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Category Archives: Knowledge

Take the New York Times quiz every day.

If you want to keep up with the world’s news while you are browsing on Facebook, try the NY Times Quiz.

It’s challenging, and only takes a few minutes. They have five multiple-choice questions that are mostly international.
I have to admit that I have another tab open searching Google News. Most of the time, my guesses [...]

Is Blogging Journalism?

At Wordcamp 2007, John C. Dvorak and Om Malik spoke to a group of roughly 200 people about the nature of blogging. Dvorak argued that journalism and blogging are basically the same, but Malik insisted that blogging has redefined journalism.

He said that only a few years ago, mainstream media had control of the wires. They [...]

Easily follow your Facebook friends on Twitter.

I am always trying to move my friends over to use Twitter to update their status. I love Facebook’s status feature, but I don’t have time to log into Facebook 10 times a day.
I created a Twitter bot to syndicate my friend’s Facebook status RSS feed.
I also really like using Twitterrific, and I already [...]

Happy Father’s Day

Dad, I wish I could be there with you today, but know that I am thinking of you Gotta get you out to California before the end of the summer. The best weather is in September and October, so we got some time to plan.

Thanks for all you have done for me. I [...]

UNIX: Password Smarts

From UNIX For Dummies:
Like every UNIX user, you should have a password. You can get along without a password only under these circumstances:

You keep the computer in a locked, windowless room to which you have the only key, and it’s not connected to any network.

You don’t mind whether unruly 14-year-olds borrow your account and randomly [...]

Excited for the Encyclopedia of Life

TechCrunch reports that the EOL will focus on more science-related articles than Wikipedia, especially relating to living species.

This looks like it has a lot more interactivity than Wikipedia, and it also outlines main categories inside articles. I am excited to see how this site will grow in the future.