Annually, in the beginning of March, UIUC Engineering holds its Engineering Open House. Apparently it’s a pretty big deal, and for a couple of days the school was overrun by visitors of all ages. There were a lot of cool things to see, including robot wars and contests, a Rube Goldberg Machine contest, and a… Read more »
Monthly Archives:: March 2008
One Nice Thing About Today
Catherine has updated her family blog, and has added a bunch of great new stuff. A link to it can always be found on Cat’s Sites menu above. (She’s also always got interesting things over at “A Startup Life“!)
Andrew and the Computer
As Andrew has become more mobile, he has begun getting into areas of the apartment that are not baby friendly. Prime territory for exploration include the bathroom (especially the toilet), and the computer desk.
A Three-way Doughnut Duke-it-Out
(A quick note: Doughnuts are good, and any attempt to quantify their goodness is doomed to failure. This being true, I don’t have particularly high hopes for this post, but I’m not going to let that stop me.) As a self-proclaimed connoisseur of doughnuts, I have always expected
The Doughnut War
The year: 1937. The man: Vernon Rudolph. The place: Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The pastry: doughnuts. But, not just any doughnuts, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts.