Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

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  • Scrambls

    July 5, 2012
    Social / IM / Chat

    Scrambls encrypts social media posts and lets users specify exactly who can see them, across all social media sites. The user can form groups from friends and family, going as broad as everyone with a Gmail account down to a specific colleague or even those who know a certain password. Everyone else (including the social…

  • Happy Independence Day!

    July 4, 2012
    Holiday

    Hope you have a great day!

  • TED Talk: The 100,000-student classroom

    July 3, 2012
    Instructional Technology

    Supposedly this is the future. Students helping each other rather than looking to the teacher. Instead of long boring lectures, students get short videos. If the below does not work, then try Peter Norvig: The 100,000-student classroom.

  • Resolution Progress 2012: Second Quarter

    July 2, 2012
    Books / Novels / Writing

    Today is the 183rd day or midpoint of the year, so where am I with those goals? Reading goals should be at 50%: Complete unfinished novel series. 13 of 27 done. That is 48%. So I am a little behind. American History and Decision Making. 4 of 10 done. That is 40%. So I am a little behind. Science. 6…

  • Laws and Presidential Candidates

    July 1, 2012
    Cright / Pat / Tmark / Law

    Something that annoys me about politics in the United States is candidates for President claiming they will pass or repeal laws. A President can ask, cajol, badger, and otherwise influence Congress to pass or repeal a law. However, the President cannot go alone and create a law. He can only agree not to prevent a…

  • Collected Quotes May/June 2012

    June 30, 2012
    Quotes

    My main page on quotes is Quotes to Make You Think. Additional ones can be found under the Quotes tag. The future is here; it’s just not evenly distributed. — William Gibson (source) Shatner’s portrayal [of Kirk in Star Trek] is a little boy’s idea of what a captain is. He’s handsome, heroic, dashing, gets all the ladies. He…

  • TED Talk: Demise of Guys

    June 26, 2012
    Psychology

    For a few weeks The Demise of Guys by Philip Zimbardo and Nikita Duncan has occupied a corner of my attention. It started when a friend posted about the Reddit AMA: I am a published psychologist, author of the Stanford Prison Experiment, expert witness during the Abu Ghraib trials. AMA starting June 7th at 12PM (ET). I even bought…

  • Leaf on my car roof

    June 25, 2012
    Uncategorized

    Leaf on my car roofOriginally uploaded by Ezra S F Leaf on my car roof

  • Happy 100th Birthday Alan Turing!

    June 23, 2012
    Geek / Nerd / Dork

    Alan Turing was born today one hundred years ago. WIRED UK has a couple pretty good post on his legacy and timeline. I wonder what he would think about computers today? Especially the idea that his Turing machine lets us play Words With Friends or chat with someone near instantly on the opposite side of the planet.

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