Archive for May, 2008

Expelled, overall a disappointment

I went to go see an afternoon show of Expelled. I quite enjoyed going to the movie as I was the only one in the theater. When thinking of how to critique the movie, I quickly realized much of my critique isn’t about the movie directly, but the current “field” of intelligent design.
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Morel mushrooms found in Chicago

At 11:00 AM today, my friend and I started looking for morel mushrooms in forest preserves along the Des Plaines river in the Chicago area. We quickly started finding half-free morels (peckerheads), and got excited. Hours starting going by, and the complete lack of true morels was starting to become depressing. By 3pm, and still [...]

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I was thinking Bob Marley, Jason Castro!

So I setup this site as I am a fan of Jason Castro from American Idol season 7. It has spread around the Internet and is getting lots of traffic. It is my first experience with a truly viral, quick site and it is very exciting. It reminds me of the “old Internet”, before everything [...]

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The .mobi debate

There has been a lot of discussion as to whether the .mobi TLD (top level domain) is needed, which has lead to an even deeper discussion, whether designing for the mobile web is needed. After reading numerous articles and forum posts, including some thought out interaction on my part, I thought it best to write [...]

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Morel Mushrooms 2008

Went into the woods along the Des Plaines river on Sunday, didn’t find any at the usual spot I check. After reading some Illinois reports this morning, it seems yellow morels aren’t plentiful yet in the northern Illinois area. I’ll be going out Thursday and Friday for some major hikes in the lowland areas. I [...]

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A new beginning

I decided it was time to put a blog online. Wordpress is by far my favorite content management/blogging tool, and finally creating a blog will serve three major purposes: help me become a better writer, keep me up to date with the latest developments in wordpress, and provide a medium to share my thoughts on [...]

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