Reading #

• funraniumlabs.com blog. Radiation safety & laser guy’s blog. Horror stories and random fun stuff. Specialized safety professionals always have fascinating insights about systems design and the way society treats their domain. Here’s a great sentence: “To me, the efficiency of a crab as a environmental sample does not offset the terror of being trapped on a zodiac with an angry coconut crab.”¹
• Howard Zinn, Postwar America. Still
• Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks. For class
• Carol Bensimon, We All Loved Cowboys (trans: Beth Fowler)

Listening #

• Rebecca Black, SALVATION and Boiler Room DC set. Sugar Water Cyanide is so much fun, it’s so pop. Her Boiler Room set is fierce and incredible but the shaking table made me anxious; it really blew my mind
• Carly Rae Jepsen, The Loneliest Time. I love this album so much
• Talking Heads, Speaking in Tongues

Tinkering #

• Whimsy Governance Board
• proxmobil3 poking continues

Writing #

• on train control (short form)
• on train control (long form)
• public records requests 1 2

Learning #

• I really want to learn German. Would love to live and work in Berlin at some point. The S-bahn and U-bahn are fascinating. Figuring out first steps

Body #

• Got sinus infection
• Decided to get flu shot at the same time
• Bad idea, consumed as much turmeric and cardamom as I could
• Itching to start running again

Eating #

• Qahwah House chocolate croissants
• Adeni chai
• Cheap veg samosas in Jackson Heights

Experiencing #

• Blizzard