November 2008
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Boxee Invites →
HUGE HUGE fan of this software! Definitely get this program if you can! Signed up for the alpha and got an invite almost right away… signed up for an account and downloaded the app.
After playing with it for 5 minutes i give it 3 thumbs up!
Direct access to LOTS of tv shows and movies online. Easy to use. Nice ui. I will definitley be hooking up a computer to my tv and using this bad boy...
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Fantasy Football.
So I will be honest. My history in Fantasy Football (FF) is a bit lacking. I think in the past 4-5 seasons I may only have had one or two seasons above 0.500 and a total of zero in the playoffs.
My FF future is looking bright though! I am sitting atop my division with a record of 8-4 and just scored a league record number of points for a week (tied with Ruddick ‘07 actually). One more...
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D.I.Y. Hot Sauce - Bitten Blog - NYTimes.com →
Thats it! I am making my own hot sauce!
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Selection of pictures from my Vienna trip.
Watch the slideshow or see full resolution pics here… Vienna Album on Picassa Web
“An infinite number of mathematicians walk into a bar. The first one orders a...”
– Randgruppenjumor cont’d
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Bratislava...
So today I declare I am done with the city of Vienna. It is loveley but I have been here for days and it is officially time to fly the coop (is that the expression?) and go to Bratislava.
Wish me luck… I might need it!
Again… pictures to come upon my return.
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Vienna...
In Vienna right now for a conference.
Had some schnitzel, bratwurst, beer, strudel… and my hear has not stopped yet!
Today I get a lab tour of a photonics lab, tomorrow is free for exploration, and then I return to the States. Photos to come…
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Vienna Bound.
And I’m off! (in a few hours)
Leaving for Vienna today for a conference where I am presenting a poster on Airy beams. No, they are not full of air! They are laser beams that actually travel along a curved path! Usually lasers follow a straight path. Not these guys…
Anyway, Vienna should be interesting. Never been. I hear they have good schnitzel!
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“…somebody ought to call Steve Jobs, who doesn’t need to be bribed to do...”
– Thomas Friendman. Op-Ed Columnist - How to Fix a Flat - NYTimes.com
Too good ta pass posting!
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“Calling Tina Fey. Here’s Palin defending herself on the contention that she got...”
– Maureen Dowd. Op-Ed Columnist - Boxers, Briefs or Silks? - NYTimes.com
First. I can’t stand that this woman is STILL in the news.
Second. There should be a rule. No talking about the 2012 presidential race for at least another two years! We just went through a 2+ year election...
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Food Hacks: Microwave an Instant Chocolate Cake in... →
This looks interesting… hmmmm
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Smule: Ocarina →
Truely AWESOME! If I had an iPhone this would be on it immediately!
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“The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the...”
– America Serves | Change.gov
This is a great thing for this country!
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Change.gov →
Just one of the reasons our next President of the United States (POTUS) is a cool character and a breath of fresh air…
“I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate. And I can...”
– Jack Handey
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Theres Free Labor in Video Games - Freakonomics -... →
The idea of “crowdsourcing” to improve society in some way or solve seemingly insurmountable problems is a topic that I have been discussing with a few people for a couple of years now. This link gives two interesting examples of this!
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“The “Buffett effect” … white conservatives telling the guys in the men’s...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Finishing Our Work - NYTimes.com
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"Children running through the streets..."
Last night was an experience of a generation. Never before have I seen or felt the electricity that struck at a little after 11pm est last night. At first we heard yelps from outside, individuals cheering. Quickly yelps turned into children running through the streets. Thats right, when could you ever have said that in my lifetime (almost 30 years)?
There were children running through the...
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“To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those...”
– Transcript: ‘This is your victory,’ says Obama - CNN.com
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It's November 4th.
Guess where I am going?
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Split the web! →
I had this idea back in 1995 with a guy named Baboo where in one web browser window (or tab in todays world) you could display several sites. This idea is possible with YubNub and this link is an example of what I was thinking… perfect for students doing research online. Another pane could even be a Google (or Zoho) docs word processor!
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An App I like!
I have been having a hard time keeping on task and focussed lately. I belive this is what comes naturally when one tries and works on several projects at once.
Jake introduced me to an app that I tried today and it seems that I like it.
Pester.app is a simple mac application that runs a timer for a designated amount of time or sounds an alarm at a certain time. Simple yet effective. I was...