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Archive for July, 2007
An update on HP7.
Monday, July 23rd, 2007Ok, I’m going to be at the Cape until Thursday on a much-needed vacation, and will try to update when I return. May I never work another 80-hour week.
Incidentally, I finished Deathly Hallows. I sat down with it Saturday afternoon and read through the night. I don’t want to spoil it here [...]
The day Voldemort dies, Snape is redeemed (but also dies), and Harry and friends live happily ever after. I HOPE.
Saturday, July 21st, 2007Oh, I think Hagrid will probably die too. Alas.
I’ve spent the past week in increasingly feverish agitation over the impending release of the final Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. My preordered copy is being delivered tomorrow morning, and I will continue to carefully guard my unspoiled state until then.
Book [...]
Vulgar letterpress.
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007What more is there to say?
Courtesy of one of my favorite Coolidge Corner shops, Paper Source.
For more on letterpress printing, nowadays mostly used for fine stationery and wedding invitations, read this.
Adventures in my kitchen.
Sunday, July 8th, 2007A new dish that I tried making today, som tum (a spicy, crunchy Thai salad made with unripe green papaya), is good for summer and easier than I expected. It would go well with sticky rice and grilled chicken, though that’s something that I’ll have to try another time.
Here is the recipe I used. [...]
Fireworks.
Thursday, July 5th, 2007It’s been a month since I moved in to my new place, but I don’t think it hit me until I realized I could walk to the BU Bridge to see the fireworks yesterday. It was raining and disgusting, but I managed a video of the finale and a few good pictures.