today is my last day in New Mexico. I arrived two days ago at Raton. Since then, I've visited with old friends and family, attended a high school graduation (almost exactly 10 years after I graduated), built blanket tents for 2 and 4 year olds, an...

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48 hours on a train

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:05:02 -0500

Over the next five days, I'll be spending at least forty-eight hours on Amtrak's Southwest Chief as I travel from Metropolis Chicago to New Mexico for my little sister's high school graduation. Traditionally, I load up on books and movies. I'm pl...

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Blogging activity is inversely proportional to busy-ness

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:47:39 -0500

Some random notes: 1. Ultimate X-Men is probably going to be my "best new comic discovery" of 2008. (X-Factor was 2007's winner.) 2. I have made YAWSFMP (yet another web site for my projects). You can see it here. Yes, there are privacy issues...

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Providence trip: Day three

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:36:58 -0500

I spent most of my last full day in Providence at the special collections at the John Hay Library at Brown University: I continued to look through the Lovecraft papers and followed up on some threads in my research, including the Derleth/Greene...

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Providence trip: Day two

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:28:28 -0500

Today was quite a busy day as I enjoyed a wonderful breakfast with fellow travelers at the bed and breakfast. After the morning meal, I set out on foot to Swan Point Cemetery to locate and visit Lovecraft's grave. The cemetery is a remarkable plac...

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Providence trip: Day one

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:15:35 -0500

Earlier this year, I decided that as a reward for finishing the winter quarter of school, I'd reward myself with a Spring Break trip to Providence, Rhode Island in order to continue work on my Lovecraft copyright project. Unfortunately, not all in...

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Building the über-radio

nobody@vox.com(cjkarr) — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:47:49 -0600

After I discovered last week that my old Sangean world-band radio receiver still worked, I began hatching a plan to hook it up to my computer so that I could listen to broadcasts from all around the world from the convenience of my desktop. I alre...

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