Monthly Archives: November 2005

Valley of Fire, Nevada Originally uploaded by firemeboy. This is a picture I took in Nevada.

We need more professors to use this text. Of course there are drawbacks to an online textbook. You can’t use it as a door stop, you can’t use it as a booster seat. If a rabid dog comes charging at … Continue reading →

It’s the Thanksgiving break, you should have some mindless activity to do. http://files.deviantart.com/f/2004/188/8/7/gridgame.swf It’s also a nice example of how order can spring from chaos with just a few simple rules. Over time the tiles begin to generally face the … Continue reading →

I’m a long time reader of Slashdot, but recently I’ve also been watching Digg.com. I get good news in both places, even though the style of posting news is different (Slash uses an editorial board to determine what gets posted … Continue reading →

Looks like folks are trying to figure out a way to make money off podcasting. That’s just great. My favorite quote from the article. “I’m not anti-money or anti-commercials, but people who listen and do podcasts walked away from commercial … Continue reading →

It’s a beautiful thing.

I’m a victim of my environment. I did my entire undergraduate program under the Quarter system. Each quarter was 10 weeks long. I can handle anything for 10 weeks. I could even handle statistics for 10 weeks (ok, that’s a … Continue reading →

So I was walking across campus today after a few errands, and I thought I’d turn back on Marche Slave, by Tchaikovsky. I hit play and nothing happens. There is no sound. I check the track and it’s counting down, … Continue reading →

Looks like Amazon is now paying people to do simple tasks that computers can’t do very well. You can check out the site here. Part of me thinks this is really cool. The internet lets a company connect with people … Continue reading →

I wrote a post several months ago about John C. Dvorak’s article blasting the Creative Commons license. I didn’t know much of Dvorak, but the article made me not like him. Then I started listening to the Twit podcast, and … Continue reading →