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Sometimes it's nice to just sit back and *think*.
Ever had one of those moments when you about spray food or drink all over your computer screen when you see or read something? Yeah, this is one of those:
I'm only four chapters into Atlas Shrugged, but the parallels to modern events are startling. The main industry that this book involves (at least so far) is the railroad business:
Then it was said that large, established railroad systems were essential to the public welfare; and that the collapse of one of them would be a national catastrophe; and that if one such system had happened to sustain a crushing loss in a public-spirited attempt to contribute to international good will, it was entitled to public support to help it survive the blow.
Substitute railroad for bank and we have just read...
First and foremost, I am not an Obama shill, quite far from it. So on that note, why all the controversy of Obama addressing the students of this nation to encourage them to do better? I think Obama understands, as do I, the complete utter lack of accountability that people my age and younger have about their future. We live in an age where our dreams rest upon the fantasies of getting something for nothing. We care not for hard work and determination, where everything in life is granted by handouts and even our failings are assuaged by purple check...
Though penmanship has certainly taken a back seat to knowing how to type, I have come to this realization: it is important to be seen writing by your children so that they learn that typing or texting is not the only means of recording or communicating the written word. Even now I am writing this blog post in the sight of my oldest son who is just starting pre-school, who, little by little, will be trained to take that awkward hand and make scratches with a writing implement.
I'm sure at some point he may ask himself why on earth he...
Unos pensamientos que tuve hoy:
De vez en cuando, uno se le olviden las experiencias que se le han pasado. Estoy culpable de eso hoy, de mis queridos del pais de Guatemala. Es facil estar atropellado por todo que pasa aun durante un solo dia, pero tambien es una lastima que usamos eso como una excusa de no vivir nuestras memorias. Al decir la verdad, me gustaria transportarme por los vortices de tiempo para vivir partes de mi vida una vez mas. Yo no cambiaria ninguna parte de ellas, solo me gustaria vivirlas, mirarlas por los ojos de una persona que...
Today we decided to do something adventurous, all in the name of having something different to eat. We decided to get a BBQ grill. We found one we liked at a reasonable price at Walmart, except that we didn't see any on the shelves. Two Walmart employees and a little bit of wandering later, it was determined that the only one they had left was the floor model. No problem of course, mentioned the employee, except for the fact that it wouldn't fit assemled together in our car.
Me: Now, can you go get a box and disassemble it so I...
Last night after returning home from a Pinewood Derby event, I noticed that my rear driver side door had been dented in. This was no small job and I was quite aggravated to discover this. After wrangling with my wife on the futility of going back to investigate, we returned to the not yet complete event.
Upon closer investigation I ascertained that the damage had not been caused by a vehicle. There would have been paint missing and the impact point would have been lower on the door panel. No, a person or other obtuse object had made this damage. I...
One of the age old business models of print media has been the idea of not just selling subscriptions, but also mingling content with advertisements. It's funny to pick up a magazine at a store and flip through the pages and you end up seeing more advertisements than actual article content. It comes as no surprise then, to discover that digital media plays the same game, the twist being that a lot of online content is 'given away' and exclusively dependent on ad revenue to support publication.
First generation advertising came in the form of static banners and later popups, but...
Watching the inauguration was an interesting experience. It was quite awe inspiring to see the vast ocean of people that had converged on the Capitol to witness the affair. The event itself was not very long and the majority of those who came to witness it ended up watching it on jumbotron screens anyway.
Nothing wholly remarkable happened except Obama's flubbing of the Oath of Office. It seemed that Justice Roberts was giving him a bit more than a mouthful to say, but it seems to me that for such an occasion, you'd have the oath memorized anyway.
It will be very...
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Christmas is almost here, but with last nights election I have a nice little technology wish list for the next administration.
Net Neutrality
The concept of Net neutrality spans the idea that Internet service providers (ISPs) should give traffic neutral passage regardless of protocol and source/destination. What this means is that people shouldn’t have to pay more to get the same speeds from (or even access to) Disney.com and say, Joe’s Gadget Shack. It also means that whether I’m surfing the ‘Net, checking my email, uploading photos to Flickr, or playing a...
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