Some more reading ...
2009-12-04 18:19:00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ta-komabibelot/ / CC BY 2.0 Sorry for not being in here with posts on a more frequent basis, but I've been out of the house so much the past week with networking events that I've not had the time to sit down and compose entries that would be useful to my readers. Now, I could, of course, regale you with stories of what I've been off doing (like the TweetUp today at Navy Pier at the "Online Press Room" that they've set up for Tweeters and Bloggers as part of the opening of the Winter WonderFest), but I'm trying to find ways of making this more generic, while still having the essence of it being material coming from one individual's...
Fr. James V. Schall on reading "Great Books"
2009-11-27 17:30:00 I have no doubt that what are called the “great books” should be read. I read Plato and Aristotle every semester with increasing awe. But the reading of great books does not do the trick, if I might call it that. What does the trick are books that tell the truth. And usually these books are very difficult for a student to come by. They are “notes from the underground,” to steal a phrase from Dostoyevsky. Thus, Another Sort of Learning contains many book lists. Most of the works recommended are relatively short. It is not all that difficult to get at the truth, once you know where to begin. Universities are not a total waste of time, but most graduates earn degrees while remaining confused about the ultimate things. About these latter things, little is to be found in most universities. Still, graduates have their whole lives ahead of them, if they can read.Fr. James V. Schall on "Another Sort of Learning" (The Catholic Thing October 9, 2009 )
Your holiday reading ...
2009-11-26 04:05:00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/xy-bermatthew/ / CC BY 2.0One of the features that I've planned for The Job Stalker is a weekly round-up of interesting articles that I've come across relating to the job search. It's my intent that this will be a regular Friday feature, but with getting things geared up here last week, the first of those posts came out on Saturday and, due to the holiday looming ahead of us this week, I'm passing along these to you now. There's quite a lot to read in this batch, so it's just as well if you have some extra time to get into them.One of the side-effects of concentrating the bulk of my job search on Twitter this time around is that,...
Some weekend reading ...
2009-11-21 10:57:00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/wo-nderlane/ / CC BY 2.0As noted previously, I probably spend six hours a day catching up with my Twitter feed. I have tried to keep my "follow" list somewhat under control, but it has grown rather quickly, and I'm currently reading over 400 users' comments there (and, I do actually read all of those, which is why I end up re-following only about 1 in 5 of folks who follow my personal Twitter stream ... I'm a bit more flexible @TheJobStalker, though, only not following the most blatantly scammy folks).As my current "job" is looking for a job, my obvious main goal in all this is to find the postings of plausible openings for my background and skill sets. However,...
Scary reading from around the Web
2009-10-31 16:13:00 To help usher in that scary, spooky, creepy Halloween feeling, here are some links to lists of top scary stories from around the Web.
The Times They Are A-Changing in the Textbook World
2009-10-29 15:24:00 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a major publisher, is unveiling the biggest deal in its history. It is a $40 million, multiyear contract with Detroit public schools. But they are not going to be selling many textbooks.
China Marketing And Branding. Reading The Tea Leaves.
2009-09-20 22:08:00 The DragonBeat blog has a great post, entitled, "Why foreigners are beating China’s tea-makers on their home turf." The post is on why China has none of the leading tea brands worldwide, but what it says pretty much applies across the board to Chinese branding in general. The comments are interesting as well, with many of them complaining about how bad Lipton tea is and how the Lipton market is completely different from the market for Chinese tea. Wrong. If anything, Lipton is a classic example of great branding and of how a Western company has managed to take a ho-hum product (in this case, Lipton tea) and market it in such a way as to trump the market. When will there be a Chinese Lipton and who will that be?
