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I work as a software developer at Drexel University. My passions include technology, philosophy, and politics. I’m always trying to find a way to mix the three. This blog is one such attempt.

Al Gore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Al Gore’s speech is both a sober warning and an inspiring call to action. I hope people pay attention to his message.

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U.S. Head Still Stuck in Sand, Will Stay There Until 2009

This latest Bali update from the NYT DotEarth Blog reminds me once again just how frustrating and demoralizing this last decade has been for those of us concerned about global climate change.

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Climate Scientists are Scared

This Salon article is pretty scary.

From the article:

How dire is the climate situation? Consider what Rajendra Pachauri, the head of the United Nations’ prestigious Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), said last month: “If there’s no action before 2012, that’s too late. What we do in the next two to [...]

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Find Your Candidate the Web 2.0 Way

Are you feeling overwhelmed by the sheer number of Presidential candidates this election season? Did you ever wish there was some way that you could figure out who you should vote for? Well, you could read newspapers, candidate position papers, check out political websites, and you know, be an active participant in the democratic system. But, this is the [...]

Links for 2007-12-08 [del.icio.us]

PHP MarkdownI installed PHP Markdown Extra to my Wordpress installation and use the Blogging Bundle in TextMate to write blog entries. It is very convenient.(tags: markdown software Web php weblog ) Daring Fireball: MarkdownHow did I miss this neat tool for so long?(tags: markdown Web software weblog )

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“Failed to Start Monitoring Changes” Error in VMWare Fusion

My day job requires me to use both Perl and C#. My prefered development environment is on my Macbook. When hacking Perl, I use TextMate, but for my C# work, I need to use Visual Studio. Luckily, VMWare Fusion lets me run the dreaded Micro$oft IDE when I need it. Since our source code is all [...]

Links for 2007-12-05 [del.icio.us]

The Story of Stuff with Annie LeonardOur consumption-based lifestyle is killing us and we need to change. This is a great introduction to the overall picture of where our stuff comes from and where it goes when we are done with it. The site includes some useful starting points for taking a(tags: energy [...]

When Ron Paul Minions Attack!

Check out the comment thread on this Ed-Op piece in my University’s paper about Ron Paul.  I’ll save my opinion of Paul’s politics for another time.  I was just floored by the flash mob of Paul supporters running up 300+ comments on a minor opinion piece in a small University paper.  Whatever you may think [...]

FogBugz 6.0 Review

Ever since Joel Spolsky dazzled me on his FogBugz World Tour stop in Philadelphia, I wanted to try the software out myself on some real projects. At the event, I was told that there was a Micro-ISV FogBugz on-demand account option that allows free usage for up to two user accounts. Since there are [...]

Links for 2007-11-20 [del.icio.us]

Bug LabsCool.(tags: hardware opensource diy weblog )