I recently read the novel, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close,” by Johnathan Safran Foer. The novel was one of the first fictitous books written that was based on the events of 9/11. Oskar Schnell is a precocious 9-year old who is multilingual, vegan, intelligent, meticulous, and methodological. The novel is based around his interesting ways [...]
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Posted 06 April 2007
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I don’t know when I came up with the theory that the word “that” is overused, but lately I’ve really been making an effort to enforce it in my writing. I think it may have been in high school when I first noticed my essays were littered with the word and in almost every case, [...]
With Apple’s release of the iPhone, I realized something so obvious it made me laugh a little to myself. I’ve never had a good cellphone. I’ve never had a friend who had a good cell phone. I’ve never even heard of a good cell phone. What do I mean by “good?” A good cellphone is [...]
I’ve recently decided to pick up my artistic hobbies again. Over the summer, I bought watercolors, oils, and oil pastels, as well as sketching pencils. I’m particulary fond of abstract art, so I started by copying some of my favorite artists, like Wassily Kandinsky. For the past month or so, I’ve been trying to come [...]
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Posted 13 February 2007
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I saw this video on Gizmodo and it actually made me say “cool” out loud to my computer screen… in my room by myself… I’m excited about Virgin American Airlines putting Linux on their in-flight entertainment systems on multiple levels. To unwrap this like an onion: on the surface it is just cool to have [...]
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Posted 04 February 2007
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Also tagged: Linux, Travel
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