Carleton alum Ari Guha has started The Hair Project. He’s cutting his hair for the first time in 22 months, in a style determined by the folks that give the most money to charity. After vastly exceeding his original $200 goal, he’s now set his sights on a lofty $5000.
I, sadly, have absolutely [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2006 by Lee
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Google Analytics, for those of you who don’t know, is Google’s newest attempt at world domination new web statistics tool. It’s currently in beta and is invite-only. I’ve been using Shortstat to keep basic tabs on traffic to my site, but when I finally got an invite to join Google Analytics, I thought [...]

Posted on April 14th, 2006 by Lee
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Over at one of my online swing dancing haunts, MinnesotaLindy.com, they’re having a heated discussion about the site’s new color scheme. I personally don’t like it that much, though I’m not as virulently opposed to it as a few folks seem to be. But I’m more interested in the branding aspect of this [...]

Posted on April 6th, 2006 by Lee
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Dear Motor Vehicle Policy Enforcement Person,
Let’s make a deal.
I understand why Carleton requires students to register vehicles that they bring to campus. They have a limited number of parking spots, and so they limit who is able to register a vehicle. I also understand that they charge a registration fee of $50 a [...]

Posted on April 5th, 2006 by Lee
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Last term, after procrastinating for several years, I finally got around to getting trained to be a tour guide. In a 90-minute session in which I was the only non-freshman attending, I learned the tools of the trade. They apparently include the following:

If you don’t walk backwards with finesse and agility, no one [...]

Posted on April 4th, 2006 by Lee
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