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Why I went to grad school.

“Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the wealth of the mind, and hence brings happiness.” – William Lyons Phelps When you’re already $39,000 in student loan debt for your undergraduate education

Very clever.

An experimental interface of sorts. But actually pretty lo-tech.

Rethinking the Remote.

Wow. This is interesting to see given that one of my class assignments with Axel was to rethink the remote. Introducing The Loop. Interesting….

Crêpes Voilà.

If you’re ever in downtown Seattle, you HAVE to eat here at La Crêperie Voilà. Their stuff is sooooooooooo good and so authentically French. My favorite crêpe is the red pepper, goat cheese, and spinach. And then Nutella and bananas for dessert. Yum!

The Namesake.

originally uploaded by Neylano. I went to see The Namesake at the Uptown last weekend with a friend. It was a great movie; good storyline, compelling characters. What I liked most, though, was the cinematography. Like the movie Brokeback Mountain, every frame of this film could have been made into

Me. Singing.

originally uploaded by jasongcampbell. My Tula’s debut, singing with a live jazz trio. This was my set: My Romance Ain’t Misbehavin’ A Kiss to Build a Dream On I’m taking the same jazz vocal workshop spring quarter. Stay tuned….

Digital Paper. Trippy.

Whoa. Check this out. We met with a woman today who’s doing research around digital interfaces for learning technologies such as this one. But a Swedish startup called Anoto has developed a new approach. A few weeks ago in Boston, I met an Italian named Nino Tarantino, who is

"Bong Hits 4 Jesus."

Have you heard about this one? What a pisser! I called Seth to tell him about it, assuming he already knew the story since it took place in Alaska. He hadn’t though; I had fun filling him in. An excerpt from the New York Times: Free-Speech Case Divides Bush

Mies.

originally uploaded by Neylano. There’s nothing to say, really. He’s my beautiful dog. A tribute to his dad, Jaeger; September 11, 1994 – March 5, 2007.

I <em>love</em> French films!

I have a good friend, Julie, who is a member of SIFF. She gets free tickets to early film screenings and I’m lucky enough to be invited quite often to fill her guest seat. Anyway, we saw Avenue Montaigne tonight at the new SIFF theatre at McCaw Hall and