Happy New Year!
Happy New Year to everyone reading my website!
(P.S. In case you haven’t heard yet, I now have a new domain: www.matthewmeyer.net)
Animal Intuition
Do animals have a 6th sense for danger? Who knows; it’s been a popular belief for ages. Here’s some interesting evidence: http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/12/30/quake.animals.reut/index.html
And while we’re on the subject of cool animals: http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html
Oh, and go see Life Aquatic.
Comparing Canada and the US
I don’t remember how I stumbled on to canadianalternative.com, but I found a really interesting article linked from that site that compares the US and Canada not from a numerical standpoint, but from a psychological and ideological point. It’s strongly slanted in favor of Canada, being a Canadian article, but I think it makes a [...]
Merry Christmas
And a Happy Birthday to me!
I haven’t been updating this very much cause I’ve been savoring every moment of this vacation. I’ll do a big update when I return to school, but I just wanted to wish everybody a Merry Christmas!
School Ends Tomorrow!
I never thought I’d be saying those words… hallelujah! I’m so happy to be done with this semester (although I still have one project so I’m technically not done yet).
I wanted to scan all my work and post jpegs of it up here, just to give an online semester-review of my work… but it hasn’t [...]
Embarassed to be American
Well I guess that’s a mis-wording of my feelings. It should read “embarassed by my fellow Americans.” This week has pretty much rekindled those feelings in me after the post-election depression that proved there are more idiots and religious fanatics in this country than decent human beings and intellectuals. I tried to swallow the unhappiness [...]
Exhaustion
Ever have one of those days where you can’t even move because you’re so tired? Where your eyes close on their own? Where a couch looks like a million dollars to you?
I finished my portfolio at… I don’t know… 4 am last night? I am *so* tired it’s not even funny. I’d say I’ve [...]