Archive for June, 2007

To everything, turn turn turn…

Posted on June 9th, 2007 in Website | No Comments »

I thought I would talk, briefly, about why I chose to go with such a dark design for my website…

To me, the decision was simple - I have an HDTV as my monitor. It’s very bright. When I visit a site with a lot of white or light coloring, it’s sort of blinding. But that’s not all…. Since mine is an LCD, and LCD pixels can be known to burn out, I worry about all these bright websites and their effect on both my eyes AND my HDTV.

So this is my effort to educate others on the benefits of switching to a darker site design. I am hoping that everyone will see the benefits and switch.

…Less LCD burn-out 3…. I mean, come on…Bright pages are so 2006 *wink*

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Map of science collaboration

Posted on June 7th, 2007 in Science | No Comments »

Created by compiling roughly 800,000 scientific papers into 776 scientific paradigms which results is an amazing display of connectivity. It almost looks alive.

Science Chart

Click the image above to view it. VERY large image.

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How not to win a spelling bee

Posted on June 2nd, 2007 in Humor | No Comments »

What do you think the odds of this happening at a spelling bee are? (for those of you who are blind, check out the spelling of Maryland)

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Do you remember the time?

Posted on June 2nd, 2007 in Personal | No Comments »

When I first left Florida and arrived up north, I found out my Mom had been reading my Journal (it wasn’t friends only then) so I wrote her a little something:

…My intent is sometimes over-powered by my actions, but believe me, I do NOT live my life to make you sad, distraught, or even worried.

…Though my life may not have gone in the direction you wanted for me, it is going in the direction I want it to.

…I know that isn’t because you’re telling me what to do or forcing your agenda on me. It is because you love me and you hate to see anyone suffer as you have in your past. Those wishes are heard, but like you and many others in life, I need to learn my lessons without judgment and with UNCONDITIONAL love, which you have delivered in spades.

…I am still coming to terms with A LOT of my past, but slowly, as you have seen, I am healing.

…I don’t know your view on my disease, but I hope during my stay with you and Dad, you saw the reality and severity of it, enough to understand how hard it is for me.

…I am back in our home state (NJ/Philly area) and in just 3 days I see a lot of you around here…. I see mountains from my window, I am 5 minutes from a Ski Lodge, I live in a HUGE basement bedroom, I am a little more than an hour outside of NY, and 15 minutes from Philly.

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