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General Discussion

  • Focus

      For over 6 years, the title of this site was – “Fraction of the Blogosphere”. It was fitting when I first created it and for years that followed.. One thought I had is to transform this site to accommodate… Continue reading

    Focus

  • Evolution of Communication and Human Language

    The content of this post is not yet enough to match the daunting title at this time, however, I wanted to express some thoughts I’ve had over the last few months regarding language. I am of the opinion that human… Continue reading

  • Grant production tax credits to advanced biofuels such as algae fuel and their research as an alternative to crude.

    https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/grant-production-tax-credits-advanced-biofuels-such-algae-fuel-and-their-research-alternative-crude/44W0Mhr3 Signing the petition only takes a second, White House makes it very fast and easy. Once you sign my petition there are many of other petitions out there you might find interesting, such as petitioning for Texas to separate… Continue reading

  • The Memory of 2012 Aurora Shooting

    Jonathan Blunk, Alexander J. Boik, Jesse Childress, Gordon Cowden, Jessica Ghawi, John Larimer, Matt McQuinn, Micayla Medek, Veronica Moser-Sullivan, Alex Sullivan, Alexander C. Teves, Rebecca Wingo These short amount of words do not come close to describing the 12 lives… Continue reading

  • Is your brain faster than your PC?

    Computer vs the brain I wrote a post quite some time ago illustrating methods that humans can use to solve multiplication faster than you can lookup on a PC.The methods are very simple and involve practice over a weekly (or… Continue reading

  • Facebook IPO and the Future of Social Networking

    Just in case the recent FB IPO has your wallet itchy, lets take a look at some interesting facts. http://diasporaproject.org/ ^ Zuckerberg himself invested in this project.. I’m not trying to sell you a product, but to give you a… Continue reading

  • Track Amazon Price Changes

    Products on amazon can change in price as much as hundreds of dollars between days. If the item is in your cart, amazon tells you the next time you log back in how much the price has changed by and… Continue reading

  • Amazon Makes $13 million on Living Social Ad

    What am I talking about? Living Social and Groupon are relatively new websites featuring coupons and advertisements which target your local demographic. Some of these coupons are backed by large names, such as Amazon, whereas others may be small businesses,… Continue reading

  • Import OData / XML / RSS / Webservice Feeds into Excel

    If you came here looking for some quick and easy code that you can plug right in and dump data in excel format.. You have come to the wrong spot. 🙂 Depending on the scenario you may need this functionality… Continue reading

  • Encryption 101 and Security for the Paranoid

    Modern day television, cinemas and news have created a big hype around security, especially computer security, usually without any good explanation. I’m not going to tell you that hype is false, there is definitely a growing need to be careful… Continue reading