My wife has been out of the country for almost two weeks. Fifi and I are in full Lord of the Flies mode. Picture us wading through 4 feet of piled up pizza boxes, half-eaten collard greens, and gnawed on UPS delivery people.

Actually we’re quite civilized and have been sipping tea and debating the nature of free will and how it relates to quantum entanglement.

Luckily she comes back in two days, so I’m very excited. I’ve been enjoying the good weather, riding my motorcycle as much as possible, working out a bit, and getting a lot of work done.

This past weekend I went out with my friend Johanna to a party. We got to play in a giant ball pit. I haven’t had so much in ages!

I received this great color changing LED light for my birthday that I’m using as bias lighting behind my monitor. The effect is even more impressive when it’s dark, but is still pretty cool during the day. Check it out here:

Video of the color changing bias lighting

Today I turn 30 years old, which is a pretty big milestone. Stepping past my 20s seems pretty intimidating.

Ignoring the fact that I’m actually a pretty down to earth responsible working guy, the 20s to me are associated with youth, dancing at clubs, being wild and reckless, making fun a priority, college escapades, etc… The 30s seem to scream living in the suburbs and going to bed by midnight (yes, I know I live in the suburbs, don’t rub it in). I know there’s no rules about what you can and can’t do, but it just seems like a pretty big shift.

So this is all I can say about turning 30:

This is too awesome to not post:

I walked around the Harvard Square area a bit with Christian and shot some photos. I haven’t been shooting much since I moved back East from Seattle, so it was good to get out and take some pictures, although the pictures don’t really capture how COLD it was:)