By: China Law Blog
Free Family Reading night kit -for teachers
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By: Free Stuff Times
St Ambrose and Reading
2009-09-19 18:59:00 Matthias Stomer (Amersfoort, 1600 - Sicily, after 1650) Saint Ambroise/Saint Ambrose Circa 1633-1639 Oil on canvas 110 x 130 cm Muse des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes St Augustine, in his Confessions [Book Six, Chapter Three] has a curious anecdote which bears on the history of reading: ?When [Ambrose] read, his eyes scanned the page and his heart sought out the meaning, but his voice was silent and his tongue was still. Anyone could approach him freely and guests were not commonly announced, so that often, when we came to visit him, we found him reading like this in silence, for he never read aloud? St Augustine wondered why St Ambrose read silently and was not even moving his lips. He puts forward some reasons: "Perhaps he was afraid, that if he read out loud, a difficult passage by the author he was reading would raise a question in the mind of an attentive listener, and he would then have to explain what it meant or even argue about some of the more abstruse points." The impli...
Dice Reading using an Arduino
2009-09-19 13:01:00 Steve Hoefer has completed version 2 of his Dice Reading project (Version 1 can be found here). I was surprised to see that only 5 locations of the dice are looked at to determine what number is present since there are actually nine locations where the pips could be located. It obviously works but for some reason isn’t obvious to me at this moment! "This version uses 5 IR emitter/receiver pairs to read five of the nine potential pip locations on a die face. I had to file down the edges of the detectors to get them pip-distance apart and place the emitters directly behind the detectors so they’d get maximum reflection from the surface"
By: Hacked Gadgets
she looks cute when she?s reading. Photo seen at a-girl
2009-09-15 22:07:00 she looks cute when she?s reading. Photo seen at a-girl
Blank Your Monitor + Easy Reading: ahorro de energía y cómoda lectura en
2009-09-15 15:41:00 Blank Your Monitor + Easy Reading reúne dos útiles funciones. La primera es convertir todos los colores de cualquier página a una combinación de texto blanco sobre fondo negro, lo que reduce el consumo de energía mientras usas el navegador. Para ello la extensión agrega a la barra de estado un botón que alterna entre ambos modos al hacer click sobre él (funciona igual con los botones derecho e izquierdo). La segunda es trasladar a una nueva pestaña cualquier bloque de texto previamente seleccionado por ti con el mouse. Para ello deberás hacer click derecho sobre el bloque seleccionado y escoger la opción “Easy Read”. El texto será mostrado en un tamaño de letra mayor e igualmente en letras blancas sobre fondo negro. Blank Your Monitor + Easy Reading 1.9 Copyright © 2009 Zona Firefox | Twitter: @zonafirefox También te puede interesarAardvark: radiografía de las páginasAdvanced URL Builder busca donde tú quierasAuto Context, un menú contextual que...
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On my reading list: Houseonomics
2009-09-09 05:01:00 This 2008 book by Gary N. and Margaret H. Smith was reviewed on Inman today: Houseonomics describes both the financial and emotional benefits associated with homeownership, arguing for buying your own house as a viable option even in tough economic times. You can read the introduction to the book here I think in these times its important for young people to do a little harder and more substantial research before jumping into buying a home. While many of us use the internet as a first source of information, backing up that knowledge with a book penned by experts should be a good support system to back up or refute what we find on the web. I currently have the book...
SEPRATION OF READING WITHOUT DUEL ENERGY METER
2009-09-03 12:58:00 DEAR ALL I HAVE 4 NUMBER OF ENERGY kWH METER FOR BILLING OF OUR RENTED CUSTOMER.NOW PROBLEM IS THAT METER WORK ON BOTH DG SUPPLY AND ALSO ON ELECTRICITY BOARD SUPPLY.NOW HOW CAN I SEPRATE THE READING dg AND ELECTRICITY BOARD SO THAT I CAN CLAIM BOTH READING ON SEPRATE RATE PER kwh. METER R
A Tribute to READING RAINBOW Which Was Cancelled After 26 Years
2009-08-31 23:50:00 Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high,Take a look, it's in a book — Reading Rainbow ...File this under "What are you blogging about now that nobody cares about"?Reading Rainbow will not be seen on PBS after a 26 year run. The show started way back in 1983. Sure, you might think who the hell cares. Well appparently, a lot of kids who are all grown up now loved that show and Levar Burton and the kids.As evidenced by all these YouTubers putting out their own version of the Reading Rainbow song, I'm convinced millions upon millions of kids loved that show and probably some parents too. It's O.K. grown-ups you can say it. You watched it with your kids and were a fan. Levar, the grown-up made it seem that way at least.There seems to be some contraversy over this article on the NPR website as to why the show was cancelled.Apparently NPR blamed it on the Bush administration. The commenters are writing in to say PBS has been showing re-runs since 2006 and they were asking for...
