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« Previous EntriesThe Mystery of the Bees
Sunday, May 13th, 2007Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Small, buzzing bees. They bothered you at your picnics when you were a kid. You never really took much notice of them, until one day, they started to disappear. Sounds like science fiction, right? Well believe it or not, bees all over the country have been disappearing at an alarming rate over the past 6 [...]
Cell Phones in Cars
Friday, May 4th, 2007So I was driving home from work in my car, and while paused at a very long light, started to look at the drivers whizzing by me. What did 7 of out every 10 drivers all have in common? (No, I didn’t perform a scientific study - it’s just an estimate!) They were all talking [...]
Virtual Worlds, Part the Second
Saturday, April 28th, 2007So you’ve tried Second Life. You know about Sony’s upcoming Playstation Home. You think the idea of hanging out with your friends online in a virtual environment that you may or may not be able to create sounds like fun. Well, what’s the other side of the coin? What’s the business and monetary part of [...]
Book Review of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007Here’s the second book review in my ongoing book review series! Today I’m going to be discussing the book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, by John Perkins. Right in the preface, Perkins explains that Economic Hit Men
… encourage world leaders to become part of a vast network that promotes U.S. commercial interests. In [...]
Using Web 2.0 for Career Development
Monday, April 16th, 2007Web 2.0 refers to the usage of the World Wide Web as an interactive medium, inviting users to take part in shaping the content of their favorite websites. A few examples include Wikipedia, Myspace, and Del.icio.us. All these sites allow users to create their own content, which then becomes available for everyone to read. Many [...]
How to obtain your credit report for free
Thursday, April 12th, 2007One of the most important things you can do to ensure that you have good credit is to check your credit report, to make sure no one has stolen your identity or allowed incorrect information to show up on your report. Your credit report and score are much more important than you might think - [...]
A Retort
Monday, April 2nd, 2007Well, looks like I riled up someone out there… this is a retort to this post by Sophistpundit (aka Adam) on my post The Wool Over Our Eyes.
First off, before I begin this retort, I’d like to point out that there is a comment system setup for people to actually comment on my posts [...]
Education and Time Management
Saturday, March 31st, 2007Continuing education is very important to me - I certainly don’t believe that my learning finished after I graduated from college. Since I’ve entered the workforce I’ve gotten a new education in a way that could never be taught inside a classroom. However, as often as I can, I endeavor to read new books and [...]
The wool over our eyes
Monday, March 26th, 2007I was pondering last night (as I do most nights) and had some thoughts on the current state of our society, so get ready! There were maybe 7-8 people over at my place, and the conversations started to shift from the usual “How was your day yesterday” to items such as celebrities (Paris Hilton - [...]
Virtual Worlds, Part 1
Wednesday, March 21st, 2007Everybody in our society loves to get away. Whether through a vacation, movie, Internet chat, book, or even drugs and alcohol, just about everyone has a favorite way they unwind, relax, and put the stresses of our everyday lives to the back of their minds. Perhaps one day soon we will never have to leave [...]