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Feb
12
A Talk About Faith And Science Makes Me Think About How Weird People Are
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A few days ago, while I visited some of my friends in Stanford, I attended a lecture by Francis Collins on how science and faith aren’t necessarily separate. Visiting with my Christian friends generally gives me a broader perspective, since these are people living the same life as me but from a philosophically different viewpoint. [...]
Feb
6
“There’s a huge construction somewhere and that’s why I’m circling all the way around and then back up the street”, the Vegas cab driver told me as doubled back to the Marriott. He’d taken the highway all the way down to the other end of the strip, a couple of miles past the Marriot, and [...]
Jan
25
Communities, Forums, And Relationships
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In the past year, WM Media has had the interesting experience of acquiring several forums. Since forums are essentially communities of people, it gave a very interesting look at how people react in a variety of situations. Here are several conclusions drawn from these experiences. A Story About Integrity, Perception, And Trust Last year, we’d [...]
Jan
18
As I went through my day today, I wondered what the thoughts of some of the greatest people of our times are. Since thought creates reality, what thoughts run through the minds of the richest people on the planet? Luckily, we live in the age of Google and it took me a few minutes to [...]
Jan
17
As I finished my work and came home today, I was greeted by my girlfriend in an unhappy state – her grandfather is very ill and is unable to talk to her. In fact, he is not even expected to live until the break of dawn! Immediately, I could feel a sense of anxiety and [...]
Jan
11
In my previous article Some Thoughts About People From The Fare Inspection On VTA Lightrails, I’d mentioned some funny things people say when they were checked for their ticket. Today, I had that um… same opportunity to make something up because I didn’t have a ticket! So you may be wondering why I would not [...]
Jan
4
Some Thoughts About People From The Fare Inspection On VTA Lightrails
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As I sit here on the train typing out an article, three fare inspectors walked onto the train and asked me to show my ticket. It’s about 8 o’clock at night, and there’s only 10 people on the whole train. The train itself is only about 2-3 feet by 30-40 feet, consisting of approximately 65 [...]
Dec
18
Eye Experiment Observations Part II
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In An Eye Experiment Begins, I’d wondered if my eyesight would improve by spending an hour a day reading on my computer with one eye. A friend from opera practice had indicated to me that he had some success with this method, so I was eager to test it out. Unfortunately, I ran into some [...]
Dec
13
In August, WM Media (the company I cofounded) had bought the forum vitalmotion.net as I detailed in seven mistakes in one day. Prior to the sale, the owner of the website had told us he owned the licenses for the forum software, which makes sense since he owns the website. Since these licenses generally take [...]
Dec
8
American Idol Contestants Bring Up An Interesting Thought About Being Reactive
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While waiting for my train to arrive today, I thought about American Idol contestants who get criticized by the judges and lash out in return. It made me wonder why people do that. Why do we try to find fault with people who don’t like us? Additionally, some contestants seem to act nice in front [...]
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