Dec
01
2008
Southern Skies. Home… (Santa Fe, Texas)

Southern Skies. Home…

(Santa Fe, Texas)

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Dec
01
2008
Tyler Drown writes: This the the selection of political books at a certain Texas Walmart:Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader and The Case Against Barack Obama. Although this is Texas and it is Walmart we’re talking about, I’m a bit surprised being as that the Texas 27th Congressional District, covering most of coastal South Texas from North of Corpus Christi to the Brownsville and the Mexican border has had a Democrat as its representive since its creation in 1982, Solomon Ortiz.

Tyler Drown writes:

This the the selection of political books at a certain Texas Walmart:

Sarah Palin: A New Kind of Leader and The Case Against Barack Obama.

Although this is Texas and it is Walmart we’re talking about, I’m a bit surprised being as that the Texas 27th Congressional District, covering most of coastal South Texas from North of Corpus Christi to the Brownsville and the Mexican border has had a Democrat as its representive since its creation in 1982, Solomon Ortiz.

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Dec
01
2008
The Debate & The Election

Tyler Drown writes:

As an astute observer and a dedicated follower of the dispassionate rational political discourse which typifies American national politics, I have spent the past year reading the comments sections on news sites and following only the best CAPS-LOCK email forwards to put together a definative list on the issues that will decide the election.

A few of my favorites:

  • the amount of houses McCain owns (and if he buys more, will it solved the mortgage crisis?)
  • how much you support clean coal & nuclear power (it can never be enough)
  • How many times can you talk about NAFTA while never mentioning Canada? (infinity)

Read the full list

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Dec
01
2008
Babies, Guns, and Jesus… That’s Texas!
Babies, Guns, and Jesus… That’s Texas!

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Nov
30
2008
A goal is a dream with a deadline
Napoleon Hill

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Nov
29
2008
An old superstition maintains that naming a child after a living relative is bad luck: the angel of death, an easily confused spirit, might take the baby by mistake when coming for the older relative.
JewFAQ

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Nov
26
2008

A collection of the dumber accidents in life…

… all caught on video to give us a good laugh.

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Nov
26
2008
Bright Child v. Gifted Learner

Knows the answers                                      Asks the questions

Is interested                                                  Is highly curious

Is attentive                                                    Is mentally and physically involved

Has good ideas                                             Has wild, silly ideas

Works hard                                                    Plays around, yet tests well

Answers the questions                                   Discusses in detail, elaborates

Top group                                                      Beyond the group

Listens with interest                                       Shows strong feelings and opinions

Learns with ease                                            Already knows

6-8 repetitions for mastery                             1-2 repetitions for mastery

Understands ideas                                          Constructs abstractions

Enjoys peers                                                   Prefers adults

Grasps the meaning                                       Draws inferences

Completes assignments                                  Initiates projects

Is receptive                                                    Is intense

Copies accurately                                          Creates a new design

Enjoys school                                                 Enjoys learning

Absorbs information                                       Manipulates information

Technician                                                     Inventor

Good at memorization                                   Good guesser

Enjoys straightforward                                  Thrives on complexity
sequential presentation

Is alert                                                           Is keenly observant

Is pleased with own learning                        Is highly self-critical

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Nov
26
2008

LastFM Video Advertisements

The (recent?) inclusion of video advertisements in lastfm radio is really a downhill move on the part of lastfm. In the middle of a song, I will be reading a bio description, or comments, or simply passing over the page and the advertisement for last.fm/presents activates whenever my mouse passes over it. I’ve found no way to stop it mid-video, or turn the sound off, or shut it off completely. Lastfm brings me great music, and then ruins it with audible advertisement interruptions. Before this “enhancement”, I would wildly recommend this service to anyone who would listen; however, now I’m not so sure. I’m considering moving to my imeem account until this issue is resolved, if ever.

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Nov
26
2008

Flash on websites

One more reason I hate flash: everytime I upload a video to vimeo through their flash uploader, it crashes firefox. I’ve read that this is a problem with flash uploaders in general. I hate flash. But, at least for vimeo, there is an alternative solution. You can upload without flash at http://vimeo.com/upload/video/basic.

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