Best Thing Ever: A dramatic reading of a real break up letter
2009-08-31 22:04:00 Photo via: awkwardfamilyphotos.comBecause- it's Monday and this clip has been making the rounds on the interwebs lately, please enjoy a dramatic reading of a real break-up letter....
Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: old diary entries on reading theology
2009-08-29 12:46:00 Darkcloud wrote a new blog post: old diary entries on reading theology Creatio Ex Nihilo It is 10:53 AM Sunday morning. I wandered upstairs and found Carol had gone back to bed. Carol wants to get over her cold before going back to work tomorrow night. This morning my mind has been on reading Theology. I recently bought these theological works for my library— “Reformed Dogmatics: Prolegomena” Volume One by ...
By: BackBeat
Tansfer of equipment reading to bar code printer
2009-08-28 12:39:00 Hi, Have a nice day! We're using bar code printer for labelling. Here the label to be displayed with one of the electrical parameter reading. Till now, we tested the product & measured the parameter to be displayed & typed this reading in bar code software. Now, we're stepped
Weekend Reading – August 28, 2009
2009-08-28 12:30:00 Canadian Money Forum has a sticky post on excel based financial calculators (written by Cannon_Fodder) Canadian Capitalist discusses Rogers recent fee hike. Generation X Finance has some Moving tips. Intelligent Speculator explains why Why Apple (AAPL) will be almost impossible to stop Money Smart Life has tips on preventing college student identity theft. Four Pillars talks about scams during tough economic times. Brip Blap has a series on lying in the workplace. Canadian Dream explains the average return fallacy. Frugal Dad has some advice in his article Happiness For Others Comes From Contentment With Yourself. Financial Blogger lists 5 Tricks to Get The Power of an Effective Schedule. The Sun’s Financial Diary exclaims “We Sold Our House!” Thicken My Wallet overviews The limitation of relying on advisor designations. Lazy Man and Money explains Budgeting with the Envelope System. Where Does All My Money Go has Great Expectations. The Digerati Life has an articl...
Thermocouple Signal Reading
2009-08-13 10:11:00 Hello everyone, Ive a problem on thermocouple signal reading since the signal is too low in miliV.Is there any solution to get the reading in Volt .TQ
Get early access to ASP.NET AJAX in Action, Second Edition
2009-08-05 15:17:00 If you?ve been reading long, you might remember that I?ve been a fan of ASP.NET AJAX in Action since the original was published. By avoiding heavy reliance on drag ?n drop methodologies, the Manning book leaves readers with a deeper understanding of the framework. Without understanding the underlying mechanisms well, developing successful solutions is as much ...### Originally posted at Encosia. If you're reading this elsewhere, come on over and see the original.Get early access to ASP.NET AJAX in Action, Second Edition
By: Dave Ward's Blog
Grandma?s Reading Glasses Chain Reinvented With A-Morior Sunglasses By Keri
2009-08-04 12:00:00 Reading glasses with attached chains or strings have typically come with the rather geeky, grandma fashion air around them. But, a designer has now recently introduced a contemporary version of this glasses trend, which is all about fashion and very little about function.
Electronic Projects for Beginners ? Reading Components (Part III)
2009-08-04 07:00:00 The focal point of the first two installments of this multi-part series was an overview of basic components necessary to complete electronic projects. Part III focuses on learning about components and how to read the values and the schematic representation. Differen
Today?s Reading
2009-07-30 00:47:00 At Schools Matter blog: Open Letter to Arne Duncan from Herb Kohl and comments.
