Posts by shawn

Belief-O-Matic

Posted by on Oct 4, 2007 in Personal | 1 comment

1.  Neo-Pagan (100%) 2.  Unitarian Universalism (96%) 3.  New Age (95%) 4.  Mahayana Buddhism (92%) 5.  Theravada Buddhism (92%) 6.  Liberal Quakers (74%) 7.  Secular Humanism (68%) 8.  Hinduism (64%) 9.  New Thought (64%) 10.  Jainism ...

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Never thought this day would come… Dvorak likes the Mac (kinda)

Posted by on Jul 26, 2007 in Apple | 0 comments

Wow, I never thought that I would hear John Dvorak say anything too pleasant about the Mac.  Now he has written an article in which Dvorak actually suggests that some people get a Mac!

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21 Days…

Posted by on Apr 4, 2007 in Personal | 0 comments

After starting to read the books Vegan Freak and Breaking the Food Seducation (the folks at PCRM are amazing), I’ve decided to take their challenge and go vegan for 21 days.  So far I am on day 3 and doing well.  For me this wasn’t a huge jump since I haven’t intentionally eaten meat for the last seven years.  This is just an extension of my desire to be healthy with a little bit of ethics thrown in for good measure.

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“Unlimited Broadband” — We knew it really didn’t exist

Posted by on Feb 1, 2007 in Personal | 1 comment

A great article in the Guardian addressing the myth of  unlimited broadband.  Come on, you really didn’t think that your bandwidth was like an all-you-can-eat buffet, right?  It would cost the cable/phone company way too much to offer you 1.5-10 MB of data 24/7.

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Sleep 1; Thesis 0

Posted by on Jan 31, 2007 in Personal | 1 comment

So, I’m trying to get into some sort of groove with respect to my thesis reading. The ultimate fantasy is to read or write for two hours each day. Let’s just say that I went shopping today, watched Battlestar Galactica , got an oil change, and made blue banana muffins. Thesis not so much!  The muffins are pretty tasty though.

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