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Monthly Archives: October 2008

Culture in a global workplace

Happy Halloween everyone!  Also Happy 92nd birthday to my Grandfather.
I work in a very international office and I’m learning things every day.  Last week we had a pumpkin carving party and a mildly amusing thing happened.  My boss stopped by my office to pick me up and we walked to the party.  As we walked, [...]

How to: link within a youtube video

The Philies won the World Series last night.  I like watching Ryan Howard tackle Brad Lidge.  But…I can’t find the clip on YouTube.
But wait…I found it in here somewhere.  Now if I could just link to it…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb2afvZ53zQ#t=4m8s
Here’s how to do it: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/10/link-within-youtube-video.html

Left vs Right brain

I love this kind of stuff.  Science is soooo cool.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,023739,22556678-23272,00.html
p.s. I see it clockwise.  What a shock.

Cell phones are contagious

When I was 10 or so, I fractured my wrist playing soccer at camp.[*]  As my counselors drove me to the hospital, one yawned, then the other, and then I did.  We couldn’t help ourselves, as if we were physically forced to follow suit.  One counselor remarked that yawns are contagious, and we all agreed.
Checking [...]

Issues with public transportation

So far I have taking the bus to work most days.  I like taking the bus.  You get to watch people or read or hang or talk on the phone.  It is a good way for me to wake up in the morning and get ready for the day, and it is a good way [...]

How to: Connect to the internet via your iPhone, BlackBerry or Windows mobile phone

A while ago I was caught using my phone to connect my laptop to the internet.  I find this particularly useful on the train or, occasionally on the bus.  To be honest, all I did was search for instructions on Google.  Here are some links for those who can’t manage a Google search on the [...]

No Posts on Saturday, no irony intended

I am going to be a weekday only poster from now on.  Yes I realize that today is Saturday.  From NOW on.
They call it a weekend for a reason.

GraphJam: Too Funny for Words

My siter sent me this site the other week.  It makes me laugh out loud alot.  I have linked some of my favorite graphs.
 

 
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http://graphjam.com/

Online Whiteboard: I’ve been looking for this

I love the whiteboard in my office.  It helps me think, especially on conceptual problems.  I found this online whiteboard, where people can write on a whiteboard collaboratively.  Check it out.
Dabbleboard

Direct Democracy in Practice: My Research

Recall momentarily that a friend of mine, Jeff, wants to create a web-based application that enables collective brainstorming.  He proposes to call his idea Cloudthink and you can read it directly from the source.  He and I have been debating, at first privately and now more publicly.  I was perusing the internet the other day, [...]