Greg Israelsen

bureaucratie

Greg Israelsen — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:32:09 +0000

bu·reau·cra·cy, noun: excessively complicated administrative procedure. Committees, policy reviews, feasibility studies, and the like are the worst. One of the things I hate most is administrative barriers to simply getting things done. I am involved in the law school because I want to be a part of the solution, not the problem. Sometimes it’s hard, [...]

Blackout

Greg Israelsen — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:00:53 +0000

You may have noticed that my blog was inaccessible all day yesterday. I joined the internet-wide movement to protest SOPA/PIPA, two bills currently being considered in Congress. Other major companies such as Wikipedia and Reddit were a part of the blackout. While I haven’t personally read the text of the bill, WSJ gives an apt [...]

Happy New Year!

Greg Israelsen — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:00:45 +0000

Happy 2012! I’ve had a wonderful break at home, and have loved being in Chicago with my family. I spent 14 hours straight working on a paper that had a postmark deadline by today, but I got it to the post office at 2pm! I was so happy to get it in! And don’t worry, [...]

Happy Christmas Eve

Greg Israelsen — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:00:34 +0000

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Patents, the Establishment Clause and European Nations

Greg Israelsen — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 05:21:59 +0000

When studying today, I came across an irony contained in one approach of our friends across the pond. In Europe, the European Patent Convention allows patent offices and courts to exclude inventions that offend notions of morality from patenting. The common requirement is demonstrated in the TRIPS Agreement: Members may exclude from patentability inventions, the [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Greg Israelsen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 15:00:59 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving 2011! I enjoyed the day in Logan with members of my immediate and extended family. We ran a Turkey Trot in the morning, had an amazing Thanksgiving meal in the midday, then just enjoyed each others’ company for the remainder of the day. It was a great holiday! Click past the break for [...]

Google Fame

Greg Israelsen — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:25:43 +0000

If you were frantically searching for a Halloween costume this past weekend, you may have been one of the many people who hopped on Google for some ideas. If you happened to be looking for tv show theme guidance, you may have seen Brita and I from two years ago when we dressed up as [...]

iPhone 4S Data Plans: AT&T v. Verizon v. Sprint

Greg Israelsen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:56:57 +0000

So you want to get an iPhone? Now that iPhone is available on Sprint, more people than ever have access to one of the most popular smartphones ever sold. However, the cost of a monthly data plan is a significant factor when deciding what phone to get and what carrier to choose. I’ve been a [...]

I get to take 40% of your lunch

Greg Israelsen — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:56:11 +0000

I have been refraining from commenting on the “huge numbers of confused and directionless young people” at Occupy Wall Street up to this point, but this textual highlight reel published in the WSJ today was too good to pass up. The theme of the article was the “remedial course in economics” that participation in the [...]

Pumpkin Carving

Greg Israelsen — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:56:40 +0000

This past weekend I broke out my new Williams Sonoma carving tools and carved a pumpkin. The kit came with some designs, so we chose this one with the cat in the moon. It was a little more complicated to carve, but the end result was worth it. We also made spiced pumpkin seeds, enjoyed [...]