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Archive for August 28th, 2009

so you want to buy a computer?

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Wait a few months, like November (October 22, technically). Windows 7 and some cool (literal) new intel processors are coming out. Many people have been asking me about building a computer because I recently built a sweet computer that I will detail later. But these are the things you need to know: You better have [...]

Ivory Tower Elitism Update

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Here are two good New York Times Articles: Deficits are not bad and are mostly a political issue. Not spending Money and having the economy crash would be worse. How to be a push a partisan agenda while not being partisan. Ted Kennedy was far left but compromised over decades to move his ideas forward pragmatically.

Fuck PBS: this is the sound of settling

Friday, August 28th, 2009

America has become too much of a country that aims for the middle and the lowest common denominator. It will destroy our society. Reading Rainbow, the third longest running PBS children’s program, has been cancelled. PBS claims that it does not teach basic reading skills, instead focusing on inspiring children to want to read. Television is [...]