A Land of Ice and Fire
As with my other photosets, clicking on a photo will open a larger version, and text in red represents a clickable link. On arriving in Reykjavik, I immediately went to visit [more...]
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A Hong Kong Hike
This satellite photo of Hong Kong shows just how much of it is actually not-concrete More than a concrete jungle Despite being one of the densest cities in the world, with [more...]
Fluorinated Compounds
Last Friday I was fortunate enough to be present at my girlfriend's Ph.D. thesis defence at the University of Copenhagen. In case anyone is wondering, it went very well, and all the opponents spoke highly of her work, and now we can all call her "Doctor". [more...]
Pillowfight!
Whoever came up with the idea of a random pillowfight in New York city deserves the Nobel Peace Prize (more than Henry Kissinger, anyway). Actually, I think it was these [more...]
State of the Planet
Every year, there’s a conference organized by the earth institute called “State of the Planet”. It has (apparently) grown every year, and is a fairly big [more...]
A Day in DC
I decided to visit the capital of the United States of America, Washington DC, for spring break. However, since I have a great deal of work to do over the break, I decided to [more...]
Food Shoot
News assignments are kinda cool, sports assignments aren’t bad either… but food… mmm…. Those who know me well know that I like food. I am capable of [more...]
A Busy Week
It was a very busy week at Columbia… kicked off with Jeff Sachs and John Legend teaming up for the “Show Me” poverty action tour on Monday night. Somewhat [more...]
A Spectator
Occasionally, I surprise myself. Sometimes a paper that I wrote off-the-cuff ends up being published in an academic journal, maybe an offhand remark made as a joke at a board [more...]
MIT Mystery Hunt
Every year since about 1980, during MIT’s independent activity period (IAP), a mystery hunt takes place. This hunt is organised by the previous year’s winning [more...]
New York Adventures
My first Christmas and New Years in New York, starring Lily O’Neill, Caitlin Tierney, Nick Sheridan, Meribah Rose, and others. Lucky I live in New York… I [more...]