International Superstar

Once again, my family has made the trek from home (Boston) to Seoul, Korea. For those that might care, I will be a visiting professor at Yonsei University this summer, teaching a version of the Olin Principles of Engineering course. I’ll write more about that experience as it unfolds. Anyways…Carter, …

I broke it

Well, I succumbed to peer pressure and signed up for the face eating monster… er, Facebook. Yes, I am afraid already. Hopefully, I won’t start turning into a teenager anymore than I already think I am. Anyways, I click on the registration email and I get the image below. Awesome, …

Viz the movie biz

Catchy title, eh? In case you missed it, the New York Times did a nice visualization of the box office performance of every movie released in the U.S. from 1986 – 2007. Check it out: NYT Movie Earnings Visualization Very cool.

ZipitForge is up!

Zipit Wireless released a new handheld instant messenger thingy a few months back. While I probably don’t want it so much for IM, it is a really cool little linux platform. Color screen, wifi, keyboard, miniSD slot, and enough power to play back MP3s and such. Very neat. Zipit claimed …