Archive for April, 2006

United 93…

Posted by Mike on April 30th, 2006

…was the most moving movie I’ve ever seen. Possibly the best movie I’ve ever seen. It took me back to somewhere I haven’t been since September 11, 2001, and it also took me to a place I havent been since July 2, 2005… It’s not too soon for this movie, many of those who are [...]

Russia’s Influence

Posted by Mike on April 26th, 2006

Oleg writes:

This just proves my opinion that Russia thinks they are a lot stronger than they actually are, so they get involved in all of these world conflicts and stir $hit up just to get the world to remember that they are still around.

I agree with this, take a look at these 2 world maps [...]

A Glimmer of Hope from the Catholic Chuch

Posted by Mike on April 21st, 2006

Cardinal backs limited condom use

One of the Roman Catholic Church’s most distinguished cardinals has publicly backed the use of condoms among married couples to prevent Aids transmission.
Limited in scope, but a little bit encouraging.

Want to Know What Uranus Looks Like?

Posted by Mike on April 17th, 2006

Uranus is usually pretty hard to find in the night sky, but right now it’s really easy to find since it’s in conjunction with Venus. If you wake up before dawn and find Venus with a pair of binoculars or a telescope, you’ll see a small “star” to the lower left of Venus, that’s Uranus. [...]

eBay Time!

Posted by Mike on April 17th, 2006

I’m selling a bunch of stuff on eBay. Take a look, if anything looks interesting, please bid

Apple PowerBook G4 15″ 1.67/2GB/80GB/Superdrive/BT/AE
APPLE IPOD 20GB 20 GB 4TH GEN PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER
APPLE IPOD 40GB 40 GB 3RD GEN PORTABLE MP3 PLAYER
Seagate SATA 300gb Hard Drive Internal 300 GB
Pyro A/V Link High Quality Analog to DV [...]

What Happened to the One Page Résumé Rule?

Posted by Mike on April 15th, 2006

I’m helping a friend find a programmer for a project he’s working on, and out of the 5 résumés he’s gotten so far, only one is 1 page long! The shortest multipage résumé is 3 pages long, and the largest one wieghs in at 8 pages. We’ll see if this helps me figure out anything [...]

Meme of the Day

Posted by Mike on April 13th, 2006

You Are an Excellent Cook

You’re a top cook, but you weren’t born that way. It’s taken a lot of practice, a lot of experimenting, and a lot of learning.
It’s likely that you have what it takes to be a top chef, should you have the desire…

Are You A Good Cook?

Awesome Solar Eclipse Pic

Posted by Mike on April 4th, 2006

From Astronomy Picture of the Day:

A Total Solar Eclipse over Turkey
Credit & Copyright:
Stefan Seip

Explanation: Some views of last week’s total eclipse of the Sun were better than others.
One spectacular view occurred over Adrasan (near Antalya), Turkey and was captured there by industrious astrophotographer Stefan Seip.
The [...]