The spirit of capitalism

I had an assignment in my Voice & Diction class yesterday that got me thinking about the current financial crisis ... bear with me.

The assignment was simple: deliver a one minute speech on the professor's (Collard, to those who are interested) pledge she commonly has …

Ubiquity: Quicksilver for Firefox

The title says it all. Watch this video: Ubiquity for Firefox.

Do I look like Bill Gates?

After seeing the myheritage face recognition meme make its way around 4chan for a while, I was curious as to what celebrities it would say I resemble ... given some of the dubious results I've seen posted around the net.



Anyway, I uploaded a few pictures to see who I …

Rudder: sweet banking site

If you have more than one on-line bank account like me (I have 3), then you know how much of a pain it can be to keep with different balances, not to mention, different usernames and passwords. I recently stumbled upon Rudder, a free bank account management tool that …

OpenOffice 3.0: what to expect

I found this awesome post earlier: OpenOffice 3.0: What to Expect and I have to say I'm pretty impressed. I've always been a fan of OpenOffice, the open-source Office Suite. I've also always put up with the occasional crash and/or compatibility issue.

This time around …

You suck at Photoshop ...

I found this video, You Suck at Photoshop #3, earlier whilst surfing. Not only is it informative, the commentary is hilarious.

Diablo III ... w00t

After years of waiting, it's official: Diablo III.

Firefox 3

As part of spreadfirefox.com's Download Day 2008, I grabbed Firefox 3 yesterday. It's all the rage on digg and on G4 today. Anyway, here's my review ...

Speed

Unfortunately, Firefox 3, just isn't up to par with Safari. CultOfMac did a nice, short review on Firefox 3, …

Studying for the GRE with Quizlet

I've been spending the past few days learning hundreds of GRE words in preparation for the test I'll be taking this semester. I found Quizlet.com last spring when I was studying vocabulary for anthropology 101 ...With it, you make digital flash cards and then …

Chumby

So I haven't posted in a while, but I'm hoping to resume. I was taking 23 hours last semester and blogging sort of got put on the back-burner. Anywho, I recently discovered some new awesomeness: Chumby.

Chumby is a WiFi alarm clock with an LCD screen that displays …

Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?

I don't usually blog about politics here, but check out this Ny Times article: Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?. The author compares the design and style of the Web sites of the two top Democratic candidates.

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Statz rappers ...

If you're currently in or have ever taken a stats class, check out this video ... it's hilarious.

International delete your MySpace day

Happy International delete your MySpace day everyone ... Unlike my friend JM, I will not be deleting my profile today. Here's why:

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Bohemian Rhapsody: a capella

The title says it all, check out this awesome video.

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Welcome ...

After the success of yesterday's post, I have quite a few new subscribers and I just wanted to say welcome. I offer my full feed for your convenience. I don't have any advertising so I'm not bothered by the notion that some of you might not visit jay-baker.com very …

So my girlfriend is getting a mac ...

and I'm trying put together a collection of apps for her, just as JM did for me when I got my Mac. She's getting a white MacBook (same as mine, how cute ... ) that should be in around next Wednesday. This reminds me of a quote for the post by JM on the new movie, Mac …

The largest phsyics experiment ever ...

is featured in the February Scientific American: Large Hadron Collider: The Discovery machine. The LHC (wiki), when completed, will be the world's largest particle collider. This thing is basically the greatest experiment ever conducted. It has the potential to rewrite …

Pownce now open to public

my profile while you're at it.

Pownce: issues & timely support responses

So after using Pownce for the majority of today, I realized that it's kind of a pain to switch between it, Twitterific and Facebook status updates for my status and micro-blogging needs ... Wouldn't it be great if the Pownce app could import tweets, Facebook status …

A little late for MLK Jr. Day, but ...

here's an article from The Pacer about my good friend Corey Perry www.utmpacer.com/media/storage/paper1175/news/2008/01/22/CampusNews/New-Frat.President.Breaks.Race.Barrier-3160015.shtml">being elected president of our traditionally white fraternity, SigEp.