NatchiQ http://www.natchiq.net Ruminations from New England Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:43:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3-9841 en hourly 1 Heard on the BBC http://www.natchiq.net/?p=96 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=96#comments Sat, 17 Jan 2009 14:42:17 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2009/01/17/heard-on-the-bbc/ “Big money equals a good burger, but not necessarily a good film.”

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=96 Permalinks back! http://www.natchiq.net/?p=93 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=93#comments Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:22:39 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/?p=93 Thanks to Parker, all the old links work again!

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=93 Trader Ming’s http://www.natchiq.net/?p=89 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=89#comments Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:22:35 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/?p=89 Trader Joe’s has a series of Thai noodle boxes, and now that I’m eating lunch in an office again I’m getting fairly well acquainted with them. At $2 each they are about 40-60% off the comparable supermarket alternatives, so that’s a win. The Kung Pao is spicy and really quite good, while the Pad Thai is reasonably tasty but not particularly reminiscent of the real deal, and the Peanut Satay is just alright (bland, smooth, kinda greasy). Maybe I should try not adding all the sauce…

I’d give TJ’s some link-love, but they have a lousy website that does not show information regarding their products.

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=89 Quick vote http://www.natchiq.net/?p=84 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=84#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:52 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/?p=84 i-voted

After hearing about 3-hr waiting lines for early voting a few weeks ago, we were worried that it would take forever to vote today. We shouldn’t have — in and out in 20 minutes!

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=84 Site back up http://www.natchiq.net/?p=83 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=83#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:10:23 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/?p=83 After fighting with pretty URLs for a few days, I’ve decided to go ahead and revert to the old ugly URL system for the time being…

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=83 Not quite enough http://www.natchiq.net/?p=82 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=82#comments Sat, 18 Oct 2008 03:41:25 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2008/10/17/not-quite-enough/ You can only win so many ridiculous comeback games in a season, apparently…

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=82 OK, so I fell asleep http://www.natchiq.net/?p=80 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=80#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 14:28:41 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2008/10/17/ok-so-i-fell-asleep/ It was 7-0, and I turned off the TV and went to bed. I turned on the radio and listened to Pedroia (our little pony) and Papi bring it back to 7-4, and then during the commercial break I fell asleep. But I wasn’t the only one!

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=80 Just Married! http://www.natchiq.net/?p=75 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=75#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:22:42 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2008/08/17/just-married/ Just Married!

Rachel has many more in her Picassa album.

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=75 George Bush and the Redeem Team http://www.natchiq.net/?p=72 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=72#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:28:08 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2008/08/11/george-bush-and-the-redeem-team/ Our president seems to be having a good time in Beijing, and the athletes seem to be treating him as “one of the guys,” from beach volleyball to basketball where Lebron James greeted him with:

What’s up, Pops?

]]> http://www.natchiq.net/?feed=rss2&p=72 We’ve Moved! http://www.natchiq.net/?p=71 http://www.natchiq.net/?p=71#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:08:20 +0000 Noah W. Smith http://www.natchiq.net/2008/08/06/weve-moved/ Rachel and I are back in the Northampton area, as Common Media is lining up an office in Amherst.

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