Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Month: July 2002

  • Point. Click. Think?

    The wild, wild, web is a dangerous place to be if you want to think critically. C’mon, really now… who expects students to think while doing an assignment for a class in which they are not engaged. School has become an endeavor to do what is minimally necessary to get the grade desired. Maybe it […]

  • Cynic-Stoic

    I can’t decide… am I a stoical cynic or a cynical stoic?

  • XMAS Gift

    Another movie… XMAS Gift

  • Another movie… XMAS Gift

  • Apple Spoof

    The Apple commercials annoy me… this spoof is great! http://www.shinyidol.com/crap/apple_gamer.WMV

  • The Apple commercials annoy me… this spoof is great! http://www.shinyidol.com/crap/apple_gamer.WMV

  • Interpolate

    The human mind has an amazing ability to interpolate illusions into or perceptions (and thus our memories). What we perceive is already an illusion of mental processes identifying patterns and attempting to generate reality. We do not really see 3 dimensional objects. We see 2 pictures which are super-imposed. Our minds almost immediately detect the differences […]

  • The human mind has an amazing ability to interpolate illusions into or perceptions (and thus our memories). What we perceive is already an illusion of mental processes identifying patterns and attempting to generate reality. We do not really see 3 dimensional objects. We see 2 pictures which are super-imposed. Our minds almost immediately detect the differences […]

  • Bin Laden Hit Hard By News Of His Death

    “News this week from the FBI’s top official for counterterrorism that Osama bin Laden was “probably not with us anymore” has shaken the al Qaeda leader, who had spent the past 10 months believing he was alive. “ SatireWire | Bin Laden Hit Hard By News Of His Death

  • Testosterone At a LAN Party

    Playing against others, the best feelin’ is to walk up behind someone and cap them in the back of the head. The yell the player makes is priceless. Course the reverse is true too. I have no quick or accuracy skills. Have to settle for tactics like being sneaky. Means I can do pretty well […]