Philosopher Geek

What if I told you there was one thing you could do to increase your happiness? What if I told you it required little effort and little cost? Would you be interested? [... more]

Most people if asked to describe extroversion versus introversion would feel they have an understanding of what they mean. Most people do not mention the one thing that really differentiates the two. That difference is how they gather mental energy. [... more]

Obviously, my Three Types of Chick post was not really that helpful given that it was more an attempt at humor than serious analysis.  This post will be a (slightly) more serious attempt to categorize the women you might meet. [... more]

When talking about dating we always seem to need to put people into categories or types.  This typing simplifies conversations. So, to help my dear readers I have created a simple list that will help categorize the women (and men) in your life. [... more]

What do you get if you mix a herd of sheep and a bunch of LED lights?  Well according to this video you get, a game of pong, a work of art, and a firework display.  And you thought sheep were just dumb animals. The linked video is work and family safe.

The open borders lobby always tells us about jobs Americans will not do.  Even in this time of rising unemployment they claim we need more H-1B, E1, O1 visas and guest worker program.  So with all that enthusiasm for massive immigration, I am sure we could find space for one more visa program.  We could call it a Pol-1 (foreign politicians doing the work American politicians won’t).

Daniel Hannan, a member of the British Conservative Party, gives a blistering speech about Gordon Brown.  Everything he says could be said about the USA and Obama (and Bush).  It is hard to find commentary like that here.  He is definitely doing a job too few Americans want to do.  Just watch the video of his speech, for “Brown” read “Obama (or Bush),” for “Britain” read “United States.”

Let him in. Si Se Puede (of course we can mate).

Every political argument sooner or later ends up with the “just like Hitler” gambit (see Godwin’s Law).  It turns out that Hitler does have things to say about the issues of the day. [... more]

There is an old quip, attributed to Samuel Johnson, which goes “Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.” [... more]

The news that Compact Disc is thirty years old, made me feel old. Actually I (and you) should relax just a bit; the first discs did not hit the stores until late 1982. So it is not as bad as it first seemed.

Whatever about the sound quality, the album art is just not the same reduced to CD size. The impact of something like Dark Side of the Moon is entirely lost when it not on a 12 inch square. There was some excitement in sliding that big disc out of its cover, placing it carefully on the turntable, and gently lowering the needle. There was a certain joy in sitting back the gatefold cover open in your lap, studying the lyrics.

But tell that to young kids today and they won’t believe you.

The server space is paid for, the blogging software is installed, and the layout is adjusted “just so.” Only one thing remains to be done: replace that “Lorem ipsum…” text with something else.

What better way to replace “Lorem ipsum” text than with … Lorem ipsum text.

If you have ever seen mockup for a web page, brochure, or other document, you may have encountered lorem ipsum. It is a section of Latin text that acts as a placeholder for the final copy. It looks better than “place content here,” because it more closely resembles actual text.

Lorem predates the electronic age, having being used in typesetting; some put its earliest use as 1500AD. Although the text is meaningless, it is based on Cicero’s De finibus bonorum et malorum (the original words are scrambled).

You can generate you own lorem text at http://www.lipsum.com/. If you have Microsoft Word 2007, you can generate the text by typing =lorem() followed by Enter.