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A Gaggle of Gladwell

On a recent visit from my parents I noticed that my dad was reading Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. I had heard of the book before, but had never gotten around to reading it. …

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RIP Mr. Crichton

I was saddened yesterday to learn that Michael Crichton had passed away. I have read many of his books and can’t really recall one that I didn’t enjoy. His books always seemed well researched to give them a sense of plausibility even when dealing some very un-plausible ideas. But most …

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A Reviews Section

A new feature has been added. Now when I say new, I mean revised, and when I say added, I mean improved. I have added a section for writing reviews of movies, music, books, etc.

This is an expansion of what was previously the Enjoying section over in the side …

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Designing with Web Standards

If you know a bit about web design you are likely to hear a lot about web standards. And you are likely to be recommended this book, too. Designing with Web Standards is basically a two part book on Web Standards. The first …

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PHP & MySQL Web Development

Designing web pages and designing web sites are not really the same thing. To make an effective website you need to know some “backend” stuff. That is what is really going to make your site useful.

There are a few different languages that …

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The Bourne Supremacy

When The Bourne Identity was getting ready to come out I learned that it was based on a book. “Cool,” I thought. It has long been my habit to read the book if a movie is based on it. This is …

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