It's starting to run in the family.

My brother Jason has been though (mechE being the other degree he was considering). He's trying to get to Boston this summer to do some design/engineering work; I hope he makes it so we can get a place together (possibly at pika).

Cool moment: when he described to me on the phone what he wanted to do and I said "actually, there's a name for that... people make their living as experience designers," and there was silence on the other end and then a breathless "really??!!??" Boy, do I know how that kind of moment feels...

Also: a list of hacker spaces, courtesy of Chris. IMSA is going to start a bunch. I'm looking forward to that.

By the way: limited computer use does, in fact, hurt less. Sweet. Also, homemade blueberry hand pies are awesome (and by extension, Lissa rocks completely, once again).