By: The G Bitch Spot
A/C: Dioramas, Eating and Dancing, Reading An Off Year
2009-07-23 06:50:00 Dioramas of all shapes and sizes are making a comeback at Hyde Park's Home Gallery. During July, the National Pastime Theater is hosting the Naked July festival. It's gotten at least one mixed review, but that review does have its critics. Literago points us to this wonderful video about why buying at local bookstores vs. online is buying green. An ambitious plan to build Chicago's first net-zero-energy home is finished. If you're thinking about building one soon, keep in mind the price tag of the 2,675 sq. ft. building was $1.6 million. Veronica Bond reviews An Off Year by Claire Zulkey, an "encouraging" coming-of-age novel. Dance Magazine recently spent some time at the new Joffrey Academy of Dance and is full of admiration. Lindsay Muscato and Robin Carlson...
I hate reading headlines like this
2009-07-17 04:35:00 "Two cops shot in leg while executing warrant" "Five New Jersey Officers Wounded in Shootout""Officer deaths up in first half of '09"The first story is local. Two Chicago Police Department officers were shot in their legs while executing a search warrant. The bad guy opened fire through a bedroom wall. This is, I think, the third or fourth officer-involved shooting this week in the city of Chicago.In the second story, police in Jersey City engaged in what was described as a "running gun battle" with two armed robbery suspects. 5 officers were wounded, including one who "received a shotgun blast to the left side of his face and will require reconstructive surgery to repair his jaw, sinus and the area...
Must reading: Andy Shaw
2009-07-16 19:23:00 Any one who cares anything about Chicago and Illinois needs to read this op-ed in the Chicago Andy ShawTribune. Andy Shaw, one of the best TV reporters in town, now is head of the Better Government Association, a storied and respected corruption fighting group in Chicago. In this op-ed, he helps open our eyes about the deal behind the state's big, new public works program and its financing....
Summer Reading
2009-07-15 13:51:00 I have electronic versions of some of my books up at Scribd, including THIS ONE. Some are free to view, a few cost pocket change. If you'd like hard copies, click THIS and you'll be hooked up.
By: Shiva's Arms
An excellent day for Naked Girls Reading
2009-07-06 11:50:00 Warning: If you're a Christian, the following post is not for you. Do not read this post if you are a Christian. OK, I think it's safe, now, for us heathens to proceed. Hi! How are you? One of the most fun experiences that I've ever had in my entire life was when I attended last month's Naked Girls Reading event at Studio L'Amour on the Near West Side of Chicago. After more than 56 years of very active living, it's rare to come across a truly new experience. This was unlike anything that I had ever experienced, before, and it was just good, clean fun. Wait 'til you see the happy picture of the girls and me on the continuation page!...
RRR: Readers Reading the RedEye
2009-07-03 01:33:00 From left: Via email, at RedEyetalk@gmail.com, via email featuring Joshua Law at the Blue Line, via twitter from Lisa King (@Tigers_Girl) on the 147 bus....
IEC 62056-21 Protocol for Reading Registers
2009-06-24 15:24:00 hello Really need help on the IEC 62056-21 protocol, am using EMH meter LZQJ, ITZ and DMZ, need information on this protocol any information regarding on how to read the registers will be very helpful
SmartBall Gives a Radar Speed Reading
2009-06-23 01:00:00 SmartBall provides an LCD speed read-out so that you can quickly gauge how fast you just threw the ball.
KWH Reading Difference
2009-06-22 12:02:00 Hello expert, Need your help to determine the power loss in power transformer and convert it into KWH , In the other word, is there any significant difference of KWH reading if we put the KWH meter in Medium Voltage side (Usually KWH installed in Low voltage side) I do un
Why Borrowers Default ? Interesting Reading
2009-06-06 06:24:00 I saw this on a blog on the Wall Street Journal, but a recently released paper by the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta looked at loan defaults on loans with a high mortgage payment to income ratio, and found that rising interest rates DID NOT significantly correlate to default rates. The two main indicators of a ...
