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Feb 16
Dropbox
I use a product that just caught my attention in the last month and has now become absolutely invaluable–Dropbox. It’s one of those products that I can’t see getting very much better–it’s almost perfect already. It’s like a folder out on the internet, accessible from all your devices (Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Blackberry). Unlike …
Feb 15
Quotable: Sherlock Holmes
“Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting.” –Sherlock Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia
Feb 12
VBS 2013 Development Diary: #9: Chinese Language
As part of my ankle-deep immersion for his VBS I have been learning Chinese. I am using a number of apps, but mostly I am listening to podcasts from ChineseClass101.com. The podcasts are great for picking up the language and they have lots of notes about the culture, but they will email you incessantly, and you …
Feb 10
Quotable: Humphrey Bogart
“I wish I was dead with my back broken.” –Humphrey Bogart as Linus Larabie in Sabrina
Feb 08
Quotable: Humphrey Bogart
“You two boys must have been born in a revival meeting.” –Humphrey Bogart as Fred Dobbs, Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Feb 06
Overheard: 36 yr old female
“At least you weren’t eating a whole watermelon a day.” From a conversation between two women discussing their cravings during pregnancy.
Feb 01
greeblie
n., “According to ILM founding member Lorne Peterson’s book on the Star Wars model shop, Sculpting a Galaxy, a greeblie is defined as ‘Miscellaneous mechanical details that add realism to a prop, model, or set.’” from Norman Chan’s article at Tested.com
Jan 29
Quotable: Adam Clarke
“Were it necessary a dissertation might be written on the Persian words, and Persian forms of speech, in this and the two following books; but probably after my toil few of my readers would thank me for my pains.” –Adam Clarke from his commentary on Ezra 8:36