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And as a bonus…

February 27th, 2009 rob 8 comments

…good luck getting this song out of your heard for the rest of the day.  You have to listen to it once through, otherwise it’s not that funny.

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Interesting Relationship

February 27th, 2009 rob 1 comment

To help stir the pot and get things going again, I offer this article.  Enjoy

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Adam Carolla

February 12th, 2009 Dacunha 5 comments

So, I never really liked this guy (man show, dr. drew, etc)….however, since I have moved out here to the left coast, I have been listening to his radio morning show on a regular basis. He has grown on me significantly. For a good sampling of his stuff, check out his “This Week in Rage” segment. It is weekly, but there doesn’t seem to be an easily found archive. The 97.1 website has the current segment from last Friday on it, and there are some scattered YouTube. Some seriously funny (and true) stuff.

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Feynman Youtube Videos

February 9th, 2009 alegir 4 comments

Some Feynman videos on Youtube discussing the nature of Science and QED:

I enjoyed them and thought I would share:

“The Pleasure of Finding Things Out” Interview:
(5 Parts x 10 m each):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sk8TVopOBGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp6Lpe1Fqqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhvLh3BxLBU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJIqw2dqJ9w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CaL5NslOxE

QED Discussion from the BBC Special “Atom”:

(About Feynman and QED)

(3 Snippets x 10 m each)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzbKrg2HIw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8O_yQHxQos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F8upU0rqbA

The nature of light:
(6 m)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjHJ7FmV0M4

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Bailout Mania!

February 2nd, 2009 JD 7 comments

If we were to include the potential bailouts being debated at the moment ($819 billion) with the previous bank bailouts of $700 billion, it averages out to $9,718.49 per U.S. taxpayer (156.3 million filers) [source]! Now factor in interest and the possibility of the dollar dropping in value, and we are looking at quite the bill to foot as we grow older. I know what I’d like to do with these bills and my foot, but I’m more curious what my fellow McCrappizens think. I think we should let the businesses collapse and allow the market to correct itself. It’s noble to want to save people’s jobs today, but I think irresponsible in the long run. What say you?

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Mozilla Prism

February 2nd, 2009 alegir 4 comments

Mozilla Prism is an application that lets you write small “modules” to run web applications in a lightweight browser window without the startup time or overhead of a regular browser.

Additionally, it has a sidebar such that one can write “modules” which pair two web applications together in a single window, for example, running the Google Talk Gadget alongside Google calendar.

Following links opens your default browser and it runs on the Gecko Engine, so it supports Flash etc.

Here is the description from Mozilla:

“Personal computing is currently in a state of transition. While traditionally users have interacted mostly with desktop applications, more and more of them are using web applications. But the latter often fit awkwardly into the document-centric interface of web browsers. And they are surrounded with controls–like back and forward buttons and a location bar–that have nothing to do with interacting with the application itself.”

Configuration Example

Screenshots:

http://fakap.net/drop/files/google_reader_prism.png

http://www.kalaj.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/prism_screenshot03.png

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