Archive for the 'Education' Category

WideMail Plug-In
November 12, 2007

 
I love Apple Mail, but the format is not optimized to read full messages quickly. Less scrolling means more time to read, so I decided to install WideMail, a plug-in that transforms the layout to three easy-to-read columns. Those of you who read through a load of e-mails daily might like this. I certainly think [...]

Planet Earth
November 11, 2007

I just saw a couple of episodes of this series on Blu-Ray and I was completely in awe. I’ve already decided on buying the series and my copy could not arrive soon enough. I am going to just devote a day to watching the whole thing. It is a beautiful documentary [...]

Google Transit
July 30, 2007

 
Google has redefined online map/directions over and over and they won’t cease. Streetview is cool and all but its coverage is still so limited that it won’t be helpful until they photograph every yard of America’s big cities and its surrounding suburbs.
Also in the works right now is Google Transit. A concept long past due. [...]

Let’s be goin’ t’ raid iTunes! Arrr!
July 27, 2007

Yes, if you were wondering, I am fluent in Pirate.
The iTunes music store is a wonderful resource for those tough to find songs. Their collection is vast beyond comprehension and yet browsing is so unsatisfying. All you get is this thirty-second crumb of a song.
That is what I have thought up until this point. [...]

Being Green: Worth The Effort? Most Definitely
July 12, 2007

That should convince you on its own. But if you’re still a skeptic, check out the other videos after the break. He tries to patch up any holes in his argument.

Not Your Grandfather’s Smoking Jacket
May 21, 2007

Fiona Carswell has set out to do what statistics cannot. This ’smoking jacket’ is only conceptual work but the message is ever so clear. The courteous smoker breathes into a one way air valve and the tobacco smoke is absorbed into the air filter that resemble a pair of lungs. It will eventually take on [...]

Credenda
April 5, 2007

Credenda by Og Mandino
Turn away from the crowd and its fruitless pursuit of fame and gold. Never look back as you close your door to the sorry tumult of greed and ambition. Wipe away your tears of failure and misfortune. Lay aside yor heavy load and rest until your heart is still. Be at Peace. [...]

Nigger Wetback Chink
March 22, 2007

Nigger Wetback Chink is a play of three guys who discuss race. The truth is that there is only one race: the human race. Now let’s enjoy the ridiculousness of racial stereotypes.
It looks pretty funny. I should’ve gone to see it tonight. [slaps forehead]

Folding@Home
March 19, 2007

It’s an absolutely brilliant idea. Now my PS3 can help find cures instead of just sitting there because we all know there is nothing worth playing on the PlayStation 3. Well, not yet anyways.

Happy Saturday
March 17, 2007

Saint Patrick was a British that was kidnapped at a young age and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped and eventually came back to Ireland as a missionary, converting pagans to Christianity. He is made legend for driving out all the snakes from Ireland. Though historically there were no snakes in Ireland to [...]