I check with my friends every other day or so on how their situation is over there. I listen to their fears, and try to offer what little help I can. I read the news, and research to understand more about radiation. We decide together that the worst is over and that we shouldn’t worry [...]

The other weekend I visited Pittsburgh to see an old friend of mine, Hironori Yoshida.  While his first name is Hironori and he often goes by ‘Hiro’, I’ve always called him by his other nickname, ‘Yoshi.’  Yoshi is a guest researcher at Carnegie Mellon, working on digital fabrication.  For those unfamiliar with the term (ie me, before Yoshi explained slowly [...]