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  1. Link  Link Roundup 1 month ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/cjfDXcJU4bw/

    I’ve been gone for a bit. I planned a bunch of interesting topics to post while I was in Italy but I never posted them and I haven’t posted since I returned.

    Here is a list of sites I’ve tagged…

  2. Link  Great Site: What’s Special About This Number? 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/0eamscW-I0A/

    Last week, I stumbled on this fun site. It’s a running list of numbers with an indication about what is special about that number.

    Stuff like …

    • 2 is the only even prime
    • 6 is the smallest…

  3. Link  Weekly Link Roundup 3 months ago
  4. Link  Posting del.icio.us Links to WordPress: Finishing Up 3 months ago
    http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2009/04/03/posting-delicious-links-to-wordpress-finishing-up/

    On Wednesday, I posted more info about how to clean up my weekly del.icio.us links. There are a few things I’d like to do before I wrap this up.

    1. change all tags and attributes to lowercase

  5. Link  Great Idea: Blackboard Blogging 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/-l0uvJ2YmOo/

    Alfred Sirleaf, a 33-year-old “information evangelist” in Liberia, does his part to keep other citizens of his city properly informed by posting all the news that’s fit to print - on a chalkboard.

  6. Link  Book Review: A Brief History of Time 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/FprSNDJzBoY/

    Twenty-one years ago today a masterpiece was published.

    In A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking attempts the impossible. His mission is to explain incredibly complicated theories in a way that…

  7. Link  Cleaning Up My del.icio.us Links 3 months ago
    http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2009/04/01/cleaning-up-my-delicious-links/

    On Monday, I posted some info about how I am thinking of posting my weekly links.

    Today I want to make one correction to the process, talk details about how to clean up the diff file, and then…

  8. Link  The Greatest Band of Our Time 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/vdcdcm9YOqg/

    I’ve just read a great post that reminds me once again why I love U2.

    I purchased the latest project, No Line on the Horizon, as soon as it was available and Seth is right - they have not…

  9. Link  Posting del.icio.us Links Weekly to WordPress 3 months ago
    http://whsjr.soistmann.com/work/2009/03/30/posting-delicious-links-weekly-to-wordpress/

    I’ve been using del.icio.us to share links since 2005. I’ve always used another method for bookmarking links for myself, but del.icio.us has been my favorite method for the sharing of…

  10. Link  Texas Considers Allowing Guns on Campuses - NYTimes.com 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/tGs8PwfEGo0/

    The NY Times is reporting that the state legislature in Texas is considering a bill which would allow properly licensed persons to carry concealed weapons on a college campus.

    I hate guns myself…

  11. Link  Weekly Link Roundup 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/i-tjVtiVJkI/

    Scrabble and Other Games Have Overvalued Points - WSJ.com
    Scrabble is a great game and should be left alone.
    You Pay, Computer Prays For You | LiveScience
    “Information Age Prayer is a…

  12. Link  Movie Review: Watchmen 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/vJtIrEUemwM/

    On Thursday, I I reviewed the special edition graphic novel which I loved.

    The movie, on the other hand, was a real disappointment.

    I couldn’t wait to see the movie. I’d actually only read the…

  13. Link  Great Idea: Secular Bible Study 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/Hdvka8p8Nio/

    The Minnesota Atheists and a United Methodist church in Minnesota are teaming up to sponsor a secular bible study. The study will focus on the will focus on the the Bible’s historical and cultural…

  14. Link  Scraping The iTunes Store 3 months ago
  15. Link  Book Review: Watchmen 3 months ago
    http://feeds.soistmann.com/~r/WellIfYouAskMe/~3/cHvzDlKS2KY/

    I don’t usually read graphic novels. Not because I am too old for them but because my eyesight is very poor. This one was an exception. After a very strong recommendation from my son and armed with…