Jackie Robinson’s estate risks coloring his memory (pun intended)
Why the delay? Turns out, he ran into legal issues stemming from his use of the above quote from Jackie Robinson. I’ll keep this brief, because I prefer not to dwell on Halman’s tragic story, but here’s how things went down…
Another quick follow-up: BDS comes to Penn
Since many of the people who read this blog go and/or* went to Penn, I would imagine there’s a decent chance you are familiar with BDS from its stunt at Frogro or its national conference at the University of Pennsylvania. *the ‘and’ in ‘and/or’ is for myself If not, some quick background. BDS’ decision to … Read more
Major development in showdown with Verizon: Victory is Ours! – sort of
I came online after a hiatus of over a day and a half expecting to simply share Change.org’s next gem of wisdom, as I did the last two. I changed my mind not because the email didn’t arrive…
Deciding on a Law School
Today is the deadline for deciding where I’ll be in the fall. I put off making a decision until after visiting Stanford, which resulted in an incredibly stressful week. I love both schools, and choosing between them was difficult. I’ve made a decision…
Ain’t nothing new under the retractable roof
I just checked Twitter for the first time in a month (once upon a time, I tried to keep up – today, I declare Twitter bankruptcy, and will just try to do better from here on out) and this was sitting at the top of my timeline…
And now for some hakarat hatov* towards Google
After picking on Google in my previous post, I just noticed that forcing everyone to switch to the new Gmail hasn’t kept the company too busy to also…
Strange goings on over at Gmail
A few people have mentioned to me that they were disappointed when Gmail recently made the switch to its new look absolutely mandatory (much like a Pyongyang party). I can’t say I sympathize a whole lot…
The bluest mikveh you’ve ever seen is in Seattle
Blue in the sense of sad, because there’s apparently something wrong with the water in Seattle…
There is no better place to spend Earth Day than Stanford
My phone camera is so, so terrible. Sorry…
Shame Italians don’t speak English
Because it means they can’t fully appreciate their Google domain…
