Persian Excursion: Sahar's Adventure log

At my little sister’s graduation. Yay shelly!

Sat, 18 May 2013 09:56:46 -0400

At my little sister’s graduation. Yay shelly!

My favorite place in the entire world

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:53:28 -0400

My favorite place in the entire world

Home. #ohmyyes

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:18:05 -0400

Home. #ohmyyes

Look where I am.

Sun, 05 May 2013 16:01:39 -0400

Look where I am.

This is a movie theatre. What!?

Sat, 04 May 2013 21:57:47 -0400

This is a movie theatre. What!?

Where I am right now

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 16:54:02 -0400

Where I am right now

Missouri.

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:24:31 -0400

Missouri.

Right-Wing Human-Rights group in Israel

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:09:42 -0400

Right-Wing Human-Rights group in Israel:

They consider themselves liberal and zionist but not leftist. They monitor human rights abuses against Palestinians like lefties do, but then plan on working with the IDF to address them.

If this is the true face of the right wing in Israel the world would be such a wonderful place.

"We hear a lot about the perils of the Internet for the young. And yet, it does have another..."

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:07:56 -0400

“We hear a lot about the perils of the Internet for the young. And yet, it does have another function. It is a place where the horizons of self-definition are widely set, where those interesting, fluid moments of identity can be explored. As Green puts it, “I am very proud that Stephen [Beatty] considers himself a nerdfighter, and I hope that nerdfighteria is a place where young trans people feel welcome and safe, because there aren’t enough of those places, online or off.” An in-joke of a name, it turns out, is a signpost of a much-needed port in the storm.”

- <3 <3 <3

A Note on Nerdfighters : The New Yorker (via rachelfershleiser)

Hey I wrote this!

(via michelledean)

By our powers combined

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 02:17:37 -0400

In January, our intrepid hero went on a quest to find wisdom. He travelled to NYC, DC, and back. In his travels, he was aided by many strong women and men, each a hero in their own right.

Yale Spector, the air mage, floated down from the glittering crystalline heights of the towers of code he was constructing to offer counsel about big plans.
Earth witch Kanglei Wang gave him a locket of the key to happiness:staying rooted and aware of the now and the new.
Ned Resnikoff, the wizard of water and lore, offered him hearth and home and revealed the truth: some of that (belief) which was solid, was slowly reverting back to the mists.
The fiery Mikey Franklin engulfed our hero in the passion of true friendship and true hospitality. Our hero Ash Ketchum was filled with renewed vigor: it was time to be a Pokemon Master re-engaged in the grand struggle to better people’s lives.

Yet, these powerful sorcerers could only help our hero cut and refine the gems of wisdom he found in DC, the heart of empire. Only one person could properly prepare our hero for that challenge: Elly Kalfus, wielder of the power of Heart.

The wisdom he found in DC, inside the very heart of the empire, is a story for another day.

h/t to Alice Chuang. I feel like this SO OFTEN.

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:16:53 -0400

h/t to Alice Chuang.

I feel like this SO OFTEN.

MASHUP

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 01:07:20 -0400

MASHUP:

If you haven’t heard this yet, it will be the coolest thing that happened to you today.

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:40:52 -0500

Global Temperatures Highest in 4,000 Years:

Horrifying

Trouble with RStudio and R (from Macports?) or R-framework?

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:01:35 -0500

Uninstall R. (sudo port uninstall R)
Uninstall R-framework (sudo port uninstall R-framework)
sudo port clear R-framework
sudo port -s install R-framework +gcc46

Thanks to this bugreport

Why:

RStudio works better with R-framework (which includes cool graphics stuff)

R-framework doesn’t install well with Lion.

You have to compile R-framework with gcc46 instead of the default compiler.

Note:

This will probably take a long time (since first you have to compile gc46c, then compile R-framework with it.) Budget a few hours.

Remember the Knights of the White Rose

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:33:15 -0500

Remember the Knights of the White Rose

My hotel.

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 10:01:48 -0500

My hotel.

Leaving Rochester.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:35:05 -0500

Leaving Rochester.

How to make iTerm2 allow Command-Escape as a hotkey for Lion.

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:34:42 -0500

How to make iTerm2 allow Command-Escape as a hotkey for Lion.:

So glad I found this.

Best soundtrack possible for the keystone rally today.

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:32:37 -0500

Best soundtrack possible for the keystone rally today.

"superheroes showed me how to overcome the Bomb. Superhero stories woke me up to my own potential...."

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 16:57:00 -0500

“superheroes showed me how to overcome the Bomb. Superhero stories woke me up to my own potential. They gave me the basis of a code of ethics I still live by. … By offering role models whose heroism and transcendent qualities would once have been haloed and clothed in floaty robes, they nurtured in me a sense of the cosmic and ineffable that the turgid, dogmatically stupid ‘dad’ religions could never match. I have no need for faith. My gods were real, made of paper and light, and they rolled up into my pocket like a superstring dimension.””

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Just finished SuperGods. It had flashes of brilliance, but also unconnected ramblings, propositions unsupported by evidence, and often a plodding, earthbound quality that stemmed from a need to namecheck and acknowledge authors and artists I have no care for.

It didn’t know if it was a polemic or a history. Instead, it was a mush.

The bit at the end, though, sticks with me.