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October 30, 2011

Katrina's Vending Machine Business [video]

Daniel interviews his daughter on her bubble-gum vending machine business

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October 26, 2011

NPR Syndrome

NPR Syndrome is when there is a panache of intellectual fervor without the deep humility and curiosity that real intellectual depth brings. It's a patina of understanding, the dropping of names, listing of book titles, and key words and phrases that signal I'm of the elite in this area.

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October 20, 2011

A New Kind of History

Wouldn't that be great? Can you imagine questioning Thomas Jefferson on why certain pieces of the Declaration of Independence were re-written? Or talking to William the Great about his reasons for invading Britannia?

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October 14, 2011

The Freecell Trick

Here's a little coding trick I picked up several years ago. Many times when you are working on problems your brain gets exhausted. The stack of items you are working on is too deep, you didn't get enough sleep last...

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