http://www.cometsflame.com Jed's resurrected blog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:31:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This is the first blog post I have written in a very long time.  Wow, what a long strange trip it has been... I don't really even know where to start.  Thus, I think I will start at the beginning.  I want to start posting as if this were a ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/08/30/beginnings/ Family pictures are usually pretty traumatic for the McClurgs, but this year things went smoothly, and the pictures turned out pretty well. My sister Moriah picked out the outfits, and I think she did a great job. http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/02/12/family-pictures-2009/ As you may know, I am a teaching assistant for this semester's Digital Design class at the U of I.  This is the third time I have helped teach this class.  It is an introduction to digital electronics (binary numbers, boolean logic, logic gates, sequential circuits, etc.), and it's really ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/02/05/my-lab/ Wow. All I can say is wow.  This performance by Bon Iver is simply amazing. Unfortunately, they only sing about half of the lyrics here for some reason. You can hear the whole song with less instrumentation if you wish. http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/31/lump-sum/ I spent most of the afternoon today in Iowa City.  I had a few things that I needed to check/setup in my lab.  After that, I spent some time walking around downtown.  The weather was absolutely beautiful, and the city was surprisingly peaceful.  A few random people smiled at me. I ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/31/today-4/ As some of you may know, I enjoy searching for interesting and unique indie music, and I feel that it is my duty to share some of my discoveries with you. Put on your favourite hi-fi headphones and enjoy the ambient bliss of this song by English trip-hop band Massive Attack ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/22/teardrop/ In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. -Albert Camus While I don't necessarily agree with that quote (there doesn't seem to be an overabundance of warmth in my heart these days), I do believe that God has the power to control the seasons.  ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/22/spring/ Check out this adorable and quirky short film which I happened across while perusing music videos on YouTube. http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/15/how-to-say-i-love-you/ A friend recently asked me what I looked like when I was a kid.  Well, thanks to my dad's photography skills and my mom's archiving/organizational skills, I was able to obtain some photographs which I believe will answer that question. http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/14/old-pictures/ There are some things that I want to try to commit to in the new year: Listen to the advice of those older and wiser than I (this, I think, deserves an entire blog entry, so I will try to write one at a later date). Live more healthy (I have wanted ... http://www.cometsflame.com/2009/01/01/new-year/