I’m not sure if I’ve been able to effectively communicate the scale of the operation witnessed during our visit to the Farmersburg Coal Mine. Through the magic of Google Maps, I will now whisk you away to a land of enchantment and heavy machinery. This view shows piles of coal on the north side of […]
Author Archives: Dane
Coal is a local resource.
March 29, 2009 – 11:17 pm
On Saturday Kate and I tagged along with the Indiana University Geology Club, and went on a guided tour of the Farmersburg Coal Mine. I spent much of last semester developing WattBot, a design argument that is decidedly opposed to the usage of coal for electricity, but it was impossible to walk away from this […]
This Ain’t Yo’ Mama’s Press Release
March 24, 2009 – 8:13 pm
But it is ours. Hooray for fame! Now if only I could hire someone to help me cash all these giant cardboard checks… UPDATE: The IU Home Pages newsletter for Indiana University has picked up our story!
Things About Which I Am Exciteding.
March 13, 2009 – 9:36 am
A few notes before Kate and I dash out the door for spring break. I am really enjoying the new shows that Phish played last weekend. According to The New York Times, Phish loved Phish circa 1995. I, too, loved Phish circa 1995, and I’m glad that’s the Phish they’re bringing back. And geez, that’s […]
Collapsing Navigation in jQuery
February 28, 2009 – 9:50 pm
Accordion menus, collapsing navigation, f’eh. Everyone’s got their own version, including the one native to jQuery UI. I’ve never really been satisfied with any of them, however, so I took a stab at rolling my own. I built it in two versions, one that only allows you to have one navigation section open one at […]
Just Another Day In HCI/d
February 20, 2009 – 12:00 pm
Yesterday we celebrated Jeff’s birthday in his favorite “Hello Kitty Goth” fashion. Binaebi and Emily baked him a pink watermelon Jell-O cake, and Lynn got him, among other things, a pink balloon that said “Princess”. This was in reference to an email that Lynn had sent him once, where she accidentally called him “Dr. Bardzell.” […]
Type
January 25, 2009 – 11:49 pm
Three weeks ago, I packed up my Subaru and left Minneapolis in one heck of a hurry. It was Monday, we had just been socked by a winter storm over the weekend, and another one was forecasted to hit on Tuesday. Thus, making it back to Bloomington in a timely fashion required that I gracefully […]
Works Cited
January 10, 2009 – 1:24 am
I’ve been running an intellectual marathon for the last four months, but today things have finally calmed down enough to get my wits back about me. After spending Monday and Tuesday under house-arrest writing twelve hours a day, our team has finally submitted our paper for the 2009 CHI Student Design Competition. The CHI conference […]
Your Darkest Hour, Part III: Shattered and Healed
November 24, 2008 – 10:00 am
In January 2004 I started my job as a phone support jockey for a small web software company. Five days a week, eight-or-more hours a day, I went to a regular job and got a regular paycheck. I didn’t want to give up all my privileges at the mountain, however, including good friends, a season […]
Your Darkest Hour, Part II: Salvation
November 20, 2008 – 10:00 am
When I said that all I wanted to do for the winter of 2003-2004 was work as a ski town bum, I wasn’t being completely forthright. As Hood River emptied out that fateful fall and all my surf bum friends left town, my life got real slow, real fast. I had a lot of time […]
