Jitterbug My mom made a funny joke. I asked if she was getting an iPhone for my dad. She said he'd probably be better off with a Jitterbug...



I forgot to blog about this last year when I saw it on TV. They show this commercial in Georgia and Florida, but I've never seen it out here. I'm surprised Earthlink or NetZero haven't scooped up this hot new technology and integrated into their marketing scams targeting the elderly.

Labels: family, Funny, tech

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Beat the Heat So, Brigitta broke the air conditioner while I was out of town a few weeks ago. This weekend it was a hundred degrees outside, and the in-laws are coming this week, so I was finally motivated to try and replace it. Long story short: through-the-wall air conditioners are pretty hard to find, and Sears is a very strange place. Here's the old one on its way out (the shopping cart went in the dumpster too). I squeezed this project in between writing two papers for school, and of course the weather cooled off the next day.

Next we went to the Farmer's Market on bikes. Brigitta got me a new bike seat because squirrels destroyed my old one. Speaking of animals, there's a bird nest in our tree We think it has eggs. Stink thinks she's gonna get a free meal.

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Get an eyepatch I skipped the Night Marchers show Monday night since I was pretty tired and wasn't that excited about going by myself. Besides, I had just gone up through the city on Saturday with a van-load of European tourists. In fact, I drove a 12 passenger Ford E350 for the entire trip through wine country. Check that off of life's to-do list.

Just got back tonight from the OSO Conference in San Jose. Highlights were Eric Schmidt, a blogger panel, Al Gore, and MC Hammer. You think I'm kidding. Pleasant surprises when I got home were tickets to the a recently added Flight of the Conchords show (Brigitta is on some pre-sale list) and Mario Kart Wii!



As for school, my first semester is coming to an end soon, and I've been finishing up my last few assignments and finalizing a paper on foreign direct investment in Poland. studying for finals will occupy my next two weeks. Also, the UF MBA program had a few more impressive rankings lately if you are into that sort of thing: Financial Times ranks it #1 in the US for Career Progress and The Economist says they have the #1 Distance Learning MBA.

Wear the funky funky eyepatch.

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Ben Stein is an IDiot In college, My friends and I spent countless hours watching a television show on Comedy Central called Win Ben Stein's Money, hosted by the guy whose claim to fame was saying "Bueller" over and over in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. We thought it was dry and funny. How could we have known that he would go on to be the Michael Moore of the Intelligent Design movement?

In case you don't already know where I'm going with this, Ben Stein recently released a movie called Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed in some weak attempt to uncover a 'Big Science' conspiracy against ID. Skeptic did a four part series debunking the movie's main points and the National Center for Science Education has set up a site - Expelled Exposed. If you aren't convinced, check out the whopping 9% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.

Labels: Funny, Movies

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The Encyclopedia Baracktannica and Crayon Physics Deluxe

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