Megger Reading in Low Voltage Switch Gear
2009-06-03 10:41:00 In low voltage switch gear what shoul be the bus bar to bus bar meggering value after and before doing high voltage injection test ( 2.5KV @1Min)
Lifeanswers wrote a new blog post: Using numerology Reading for Self-Improv
2009-05-20 13:32:00 Lifeanswers wrote a new blog post: Using numerology Reading for Self-Improvement Numerology is a science of personal numbers. With Numerology reading, you can meet the real you and re-energize your life. Your numerology reading can help you to better understand basic impulses, drives or any area of your life. The most popular areas of numerology are: Love, money, health and personal happiness. All numbers have certain ... By 'lifeanswers'
By: BackBeat
Google Reader Gets Social Savvy: Shares Friends Reading Habits
2009-05-20 13:31:00 Google Reader has successfully been implementing new social features recently, like commenting on shared items, meeting friends of friends etc. Today, they annnounced several new tweaks which gives the popular RSS reader an extra edge over others. Friends Trends If you are finding it hard to keep up with your friends shared items in Google Reader, a new set of tabs in the trends section called “Friends trends.” can come in handy. It allows you to see which of those friends are most valuable to you by telling you stuff like which of your friends share the most articles, and whose shared items you actually read. Regional users In one of the many iterations in the comments feature, comments are now available for non-English users also. Share notes on Mobile The mobile interface has also gone under the knife, with the addition of a very useful feature which allows you to post notes in Reader on the go! New users They have also released a new revamped user page that ...
By: WATblog
What Reading List Would Enable the Rebuilding of Civilization? - re-deux
2009-05-15 00:16:00 Compiled - there's a lot of holes, and cleanup needed - presuming this hasn't jumped the shark The McMaster-Carr catalogue if UPS survived. Otherwise Machinery's Handbook. If the Boy Scout Handbook, I vote for the old Scout Field Book. The back catalogue of Mothe
Update: Guess Who's Reading TBOE Now?
2009-05-12 20:31:00 I don't talk about sports often on here -- but often enough, judging by the sports media folks who Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; ...
What Reading List Would Enable the ReBuilding of Civilization?
2009-05-10 20:34:00 There was a time when Man the Toolmaker, could be embodied in one man who knew all there was to be known. That guy knew how to make a fire, or a sharp hand held axe rock, and then a spear, and a bow and arrow, some rope, and string. Say there was an Apocalyptic Riot, and we were returned to the
On My Shelf: Books I?m Reading Now-2
2009-05-10 03:23:00 The books are stacking up around here. I thought I’d give a brief update on what I’m reading, and what I’m looking forward to reading in the near future. I’m nearly finished with The Witness of Jesus, Paul and John: An Exploration in Biblical Theology by Larry Helyer (IVP Academic). I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the book. It’s ...
Ethoxylated Alcohol causing False Reading on B.A.C.
2009-05-10 02:11:00 This may sound like a stupid question, but I have been asked if a cleaning product that contains ethoxylated alcohol or a glycol ether derivative was sprayed into the mouth if it could cause a positive reading on a field Breathalyzer machine.
The Color of Paradise and Reading God?s Wor(l)d
2009-05-09 22:17:00 The Iranian film ?Color of Paradise? by Majid Majidi, which in its original title literally translates as ?God?s Color?, is an impressive and genuinely moving spiritual portrait of a blind boy who is rejected not only by society but by his very own father. Mohammed is a creative, generally content and ingenious boy who despite of his visual impairment manages to climb trees, run through fields, and study literature and poetry with fervor and enthusiasm. Yet his father, a widow, sees him as a source of embarrassment especially since he would like to remarry. As a result, he keeps Mohammed?s existence hidden from the family of his bride-to-be. He only mentions his two daughters and wants nothing to get into the way of his impending marriage. This cruel and calculated behavior does not remain hidden from the kind and observant eyes of his mother, Mohammed?s beloved grandmother.The movie manages to give us a heart rendering glimpse of this blind boy?s life. With him we hear the myriad s...
