Took a quick study break to enjoy the most exciting annual event in Colonial Williamsburg –fife and drum roll, please– the Grand Illumination! For those of you who don’t have the privilege of living quite so close to the bustling metropolis of reenacted 18th century Virginia, I figured I would post some pictures and a [...]

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“Why do you want to travel to Israel?” asks the El Al security agent just prior to my departing flight. Thousands of answers run through my mind, but the one that reaches my tongue is “To see the sights I’ve learned about since I was a child.”
I’m back, and I took plenty of photos and [...]

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Time-Lapse Video of Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC from sundown July 3rd until the night of July 4th. Fireworks can be seen poppin’ here and there.

July 4th Time-Lapse from themarkpike and Vimeo.

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In midst of exams. Current assignment is a 2,500 word take home test. Writing about Constitutional Law.
My printer ran out of ink because I’ve spit out too many drafts. I have considered using my typewriter. I just printed out a test page. I think I type faster when wearing the powerglove. It’s so [...]

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I stumbled upon a Chicago design firm’s website recently. Coudal Partners describe themselves as an “ongoing experiment in web publishing, design and commerce.”

Right now, they’re doing something called “Swap Meat.” They receive lots of unsolicited creative stuff in the mail and usually return the favor by sending out some of their own goods.
Well, I [...]

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Lots of little digital from today…

Moo Cards arrived! Tiny business cards to hand out to friends, acquaintances, and people too drunk to remember your phone number. You can also use them to make magnets, gift cards, and the world’s smallest origami.
I co-hosted a radio show on WCWM (90.9), the college station here at William & [...]

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Posted a piece over at the W&M ACS Blog. It’s all about nerdy tech law stuff. Are you worried that the government is going to track everything you do on the Internet? You should be. Soon, they might know that you come to my blog everyday hoping that I’ll post pictures of me hanging out [...]

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I finally got around to scanning 30 of my favorite Polaroid pictures. Check them out using the cool browser below, or head on over to the Flickr slideshow set.

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I Put the Stud in StudyingOriginally uploaded by themarkpike.
A Pulitzer Prize winning photo, capturing the rare moment that the endangered species studious maximus hits the books.
You might be wondering what the basketball on my desk is…
It’s the prize I received for *drum roll* winning the first annual torts poetry contest! My professor decided to [...]

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Thanksgiving Cheerleaders
Originally uploaded by themarkpike.

A friend of mine sends out a Thanksgiving email every year where everybody submits a note about what they’re thankful for. She compiles it and then sends it out to the massive list.
This was my contribution for 2006:
family, friends, food on the table, long distance phone calls, handwritten words, intramural sports, [...]

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