Has anyone heard of the site themiddleclass.org? They advertise with Google AdWords, but their site is bogus. They claim to support the middle class, but the whole thing is a sham. I haven’t looked into it extensively, but it looks sinister. I spent a few minutes gathering other people’s thoughts, and here’s what I found……Continue Reading…
I love reading about what JPL is doing, especially since I did my internship with them in Summer 2006. On May 25, the Phoenix lander successfully touched down on Mars. While reading about this, the thing that really struck me is the fact that more than half of all Mars missions have failed. Some even…Continue Reading…
For the past week I’ve been at InterVarsity’s Summer Conference at Campus by the Sea on Catalina Island. It was a very nice experience, and a chance to spend a week away from computers and electronics. I also did several hikes around the campsite, which was good exercise. I need to exercise more often, especially…Continue Reading…
I love Schoolhouse Rock!
Part 2 of Ron Paul’s speech at the College of Idaho 4/25/08. Part 1 here We were allied with Osama bin Laden when he was a freedom fighter in Afghanistan. Now that we are the occupiers, he’s a terrorist. Obviously, our foreign policy is screwed up. Let’s change it. It’s not hard to do. It’s…Continue Reading…
Today, USC’s Shibbloeth sign-on software wasn’t working for several hours. That meant blackboard, googleapps, my, and mywiki were down. I think they handled it well, though. They responded quickly to emails, and their phone system had a recording saying that they knew about the problem and were working to fix it. I wonder why it…Continue Reading…