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Dearly departing

Thu, 20 Aug 2020
The untimely demise of my clinical future Continue reading →

Didn’t go to Yale for an Mrs degree

Wed, 02 Oct 2019
Yale PA program’s non-response to sexism Continue reading →

Unbinaried at Yale — looking back

Sun, 21 Jan 2018
I got much more than a degree from Yale Continue reading →

Yale PA didactic year silent curriculum

Sun, 08 Oct 2017
Messages from my Yale PA education that I must unlearn Continue reading →

Yale PA didactic year impressions

Sun, 08 Oct 2017
How does it live up to my expectations of excellence? Continue reading →

Avoiding NeoPixel glitches

Wed, 28 Sep 2016
Having problems with NeoPixels? So was I. Continue reading →

Gluteal equality

Thu, 22 Sep 2016
Truly, I have arrived. Continue reading →

Unbinaried at Yale — week 2

Sat, 03 Sep 2016
Wherein my gender and my medical education begin to equilibrate Continue reading →

Unbinaried at Yale — week 1

Sat, 27 Aug 2016
Wherein my gender adventures collide with my medical education Continue reading →

Congratulations, it’s a…

Wed, 20 Jul 2016
My gender changed, but it’s unclear what it changed to. How apt. Continue reading →

Let there be workshop lights

Sat, 04 Jun 2016
Mounting my fluorescent workbench lights. Continue reading →

Masterful Discourse

Mon, 16 May 2016
Five frustrating ways in which smart people impede social progress. Take note, past self. Continue reading →

Electronics at the Yale School of Public Health

Sun, 15 May 2016
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

Mon, 01 Feb 2016
I hate SAS slightly less now that I can run it from the command line. What? Continue reading →

Blogging with GitBook

Sun, 31 Jan 2016
Continued adventures in creating a workable blogging toolchain. Continue reading →

Pull-up resistor calculator

Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Handy tool for calculating values for pull-up resistors. Continue reading →

Shunt voltage reference bias resistor calculator

Wed, 22 Jan 2014
Handy tool for calculating value of bias resistor for a shunt voltage reference. Continue reading →

Dude, you’re wearing a skirt

Sun, 05 Jan 2014
You may have noticed I am wearing a skirt. Continue reading →

2013 iMac USB audio “fixed”

Fri, 06 Dec 2013
I avoid a choice between kernel panics and gaming in silence, using a small amount of money. Continue reading →

Freedom of non-religion

Wed, 04 Dec 2013
Opting out of god in US naturalization oath of allegiance. Continue reading →

United skirts of America

Wed, 04 Dec 2013
Adventures in immigration and gender-non-conformity. Continue reading →

Syncing data between two macs

Fri, 30 Aug 2013
Wherein I bang my head against two computers simultaneously. Continue reading →

Custom Bordered UIButtonBarItems

Fri, 10 May 2013
I cleverly use math to draw custom bordered items in iOS toolbar. Continue reading →

Introspection privilege

Sun, 03 Feb 2013
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

Tue, 08 May 2012
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

Sun, 01 Apr 2012
One of many attempts at having a blogging workflow that works. Continue reading →

Northeastern CPS academic calendar explained

Sat, 31 Mar 2012
Are you baffled by the Northeastern University academic calendar? Me too! Continue reading →

Post-baccalaureate classes in Boston

Sat, 31 Mar 2012
Pros and cons of various post-baccalaureate offerings, aimed at pre-health students. Continue reading →

Once more, a train pulled into the station;

Sat, 12 Feb 2011
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September 2009 Boston Harbor sail

Tue, 29 Sep 2009
Photos from 2009 sail in Boston harbor. Continue reading →

Charles River on New Year’s Eve 2008

Mon, 05 Jan 2009
While others celebrated a new year, I explored forlorn corners of Boston. Continue reading →

In one smooth motion, she swiveled her hips

Tue, 23 Dec 2008
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Her eyes darted over my right shoulder.

Sun, 21 Dec 2008
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She kneaded,

Fri, 12 Dec 2008
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Apple picking, October 2008

Tue, 14 Oct 2008
My friends took me apple-picking, but I went people-watching. Continue reading →

Niagara Falls

Sun, 10 Aug 2008
It may be sunny at Niagara Falls, but it sure isn’t dry. Continue reading →

“Don’t eat that!”, she stopped me,

Tue, 24 Jun 2008
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You’re being all flirty.

Tue, 24 Jun 2008
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Cyrus IMAP dies with “User defined signal 1” on Leopard Server

Sun, 23 Mar 2008
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

Sun, 03 Feb 2008
When in San Jose, remember to fondle the cherries. Continue reading →

On the Blue Hills boardwalk

Sun, 03 Feb 2008
Photos from a springtime visit to a tranquil bog. Continue reading →

Colorful fall in Lyme, CT

Sun, 03 Feb 2008
Delightful colors from a fall trip to Lyme, CT. Continue reading →

Boston 4th of July fireworks

Sun, 03 Feb 2008
An annual colorsplosion in skies above Boston. Continue reading →

“Initiative is hot”,

Sat, 02 Feb 2008
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Brrr, thought the goose

Fri, 28 Dec 2007
This is why I miss the Mediterranean weather. Continue reading →

Lake house weekend

Fri, 28 Dec 2007
Photos from a weekend getaway in Connecticut. Continue reading →

A brief detour to Woods Hole

Mon, 24 Dec 2007
Meandering around Woods Hole, Leah and I discovered things strange and lovely. Continue reading →

I paused, then decided.

Thu, 13 Dec 2007
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Converting an STL vector iterator to a raw pointer

Sun, 06 Aug 2006
This is why I have an entire talk on things I hate about STL. Continue reading →

Smooth animation in your Dock icon

Mon, 20 Dec 2004
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

Wed, 24 Nov 2004
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

Fri, 19 Nov 2004
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

Fri, 12 Nov 2004
Multihomed SSL certificates are just barely more useful than painful. Continue reading →

A comparison of QuickTime and CoreGraphics image scaling

Mon, 01 Nov 2004
I try to get decent scaled images from CoreGraphics, and resort to using QuickTime APIs instead. Continue reading →

Data sharing on Mac OS

Fri, 01 Aug 2003
Sharing data between processes in OS X has many rabbit holes. You are welcome. Continue reading →

My love/hate relationship with STL

Fri, 01 Aug 2003
Slides about my most and least favorites parts of the C++ Standard Template Library. Continue reading →

C++ and STL presentations

Sun, 01 Jun 2003
A series of talks about C++ and its Standard Template Library. Continue reading →

Space aliens ate my HFS headers

Wed, 31 Oct 2001
My file system eats itself, and I fix it with a hex editor. Continue reading →

Hierarchical distributed repositories in CVS

Sun, 01 Jul 2001
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

Mon, 15 Jan 2001
Rewind to the 90s, then fast-forward through the startup disk check on Mac OS 9. Continue reading →

DockStrip

Tue, 01 Aug 2000
MacHack 2000 winning entry: Add dock magnification effect to Mac OS 9 Control Strip. Continue reading →

asciiMac

Sat, 01 Aug 1998
MacHack 1998 winning entry: Turn your entire screen into ASCII art live. Continue reading →
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