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Blogging Shop Talk
I started a new writing project. It’s a blog, but it’s the kind of thing that I don’t want to make public until a certain amount of writing has already been done on it. I think it will be about … Continue reading
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Old School Video Games
Mashable has a list of 10 Awesome Vintage Video Games You Can Play Online. I thought this list was, well, awesome, but judging from the comments, its awesomeness might be age-specific. Most of these games were popular right around my … Continue reading
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Tagged Mario Bros, online games, video games, Zelda
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First LOL of the Day
I ♥ xkcd.
I Am Pure Nerd
Your result for The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test… Pure Nerd 74 % Nerd, 30% Geek, 22% Dork For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some … Continue reading
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Happy National Grammar Day!
Today is the third annual National Grammar Day. You can find out all you every wanted to know about it, and all about the proper use of grammar, over at the Grammar Girl website, linked above. March forth on March … Continue reading
Althouse Totally Disses Apple iPad
“So it’s not even a a big, dorky iPhone. It’s a a big, dorky iTouch. I don’t want one.”
The I’s Have It
Before I start this grammar rant, I just want to say a few words about good grammar. I do not have perfect grammar, especially when speaking casually, nor do I expect everyone to have perfect grammar. The problem is not … Continue reading
What Is the Large Hadron Collider Good For?
I read an essay in the New York Times the other day that I thought was interesting, The Joy of Physics Isn’t in the Results, but in the Search Itself. I was asked recently what the Large Hadron Collider, the … Continue reading
My Year in Geek
Even though I did major in physics, then math, in college, I never really embraced my inner geek. Sure, when I was in elementary school, I thought it was cool to ask for a chemistry set or microscope for my … Continue reading
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Stop Begging the Question
I have a love-hate relationship with the internet. I love that it gives us the ability to experience each other’s creativity, genius, insights, and stupidity. It brings us closer. It gives us a place to find others who share our … Continue reading