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Need to Change

mikkelsd — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:21:55 GMT

Quoted: We need not to be let alone. We need to be really bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About something important, about something real?Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451, 1953 US science fiction author (1920 - )

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Testing a new blog editing tool

mikkelsd — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:46:11 GMT

Quoted: Wow I have not looked at any client side (non web) blog editors in a really long time. I just picked up BlogDesk (using it on this post). It had one of the smoothest setups that I have ever used for a blog editor. Very nice if you have not looked at it go check it out.

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http://shadow.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/343/

mikkelsd — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:26:29 GMT

Quoted: This is a very intriguing article about a dynamic 5th Grade teacher who went against the grain with some great results. Suben said: "My primary goal as a teacher is to help my students understand the reasoning behind math rules and procedures. I have several core beliefs about this: (1) Understanding is constructed by the learner, not passively received

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Happy New Year

mikkelsd — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 23:21:32 GMT

Quoted: Well I have really been slacking on writing in this weblog and I have no excuses. I have a new goal on my Joe's Goals list to get back to writing here so I am ready to start. I hope everyone has started off the new year in a great way and here is to hoping that 2007 will be better than 2006 in every way!

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http://shadow.wordpress.com/2006/11/14/341/

mikkelsd — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 12:38:38 GMT

Quoted: Extraordinary efforts "It's complicated explaining how genius or expertise is created and why it's so rare," says Anders Ericsson, the professor of psychology at Florida State University in Tallahassee who edited the handbook. "But it isn't magic, and it isn't born. It happens because some critical things line up so that a person of [...]

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mikkelsd — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:40:34 GMT

Quoted: "Americans will always do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the alternatives," - Winston Churchill.

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Niall Ferguson

mikkelsd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:51:58 GMT

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mikkelsd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:28:12 GMT

Quoted: Another Great Quote from Gandhi "Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice, politics without principle," - Mahatma Gandhi.

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Staring into the Singularity 1.2.5

mikkelsd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 18:00:22 GMT

Quoted: If computing speeds double every two years, what happens when computer-based AIs are doing the research?

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Generate INSERT statements SP

mikkelsd — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 14:44:08 GMT

Quoted: To generate INSERT statements from existing data. These INSERTS can be executed to regenerate the data at some other location. This procedure is also useful ...

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