The cat's out of the bag. I'm moving to Tokyo! I told Facebook (ie, my friends and loved ones) about a week or so ago, but I've more or less known I'd go for a while longer than that. It was really...

For a little while there, I was thinking about dropping out. It was a symptom, and now I've finally figured out the root cause.It came on suddenly. Namely, when I woke up last week and realized that...

I'm back early! If you can believe it, I was laid off from a summer internship. My colleague (and fellow Austinite) Will Leverett wrote up the situation, and I think most of us would agree with his...

In my previous post about Blizzard I alluded to having a different summer job.  This is it.I'm working on All Points Bulletin, which is basically Grand Theft Auto Online. If you're reading on my proper...

I've been putting this one off for a long time. But now that my summer job search is over I can breathe a little easier and share one of my favorite moments in the search: an invitation to the Blizzard...

Remember my research gig I mentioned last month? I came on at the end of a very long project, and its report just got released to the media. The NYT ran the story, which was a welcome development. Their...

I landed a pretty sweet gig on campus. My program has an office called the Global Information Industry Center, which does research on IT stuff for a lot of companies including corporate sponsors like...

It's remarkable how much career-oriented progress I'm making after just a couple of days of real-deal school. I needed an answer to the extremely frequent question "what's your career goal?" and the...

San Diego!I committed to UCSD a couple weeks ago after visiting the campus and finding that it alone, out of my selection of four potential grad schools, had the "laid-back state school" vibe I find...

I apologize, dear reader, if I've failed to mention it before, but:I'm starting grad school this fall.I'll be getting a Masters degree in International Relations focused on Japan. I'm signing with a...

My desire to walk has more selfish motivations than green ones, but I have had the whole 'green' thing on the brain lately.For one, my stock-market-tanked-so-lets-get-investing money is thinking green...

I've waited a while to mention it, since some Internet Detective-type users might've followed me as I exited the game site Shacknews. And in case any of them are reading now, I won't say anything about...

It's quite the experience to return to Seattle after roughly a decade or more. I came here several times as a kid, as my dad's best friend from college lived up here. I barely remember the experience...

Well, in all fairness I've been back for two weeks. This weekend marks 4 weeks of being done with my JET work and moving on to new stuff. Two of those were a fantastic vacation all across Japan, with...

I apologize, dear snagger.org. I've left you feeling lonely for far too long. As one other teacher in my town put it, "It's a long winter." Of course, he said that in reference to his womanizing advice...