For his birthday celebration, my college roommate requested that we congregate on Zoom for a PowerPoint party and share 5-minute presentations on any topic. Concurrently, I was comparing many popular chocolate chip cookie recipes to find out what aspects these bakers all consider important. Thus, I took the opportunity to combine the projects, scripting a dense half-silly rapid-fire 38-slide 5-minute presentation on cookie baking science. Here, I’ve reformatted that presentation’s tables and script into this blog post.
If interested in the recipe I currently follow, scroll to the end.
As coronavirus (COVID-19) and its hysteria is sweeping through New York City and the US at large, people are panicking and hoarding supplies like pantry food, disinfecting wipes, face masks, and – for some reason – a whole buttload of toilet paper. I know discussing toilet paper is socially unsavory, but if you want to preserve your stash while maintaining anal hygiene, you should ensure that use your toilet paper effectively and efficiently.Continue reading How to Use Toilet Paper→
2019 has come and gone. It was the first year I was employed full-time throughout, and correspondingly the days, weeks, and months flew by when most I had to say about it were boring medical adventures and revelations that aren’t really blog-worthy. Still, I do want to maintain my tradition of public reflections, so off I go! Continue reading 2019 in Retrospect→
However, consider the beauty of backgammon’s game mechanics. Although backgammon is a simple game — able to be summarized in 160 words (see below) — the gameplay is dynamic, engaging, and potentially heartbreaking. In every facet, the elementary rules generate extraordinary emergent characteristics which, in turn, demand intricate strategical considerations, and that’s a beautiful thing.
14 days, 2050 miles of driving, 6 national parks in southern Utah and northern Arizona, and a few extra attractions. Prepare yourselves. Continue reading Red Rocks→
It’s summer in my mid-to-late 20s, so you know what that means: it’s wedding season! Being invited to take photos at three of my friends’ special days is such an honor that I’ll remember forever, and not only because I have literally thousands more photos of them than anyone else… Continue reading Wedding Season 2019→
Two days into my radiology residency and I’m already producing reports for body CTs. What a terrifying thought.
On day one, when they sat me down at a PACS workstation, they taught me how to log in, how to select a study and scroll through it, and which button to press to record dictations. The senior resident then basically just said “go for it. Say what you see!” Continue reading Now I am Doing the Reading→
