“He doubted they’d seen the last of Sergei Veshkev…” — Last written line of the two-part pilot to Star Trek: The Elite, a fanfic I wrote about 10 years ago. I had the whole first season planned out in my head, along with a sufficiently epic story arc for the first three seasons. It’s humorously …
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A “gift” from China
Apple iPad could be hit among elderly users
The following article ran as an Op-Ed in the Daily Toreader on March 31, 2010 – – – My grandparents have a paradox on their hands. They want the Internet, but they don’t want to learn how to use a computer. For the last few years this has resulted in my parents getting a call …
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Square up! Location has arrived
The following article appeared as an Op-Ed in the Daily Toreador on March 25th, 2010. So you’re in a pretty comfortable place. You’ve got an iPhone and you’re just starting to get a handle on the mobile scene. You’ve followed in Ashton and Oprah’s footsteps and gotten a Twitter account. You take pictures with your …
Aristotle on the WOO Dilemma
While reading through Aristotle’s account of friendship in the Nicomachean Ethics, I happened upon this very concise and accurately articulated account of the difficulty I have with the WOO (Winning Others Over) StrengthsQuest type: “…differences between friends most frequently arise when the nature of their friendship is not what they think it is. When therefore …
Miley Cyrus ‘Party in the USA’ Video Gets Sign Language Treatment — PopEater
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How my ASL songs work
Unless you’ve been living under a rock so heavy that not even God could lift it, you most likely know that I like to sing with my hands on occasion, and that Kevin and I have sung with our hands on stage with Jonathan Coulton. Well, if you’ve ever wanted to know more about my …
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Bad Philosophy at 70MPH
Here’s the Full Episode.