Change your pants! Pay attention to the last 15 seconds. (tags: funny military video) Jott.com – Mobile Note Taking and Hands-Free Messaging I’ve been experimenting with this free service. It might be worthwhile. (tags: beta productivity) OpenOffice 2.2 Released New version if you are into it. I’m sticking with MS only because of work. (tags: [...]
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AudioMonk.com is now live and accepting work.
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The History Channel, as expected, is airing a 2 hour show on Thermopylae. It actually aired this week and I missed it, but the repeat is on the 30th.
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How do I tell you of 300? Despite the apparent simplicity of the movie (come on, it’s a gorefest), it is actually quite complicated. There are so many different ways this movie can be viewed, with all of them being valid. One can find in equal measure reasons to hate it or reasons to love [...]
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More detailed review coming. Short take – I never knew such carnage could be so beautiful.
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I’ve been walking around muttering “THIS IS SPARTA!!!” for about a week now. Uncut preview here. (Some brief nudity, so be warned).
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I’ve always had an organization problem. It’s starting to become a problem with all the stuff I have going on right now. Between my main job at Pfizer, the Papa Johns thing, working on AudioMonk, helping a friend with a web project, blogging, and remodeling a basement, the strain is showing. My brother mentioned [...]
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I’m delivering a pizza last night. The total comes to something like $19.80. I knock on the door, and an eleven-year-old kid answers and yells, “Mom!”. He vanishes for a second and I hear a woman say, “Give him this and get the pizza.” By the sound of it, she has her hands full with [...]
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My brother is blogging again. I hope he is okay with me posting this link.
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I opened up the latest mailing from the Science Fiction Book Club and saw they are offering all of the Heinlein Juveniles in a four volume hardbound set for around $50. For all twelve novels, plus Starship Troopers, it isn’t really a bad deal. I’ve been a member of the Club for nearly 15 years [...]
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I saw this over the weekend, and I’m still not sure what I think of it. I recall back when it was released, the movie generated a lot of press over blatant criticism of the Bush Administration. In seeing the movie, I’m not quite sure how one arrives at the conclusion that this film is [...]
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“You’re from Toledo?” “Yeah.” “I’m thinking about going to Grad School there.” “Oh? U of T is a good school. What’s your degree in?” “Dual major. Philosophy and Literature.” “…” “…” “How long have you been working here?” “Since 1996.” “…” “…” “…” “I’m going to go wash some dishes.”
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In writing these Heinlein reviews, I find myself evaluating how age has affected each book. Does it still hold up? Has science messed with it enough to damage the story? Are there aspects that simply can’t be overlooked in the face of new technology? In all cases, I think the core aspects of the human [...]
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Is you are a Starbucks fiend, take note.
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So I’m rounding the corner this morning on the S-curve in my neighborhood when I notice my car is going sideways. “This isn’t good,” I mutter. At a stately slide of ten miles per hour, I watch a couple of mailboxes and two newspaper boxes vanish under the passenger side as I execute a perfect [...]
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Hat tip to Mark Faust for this little nugget of information. Meet Dr. Julio Pino. He’s an associate professor at Kent State University in Ohio. It says so right here. He teaches history to Kent students. You know, that objective study of past event, seen through the cold eye of unbiased scholarship? And Kent State [...]
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Farmer in the Sky was written in 1950, and I had the benefit of first reading it some twenty-five or so years later. Like most of the Heinlein stories from this age, planetary exploration wasn’t too kind to it. But even as the reality of science and discovery dated the book, other fundamental aspects still [...]
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