Internet forums
Wikipedia has a good article on Internet forums. I might find it handy for my presentation Thursday. Perhaps I’ll even join in and improve the article a bit. =]
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U.S. Daylight Savings Time Changes, 2007
The U.S. Congress passed the Energy Policy Act in 2005, which takes effect in 2007. DST will start three weeks earlier and end one week later than what had traditionally occurred. This is really interesting to me. Not only is time itself interesting, but we have issues of policy changes, time changes, politics, software, people,…Continue Reading…
Benefits of Y2K
It’s amazing how things seem to fit together so well. I wonder how this can all happen without some God making things work. Then again, there are many things that don’t work out. Y2K is one of computing’s successes, it seems. The paranoia caused by media publicity of the problem appears to have really helped…Continue Reading…
Earl Boykins
In the semon Sunday morning, Brian Chan used the example of Earl Boykins to illustrate differences in perceptions. Interestingly, he’s the shortest player in the NBA and has been “on fire” recently (meaning he has been doing well). I hadn’t heard of him, but my roommate, of course, knew right away.
Wealth and Happiness
Compare and contrast Sam, the miserable millionaire and sex-addicted atheist who treats women as commodities for fleeting satisfaction, with Chet the Nigerian taxi driver who is contented, optimistic, sexually faithful and religious. Yahoo News [via Sam]
Situs inversus
As heard when my roommate was watching basketball on TV, Randy Foye’s heart and other internal organs are reversed, like a mirror image. It’s called Situs inversus.