By: Arash's World
The Coolest Way To Read In The Dark: LED Reading Glasses
2009-05-04 18:19:00 The newest thing in reading at night makes more sense than a lamp, an LED book light, and certainly a flash light. It not only creates maximum efficiency by focusing on what you're viewing, but it can be used for more than just reading!
altimeter reading at 30k feet
2009-05-03 05:50:00 I need it control the on/off cycling of a vacuum chamber designed to take equipment up to a theoretical thirty thousand feet and then back down to ground which is at sea level. My first question is where can i find the atmospheric pressure of 30 feet above sea level so I can locate a sensor? Ne
Periscope Debuts Cover With Built In reading Light For Amazon Kindle 2 Owne
2009-04-29 10:33:00 New $49.95 Periscope Lighted Folio for Kindle 2 features a retractable reading light, deluxe Kindle 2 cover, notepad and pen holders in one complete package designed to enhance your enjoyment of Kindle 2 in all low light environments. While the Amazon Kindle 2 digital wireless reader features a host of improvements over the original Kindle reader, ...
By: Gadget Mania
If it helps make things sexier, I'll point out that Sweetie was reading a r
2009-04-26 15:18:00 Last night, Sweetie and I did something we almost NEVER do.Get your mind out of the gutter: I'm not talking about that. This is a family blog. PG-13. Mostly.No, what we did last night was sit in our living room and read. We'd put the Babies! to bed, and it was only 8:30. Sweetie said "What do you want to do?" and I said "I don't know, what do you want to do?"We are exciting, are we not? Sitting in our room was out -- I didn't want to become that guy that kinda goes to bed at 8:30 on a Saturday night, and sitting in bed at 8:30 is going to bed, isn't it? I'm already the guy who puts pajamas on at 3 in the afternoon on Saturday and justifies it by saying "We're not having company over, right?"But sitting down by the TV was out, too, as the older kids were down there and they were (a) crabby and (b) watching boring stuff on TV.So we sat in our living room and read, and that's when I realized why we never do that, why we never sit on our fancy couch in our fancy living r...
Reading Happening con Vito Benicio Zingales: ?NERODENTROZERO TRILOGIA? al K
2009-04-13 11:32:00 KURSAAL KALHESA Il Kursaal Kalhesa si pregia invitare la S:V. al Reading Happening “NERODENTROZERO TRILOGIA” di Vito Benicio Zingales, per la regia di Luca Lucchesi che avrà luogo, Giovedì 16 aprile 2009, alle ore 20:00 presso il Kursaal Kalhesa – Foro Umberto I, 21 – Palermo voci narranti: Vincenzo Crivello, Casimiro Alaimo Marta Lunetta, Vito B. Zingales e Pinello live music: Charamira Band Per approfondire leggi su Jujol.com: - Vito Benicio Zingales: il Capolavoro noir è “Il truccatore dei morti” - Vito Benicio Zingales e il Truccatore dei morti: intervista all’autore a cura di G. Iannozzi - Vito Benicio Zingales: Il truccatore dei morti (Armando Siciliano Editore) - Hella Wenders e Luca Lucchesi sul set - Il truccatore dei morti di Zingales - Hella Wenders e Vito B. Zingales: “Da Mezzanotte a Zero”, un film per la regia di Luca LucchesiPubblicato da kinglear | Commen...
Vibrating Touch Screen Enables Braille Reading
2009-04-07 15:59:00 From Crave: The gadget blog: Touch-screen handsets may be the talk of the town, but they are useless to the visually impaired. A new software developed by Jussi Rantala and his colleagues at the University of Tampere in Finland attempts to address that by bringing Braille to touch-
C++ Code for Reading Data from uC with USB
2009-04-07 04:06:00 ------- I am doing the project to make a microcontroller communicate with PC. I am facing the problem writing the C++ code for command button to ask uC to display the data in my label. How to write the code for C++ to get the data from the microcontroller? |
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