Dearly departing
The untimely demise of my clinical future Continue reading
Didn’t go to Yale for an Mrs degree
Yale PA program’s non-response to sexism Continue reading
Unbinaried at Yale — looking back
I got much more than a degree from Yale Continue reading
Yale PA didactic year silent curriculum
Messages from my Yale PA education that I must unlearn Continue reading
Yale PA didactic year impressions
How does it live up to my expectations of excellence? Continue reading
Avoiding NeoPixel glitches
Having problems with NeoPixels? So was I. Continue reading
Gluteal equality
Truly, I have arrived. Continue reading
Unbinaried at Yale — week 2
Wherein my gender and my medical education begin to equilibrate Continue reading
Unbinaried at Yale — week 1
Wherein my gender adventures collide with my medical education Continue reading
Congratulations, it’s a…
My gender changed, but it’s unclear what it changed to. How apt. Continue reading
Let there be workshop lights
Mounting my fluorescent workbench lights. Continue reading
Masterful Discourse
Five frustrating ways in which smart people impede social progress. Take note, past self. Continue reading
Electronics at the Yale School of Public Health
In spring of 2016, I led an Electronics Workshop at the Yale School of Public Health. It was wonderful! Continue reading
Using SAS University Edition in batch mode
I hate SAS slightly less now that I can run it from the command line. What? Continue reading
Blogging with GitBook
Continued adventures in creating a workable blogging toolchain. Continue reading
Pull-up resistor calculator
Handy tool for calculating values for pull-up resistors. Continue reading
Shunt voltage reference bias resistor calculator
Handy tool for calculating value of bias resistor for a shunt voltage reference. Continue reading
Dude, you’re wearing a skirt
You may have noticed I am wearing a skirt. Continue reading
2013 iMac USB audio “fixed”
I avoid a choice between kernel panics and gaming in silence, using a small amount of money. Continue reading
Freedom of non-religion
Opting out of god in US naturalization oath of allegiance. Continue reading
United skirts of America
Adventures in immigration and gender-non-conformity. Continue reading
Syncing data between two macs
Wherein I bang my head against two computers simultaneously. Continue reading
Custom Bordered UIButtonBarItems
I cleverly use math to draw custom bordered items in iOS toolbar. Continue reading
Introspection privilege
When I am the benevolent dictator for life, everyone will have mental healthcare. Until then, I’d rather not judge those who don’t. Continue reading
Decision-making in organ donation
An overview of how organ donation in the US works, and how transplantation decisions are made. Continue reading
Why Jinja and Hyde don’t go together
One of many attempts at having a blogging workflow that works. Continue reading
Northeastern CPS academic calendar explained
Are you baffled by the Northeastern University academic calendar? Me too! Continue reading
Post-baccalaureate classes in Boston
Pros and cons of various post-baccalaureate offerings, aimed at pre-health students. Continue reading
Once more, a train pulled into the station;
September 2009 Boston Harbor sail
Photos from 2009 sail in Boston harbor. Continue reading
Charles River on New Year’s Eve 2008
While others celebrated a new year, I explored forlorn corners of Boston. Continue reading
In one smooth motion, she swiveled her hips
Her eyes darted over my right shoulder.
She kneaded,
Apple picking, October 2008
My friends took me apple-picking, but I went people-watching. Continue reading
Niagara Falls
It may be sunny at Niagara Falls, but it sure isn’t dry. Continue reading
“Don’t eat that!”, she stopped me,
You’re being all flirty.
Cyrus IMAP dies with “User defined signal 1” on Leopard Server
Once in a while, the only right thing to do is to always run a critical server process under gdb. Continue reading
Erin in San Jose, summer 2006
When in San Jose, remember to fondle the cherries. Continue reading
On the Blue Hills boardwalk
Photos from a springtime visit to a tranquil bog. Continue reading
Colorful fall in Lyme, CT
Delightful colors from a fall trip to Lyme, CT. Continue reading
Boston 4th of July fireworks
An annual colorsplosion in skies above Boston. Continue reading
“Initiative is hot”,
Brrr, thought the goose
This is why I miss the Mediterranean weather. Continue reading
Lake house weekend
Photos from a weekend getaway in Connecticut. Continue reading
A brief detour to Woods Hole
Meandering around Woods Hole, Leah and I discovered things strange and lovely. Continue reading
I paused, then decided.
Converting an STL vector iterator to a raw pointer
This is why I have an entire talk on things I hate about STL. Continue reading
Smooth animation in your Dock icon
How to draw a custom animated overlay on an application Dock icon in OS X. Continue reading
Make your certificates readable by the web server user
This message brought to you by hours I wasted debugging an cryptic Apache-SSL error. Continue reading
Mailman fails to deliver mail after a restart on Mac OS X 10.3 Server
I don’t always use Mailman. But when I do, I make sure that its lock file is cleared on reboot. Continue reading
How to create a multihomed certificate with OpenSSL
Multihomed SSL certificates are just barely more useful than painful. Continue reading
A comparison of QuickTime and CoreGraphics image scaling
I try to get decent scaled images from CoreGraphics, and resort to using QuickTime APIs instead. Continue reading
Data sharing on Mac OS
Sharing data between processes in OS X has many rabbit holes. You are welcome. Continue reading
My love/hate relationship with STL
Slides about my most and least favorites parts of the C++ Standard Template Library. Continue reading
C++ and STL presentations
A series of talks about C++ and its Standard Template Library. Continue reading
Space aliens ate my HFS headers
My file system eats itself, and I fix it with a hex editor. Continue reading
Hierarchical distributed repositories in CVS
Before distributed version control was a thing, I got a Master’s degree by badly bolting it onto CVS. Continue reading
Disk First Aid Doubler
Rewind to the 90s, then fast-forward through the startup disk check on Mac OS 9. Continue reading
DockStrip
MacHack 2000 winning entry: Add dock magnification effect to Mac OS 9 Control Strip. Continue reading
asciiMac
MacHack 1998 winning entry: Turn your entire screen into ASCII art live. Continue reading