Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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    March 1, 2011
    Photography

    Is it strange that I would prefer an article about me to feature a picture I took rather than one of my face? The article mentioned my top of my head favorite photo. (Well, one not involving people. We can keep that between us.) This photo of a possum-playing box turtle hanging out on a trail…

  • My Oscar Picks

    February 27, 2011
    Movies / Films / TV

    Yesterday I went to the second day of the AMC Best Picture Showcase which shows the Academy Award nominations for Best Picture. The Colonial 18 in Lawrenceville hosted the event. The Saturday prior I also went with a friend. The movies I really liked ranked from best down are: The King’s Speech The Social Network…

  • Happy Ayyám-i-Há

    February 26, 2011
    Religion / Baha’i Faith

    The Bahá’í calendar consists of nineteen months with nineteen days plus 4-5 intercalendary called the Days Outside of Time or Ayyám-i-Há. On the Gregorian calendar, it starts at sunset on February 25th and lasts until sunset on March 1st. The morning of March 2nd starts the Bahá’í Fast where we abstain from eating between sunrise…

  • Curious Traffic Spike

    February 25, 2011
    Metrics / Statistics

    I glanced at my Google Analytics stats for this site and noticed a huge traffic spike. Somehow my TED Talk: We Are All Cyborgs post landed Bing’s number two spot and Google’s number three spot for “ted talk we are all cyborgs” a couple days ago. Normal for a Tuesday is something like 650 visits.…

  • Flickr: Most Interesting 2010

    February 23, 2011
    Photography

    I probably should have posted this at the end of the year. Oops. Anyway, here are my most interesting photos for last year. Sets for 2009, 2008, 2007. Luckily, I have the post for the 2011 equivalent of this post pre-scheduled for Dec 30, 2011.

  • Research in Higher Ed

    February 18, 2011
    University

    SC lawmakers want to professors at universities to teach more instead of doing research. An Associated Press article “SC budget would make professors teach more classes”: College professors should be in the classroom teaching at least nine credit hours each semester because the state is having a tough time paying for college budgets, said state Rep.…

  • ITS Spotlight Article

    February 17, 2011
    About Me, Photography

    A Georgia native, Ezra graduated from Valdosta State University (VSU) with a BS in Psychology. While an undergraduate student, he worked at VSU’s Odum library until his last term when the Information Technology department hired him as a Cooperative Education student for the Campus Webmaster. Writing code and solving problems banished his thoughts of a career…

  • WordPress+Facebook

    February 17, 2011
    Blog Software, Facebook

    Since I cannot use Facebook Apps over HTTPS, that put a wrinkle over using the NetworkedBlogs app. Because one had to go to their apps.facebook.com to do more than look at a post (goes to networkedblogs.com which shows my site in a frame) or view the app profile, I decided to ditch it. I decided…

  • Facebook Apps Not HTTPS Enabled?

    February 16, 2011
    Facebook, Usability / Accessibility

    I much prefer to use sites with the encrypted HyperText Transfer Protocol (https) because it is a more secure connection. It is not just for banks or shopping. So I jumped on the chance to use https for my use of Facebook on more than just the login. Only now I am annoyed by the…

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