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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Well, frak. Battlestar Galactica is ending after all.
Rumors that Battlestar Galactica would end with its 4th season have been zipping around the internet for a few months now. A few weeks back, Edward James Olmos said at an award ceremony that fans should enjoy the series, because … Continue reading
A tale of cheating and intervention
I write this entry with some uneasiness, but I want the feedback, and perhaps it might help guide someone else to do the “right” thing. A few weeks ago, I went in to one of my history classes a bit … Continue reading
Who would I like to see blog from history?
Lorelle posted a new blog challenge, and the challenge is this: who would you like to see blog from history? Some of the answers that Lorelle proposed were: Irving Stone, Issac Asimov, Tolkien, Mark Twain, and Agatha Christie? Or philosophers … Continue reading
How long do documents really last?
In one of the books I’m reading, From Reliable Sources: An Introduction to Historical Methods [amazon], I ran across this, on page 38: … [T]here are basic technical reasons why an archive does not last, namely the quality of the … Continue reading
Friday’s Feast #145
(The #145 is their numbering, not mine. I’ve actually only done 3 or 4 of them.) Appetizer Name a sound you like to hear. Birds chirping. I actually love to wake up early in the morning and lay in bed, … Continue reading
How to install a TinyMCE plugin under WordPress
The standard WYSIWYG editor that runs under WordPress is the TinyMCE editor, made by Moxiecode. While the default installation of TinyMCE in WordPress has a decent selection of features enabled – basic text manipulations, like italics and bold, blockquotes, alignment, … Continue reading
30 bits of trivia about Star Wars
I just came across some bits of trivia about the Star Wars series, and found it interesting enough to share. (The fact that I used to be a die-hard Star Wars fan is another factor, but that’s for another post.) … Continue reading
The ending of Children of Men…
… could have been a lot better. I just finished watching the movie, and I while I thought it was a pretty good movie, I would have liked a more solid ending. What I expected was the boat finding Kee, … Continue reading
Language in Battlestar Galactica
I was thinking earlier today about Battlestar Galactica, that favorite sci-fi show of mine that won’t be back until January. (Can you tell that I’m bitter?) I was thinking specifically about language in the show. It occurred to me that … Continue reading
I Can Has Cheezburger? Definitely.
I try avoid writing posts here solely to share a single link, but I’m going to break my rule for this: I Can Has Cheezburger?. I learned about I Can Has Cheezburger? when it moved onto the WordPress.com platform. The … Continue reading