Category: Life
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The Artist and the Scientist
I posit that there are two distinct ways in which people become fascinated by programming. One way is via high-level languages, web development tools, and visual languages. This “way” in is for people who are more interested in the act of creating with code than coding itself. I call these people the “artist-programmers”: people who…
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Happy Birthday, Greta Dohl
For those of you who are offended by sappy love things on the internet, I’m not sorry, because it’s totally up to you to keep reading this. Greta, I’ve known you since we were two new faces on a path in the woods, you: fourteen, northwoods, energetic. Me: sixteen, wandering, timid. I was fascinated by…
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Reflecting on my English Major
I wrote this paper as part of my English Capstone Experience, which I enjoyed immensely. If you’re attending Lawrence and thinking about an English Major, you might find it interesting. I’m proud of the voice and style. It’s also something I want to reference in my next post, so I figured I’d put it online…
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Brooklyn Hipster
This is a pretty self-centered post, so if you’re not interested in my life stories, you might want to check out my more technical posts. Trying to sleep more this morning was like trying to blow air into an overinflated balloon. I’d really messed up my sleep schedule over the last week – On Monday…
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Greta’s Grandfather
Greta’s grandfather passed away sometime Sunday night. I didn’t get much of a chance over the last 6 years to really get to know him except the occasional visit, and, of course, providing tech support. He was part of the old guard – won his house in a poker game while returning from the second…
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Lila Emma Maria Rhen
I have not yet attended a funeral. When my mother’s mother died, not only had she been in an advanced state of Parkinson’s disease for most of my life. I was in the middle of school, and since I wasn’t particularly close to her, I ended up not attending the funeral. I didn’t have many…