From the founder of Craigslist, comes a new (to me) site based on charitable donations. Want to make an impact at a place of your choosing? Tired of donating to funds where you have no idea what the money is actually being used for? DonorsChoose.org saves the day. The site lists the reason the money is needed, the poverty level of the requesting school,…
As Chris pointed out me griping about only having 1gb of storage on my music device that is the size of a quarter, I realized I have taken technology for granted. I just took a moment to think about it and concluded that what I’m doing right now is just plain silly: I am sitting here at home, using my MacBook Pro running Tiger,…
For nerds, today is a day to rejoice. 2^10 or 1024 is an important number in our world.For people who like celebrating worthless holidays, it is also United Nations Day.For Caitlin (who some may argue is also a nerd [but not in the purest sense] and does not like celebrating worthless holidays), it is still a day to rejoice, for she turns the big…
As some of you have surely noted, I have implemented a new policy regarding comments. Andy, Chris, if your comment is merely to aggravate, it will be deleted. If you have a genuine comment, feel free to post it. Semantic games and posts intended entirely to “poke” are a waste of time, bandwidth, and they discourage others from posting. Example: I make a post…
Yes, I now own two iPods. My Nano has been very good to me over the years, but the armband that I place it in to run has seen better days and I never really did like it. Coupled with the fact that I had received a $100 gift card to the Apple store and nothing that I wanted or needed, a new Shuffle…
Yes, my team won the chamionships of the OG Chapter of NAKID kickball. I have won my fair share of accolades throughout the years, but this is by far my biggest trophy… go figure. The season itself was a pretty solid one. We ended at 6-1-1 after losing our last game due to having a very poor showing of people. We were still seeded…