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What famous leader are you?

Saturday, September 8th, 2007

From the “amusing diversions department:”

What Famous Leader Are You?
Note: quiz length makes a difference. The first time I took the test, I chose the shortest one, and it said I’m Hitler. Figuring it just didn’t get to know me well enough (for one thing, I’m not a socialist!), I re-took it with 27 questions and [...]

Thoughts on getting things done

Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007

A disorganized life is full of broken windows.
There is a theory in criminology called Broken Windows Theory. The idea goes like this: If a building has broken windows that go un-repaired for a length of time, chances are that vandals will break more of the windows. Later, they may break into the building or set [...]

How to get super rich and never have to work again

Saturday, July 21st, 2007

(Well, not really. Keep in mind that you’re reading a post by someone who is not rich and works like a dog almost every day.)
Here’s an interesting book if you’re curious about how successful technology companies get started: Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days by Jessica Livingston.

Founders at Work is a collection of interviews [...]

Taking ownership of your words

Friday, July 20th, 2007

Joel has a great rant about anonymous blog comments.
The way to give people freedom of expression is to give them a quiet place to post their ideas. If other people disagree, they’re welcome to do so… on their own blogs, where they have to take ownership of their words.
I agree, mostly.  I’ve been running this [...]

More reasons to drink coffee

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

More reasons to drink coffee:
Study Shows Coffee May Prevent Alzheimer’s
A new study suggests coffee may go a long way toward protecting your brain cells from the damage of Alzheimer’s disease and several other neurological diseases.
Study Says Coffee Reduces the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Researchers at the University of California suggested that those having a cup [...]

Tearing up a credit card application isn’t enough

Saturday, March 11th, 2006

The Torn-Up Credit Card Application
Do you think tearing up those fifty credit card applications you get every week is good enough? Think again.
This guy received a credit card application in the mail. He tore it up into tiny pieces, taped it back together, changed the address on it, and then mailed it back to the [...]

Akamai Software is now StudyLamp Software

Friday, February 24th, 2006

Akamai Software is now StudyLamp Software. Not much to this, really. I think the new name better suits my focus on Bible software development.

Another reason to drink coffee!

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Another reason to drink coffee! As if I need more reasons to drink coffee…

Really Cheap Gas

Wednesday, August 24th, 2005

Well, not really. The photo at the right is of a gasoline station sign down the street from my house. $0.99 a gallon obviously dates it a bit. From the looks of the station, it’s been abandoned for quite some time.
The odd thing is that the county just tore up the entire area around this [...]

Here is a really cool optical illusion.

Saturday, May 14th, 2005

Here is a really cool optical illusion.

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