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Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Fountainhead Speech
I've never read Ayn Rand. This is a speech from it that someone recommended. I've read it but want to read it again. So I am putting it here for future reference.
Fountainhead Speech
Fountainhead Speech
SanDisk Unveils USB Drive With Online Backup -- Storage -- InformationWeek
SanDisk Unveils USB Drive With Online Backup -- Storage -- InformationWeek: "SanDisk Unveils USB Drive With Online Backup
The device comes with a six-month subscription to the BeInSync backup
service and two years of BoomerangIt's lost-and-found service.
By Antone
Gonsalves
InformationWeek
January 2, 2008 04:41 PM
SanDisk
(NSDQ: SNDK) on Wednesday introduced a USB flash drive with automatic online
backup, so files can be recovered from any Internet-connected computer if the
drive is lost, forgotten, or stolen.
The Cruzer Titanium Plus is SanDisk's
first USB drive with backup capabilities. The 4-Gbyte device will be featured at
the International Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas.
The Cruzer Plus comes with a six-month subscription to the BeInSync backup
service at no additional charge. After opening a personal, password-protected
account, any files copied to the drive from a computer are automatically backed
up online. If the computer is offline, then the files will be backed up the next
time the drive is plugged into an Internet-connected machine."
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
43 Folders
43 Folders: "Drowning in email? Try Inbox Zero to learn sane tips for dealing with high-volume email. And don’t miss the free Inbox Zero video."
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Recent Volcanic Activity - The Big Picture - Boston.com
Recent Volcanic Activity - The Big Picture - Boston.com: "Several volcanoes have erupted in the past few months - two in Chile (Chaiten and Llaima) and one in Alaska (Okmok). At any given time, approximately 20 to 50 volcanoes are active worldwide (depending on the definition of 'active'). Collected here are photos of volcanic events from the the past several years, seen from many angles, including low Earth Orbit. (15 photos total)"
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Slashdot | Software Logging Schemes?
Slashdot | Software Logging Schemes?:
"'I've been a software engineer for just over 10 years, and I've seen a lot of different styles of logging in the applications I've worked on. Some were extremely verbose — about 1 logging line for every 2 lines of code. Others were very lacking, with maybe 1 line in 200 devoted to logging. I personally find that writing debug and informational messages about every 2 to 5 lines works well for debugging an issue, but can become cumbersome when reading through a log for analysis. I like to write warning messages when thresholds or limits are being approached — these tend to be infrequent. I log errors whenever I catch one (but I've never put a 'fatal' message in my code, because if it's truly a fatal error I probably didn't catch it). Recently I came across log4j and log4net and have begun using them both. That brings me to my question: how do the coders on Slashdot handle logging in their code?'"
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
MedlinePlus Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
good resource for medical stuff. The videos are supposed to be pretty good.
good resource for medical stuff. The videos are supposed to be pretty good.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
The Original Bacon Post
Whatever: Clearly You People Thought I Was Kidding: "Me (to Krissy): So, would you mind if I tape bacon to the cat?
Krissy: That's a fairly interesting question. What's the purpose here?
Me: I put taping bacon to the cat on a list of things I said I was going to do today and people seemed to be skeptical.
Krissy: You said you were going to tape bacon to the cat on the Whatever.
Me: Yeah.
Krissy (audible sigh): Since you are going to do it, and take a picture of it, all I ask is that you take the bacon off right after. All right?
Me: Okay.
Krissy: You're a strange, strange, strange man."
Krissy: That's a fairly interesting question. What's the purpose here?
Me: I put taping bacon to the cat on a list of things I said I was going to do today and people seemed to be skeptical.
Krissy: You said you were going to tape bacon to the cat on the Whatever.
Me: Yeah.
Krissy (audible sigh): Since you are going to do it, and take a picture of it, all I ask is that you take the bacon off right after. All right?
Me: Okay.
Krissy: You're a strange, strange, strange man."
Monday, July 07, 2008
Possible August Bike Trip
Possible August Bike Trip
In the below map, zoom out a couple of times to see the entire route.
View Larger Map
In the below map, zoom out a couple of times to see the entire route.
View Larger Map
AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq
AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq - Las Vegas Sun
Hmmmm...how could we be removing something that wasn't there? There weren't any WMD in Iraq, right?
Hmmmm...how could we be removing something that wasn't there? There weren't any WMD in Iraq, right?
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 22, 2008
World Famous Violinist playing in a subway
Very well written article...
Pearls Before Breakfast - washingtonpost.com: "HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play."
Pearls Before Breakfast - washingtonpost.com: "HE EMERGED FROM THE METRO AT THE L'ENFANT PLAZA STATION AND POSITIONED HIMSELF AGAINST A WALL BESIDE A TRASH BASKET. By most measures, he was nondescript: a youngish white man in jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt and a Washington Nationals baseball cap. From a small case, he removed a violin. Placing the open case at his feet, he shrewdly threw in a few dollars and pocket change as seed money, swiveled it to face pedestrian traffic, and began to play."
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Edheads - Virtual Knee Surgery - Total Knee Replacement - TKR
This is a detailed explanation of what my dad just had done. I haven't had a chance to look at it yet (ok, ok, I am a little anxious about watching the detail).
Edheads - Virtual Knee Surgery - Total Knee Replacement - TKR
Edheads - Virtual Knee Surgery - Total Knee Replacement - TKR
Monday, June 16, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
KID CAN DO IT ALL ON ONE LEG
A great story about a kid w/ one leg playing sports... Make sure to check out the video.
KID CAN DO IT ALL ON ONE LEG: "Adam Bender slips a chest protector over his Astros jersey, buckles a shinguard to his right leg, positions a mask atop his head, grabs his catcher's mitt and hops out of the dugout.
Adam has his game face on. Or at least what passes as a game face for an 8-year-old. His eyes are serious. His freckled nose is crinkled with determination.
It is a cool, breezy Saturday morning at Veterans Park, which is already buzzing with activity. Baseball games are being played on three diamonds within a pop-up of each other. Parents are clustered in and around the stands, chatting and cheering. Players of all ages, wearing uniforms or team T-shirts, swarm the place.
Hardly anybody gives a second glance to the catcher in the Southeastern rookie league deftly playing on one leg."
KID CAN DO IT ALL ON ONE LEG: "Adam Bender slips a chest protector over his Astros jersey, buckles a shinguard to his right leg, positions a mask atop his head, grabs his catcher's mitt and hops out of the dugout.
Adam has his game face on. Or at least what passes as a game face for an 8-year-old. His eyes are serious. His freckled nose is crinkled with determination.
It is a cool, breezy Saturday morning at Veterans Park, which is already buzzing with activity. Baseball games are being played on three diamonds within a pop-up of each other. Parents are clustered in and around the stands, chatting and cheering. Players of all ages, wearing uniforms or team T-shirts, swarm the place.
Hardly anybody gives a second glance to the catcher in the Southeastern rookie league deftly playing on one leg."
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