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Just a few updates… finally.

By Lee • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Current Events, Family, Recent Entries
Just a few updates… finally.

Now that the summer work is pretty much done and I have taken about 1,000 photos, I guess it’s about time for me to actually start writing some stuff again. Classes will start up again and I will have a lot to talk about with my upcoming philosophy class.
Not only will I have the [...]



Coming soon: superfast internet

By Lee • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: Current Events, Technology
Coming soon: superfast internet

The internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.
At speeds about 10,000 times faster than a typical broadband connection, “the grid” will be able to send the entire Rolling Stones back catalogue from Britain to Japan in less [...]



An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up

By Lee • Mar 12th, 2008 • Category: Current Events
An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up

As a symbol of health and wellness, nothing surpasses the simple push-up.
Practically everyone remembers the actor Jack Palance performing age-defying push-ups during his Oscar acceptance speech. More recently, Randy Pausch, the Carnegie Mellon professor whose last lecture became an Internet sensation, did push-ups to prove his fitness despite having pancreatic cancer.
“It takes strength to do [...]



Yahoo to Microsoft: talk to the hand, we say Nohoo!

By Lee • Feb 9th, 2008 • Category: Current Events, Technology
Yahoo to Microsoft: talk to the hand, we say Nohoo!

The Yahoo Board has mulled it over, and its answer for Microsoft is a simple “no.” The “hostile” $44.6 billion bid was rejected by the board, as largely expected. The question now is, why?



Is term ‘Canadian’ used as racist word?

By Carol Ann • Jan 26th, 2008 • Category: Current Events
Is term ‘Canadian’ used as racist word?

Is “Canadian” the new black? Perhaps – that is if you’re a racist speaking in code.
Recent revelations that the term “Canadian” is being used to replace racist names for black people have got a Texas assistant district attorney into trouble and have left others wondering what exactly it means to be labelled a Canadian in [...]