Monday, March 30, 2009

What I read...

A good friend of mine on his blog recently posted a list of sites that he checks on a daily basis. I used to check quite a few sites every too, but that stopped some time ago. He also mentioned that he has a few sites that he follows in an RSS reader.

I, on the other hand, really use the RSS reader. Here's my current list of feeds that I follow in my RSS reader. More after the list....


If a site doesn't have an RSS feed I use Feedwhip to update me whenever the page changes.

As for my RSS reader of choice, I use Google Reader. Because Google Reader is online (as opposed to a desktop application) I can get updates from any place I can get access to a web browser (not just my personal PC). Finally Google Reader offers a mobil interface so I can follow all these sites with my phone.

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

If you want a really Free Credit report the site is annualcreditreport.com

If you want a really Free Credit report the site is http://www.annualcreditreport.com

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Eric Crawford breaks down Steve Kragthope

...or rather some of coach K's comments about the offensive coordinator role last year and what we might see next year.

Kragthorpe's answers are relatively nonsensical "coach speak", but I find Crawford's analysis to be pretty insightful particularly his comments about the first question.
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Sign the Open Source Letter to President Obama

A consortium of developers is petitioning the Obama administration to consider open source software when the federal government makes software decisions. They started a blog at http://consideropensource.blogspot.com. I'm not sure if anyone in the Obama administration is aware of this or not, but I do agree, in principal, with what these folks are trying to do.

I went ahead and signed the petition.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009

Hurricane Ike's Wake

A glimpse in to Galveston's difficult if not impossible recovery - the people who are there and trying, and the dire need for state and federal funding that hasn't come through.

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Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Games: Value vs. Worth.... Part Deux

[Fracture]About a year and a half ago, I posted a rant about video games, their prices and how that impacts review scores (or even perception to the quality of the game.

Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised the other day when Arstechnica's Opposable Thumbs Journal made their first post in a new series titled Bargain Bin Review... and ended up giving the much maligned Fracture a good review at its new bargain price of $19.99.

Fracture was a demo I quite enjoyed and while I didn't think it was worth rushing out and buying it at its original MSRP, I did think it had an intriguing idea... maybe some like minded cheap asses, like myself, will give it a second look.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

CS, Programming, and Education

I just read a recent interview with Bjarne Stroustrup (creator of C++) which discuss issues in Comptuer Science education. His points where further emphasized by reffering to this great article by Joel on Software.

I don't have much to add to the topic other than a loud "HERE! HERE!"
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