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Monday, February 5th, 2007I finished Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer about two weeks ago. This was a disturbing book that covers a history of Mormon fundamentalism as a background to the […]
Cool feature of Google Reader: Share
Saturday, January 20th, 2007Liz and I are thinking of taking a free online MIT Course together in the near future. To make it easier for us to pick one, today I explored the Share feature of Google Reader to share a list of classes I am interested in.
It is a pretty simple feature to use. Any time you […]
Wikiversity
Friday, January 19th, 2007Everyone should check out Wikiversity. Wikiversity is a wiki dedicated to providing free learning materials for all age groups. Currently they have learning projects for everything from agriculture to zoology.
Today I browsed around the School of Business and happened upon an Introduction to Statistics that I found very interesting. I also browsed around in Financial […]
It’s Not About the Bike
Sunday, January 7th, 2007Today I finished reading It's Not About the Bike by Lance Armstrong. The book is an autobiography of Armstrong, and focuses on his struggle with testicular cancer and how it affected his career and his life.
I started reading this book knowing virtually nothing about him. The first few chapters caught me by surprise. Young Lance […]
Manage your iPod with Winamp
Thursday, January 4th, 2007I don't really like iTunes. It's a cool application if it does what you need, but I hate that there's no easy way to transfer files from your iPod to your computer. Enter ml_iPod. ml_iPod is a plug-in for Winamp that allows you to manage your iPod music in Winamp.
Ahh, that's better.
Winamp, as of version […]
New Year, 2006 becomes 2007
Sunday, December 31st, 2006At no point in history has the technology of oral hygiene been better. Millions of years of human development have culminated in the awesome hygienic advancements that we have come to use every day. These advancements include: the sonic toothbrush, advanced formula toothpastes, easy-to-use at-home tooth whitening systems, floss, and many dental hygiene techniques once […]
My Favorite Author of the Year: Jon Krakauer
Tuesday, December 26th, 2006For Christmas I received a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card. Today, I hoped to take advantage of the after-Christmas sales and spend it. I got three books, one of which was Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer.
As I thumbed through it, I started thinking about how deeply affected I have been by […]