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Why QWERTY?

Have you ever wondered about the origins of the keyboard layout? Ever wondered who the hell QWERTY is? Well unfortunately I don’t have all the answers to your questions, but I did read up about the origins of the keyboard layout simply because I was curious. First of all, the QWERTY layout was patented in ...

Organized religion 8

I always seem to have something on my mind; thankfully this website is a place for me to let it out instead of bottling it all up. Before I delve into a long diatribe about my resentment toward organized religion, I will make my disclaimer: I feel that a lot of good has come out ...

Spare some change? 4

Today I spent the better part of my day sorting and rolling years of coins I’ve been saving in a “piggy bank”. My plan was always to use this change to pay for a flight to Europe or a flight to Asia. Well I figured that money is probably better off in a real bank ...

Simple luck 3

One thing I can’t understand is why people are so patriotic and see themselves as superior to everyone else just because of the country they live in. I consider myself lucky because I beat the god damn odds and I happen to be born in a wealthy country. I don’t think I’m better than anyone ...

Legal Rights? What Legal Rights? 2

Today is a dark day in the world. Once again, President Bush has single handedly changed history and set the world down a grim path. He has signed S. 3930, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 into law, giving the United States power that goes against the Geneva conventions, defies the US Constitution, and in ...

Chinese Karaoke experience 3

It has been a long weekend of studying for my Accounting exam, preparing for a school presentation on the British Palestine Mandate, and working. But at least I got to have some fun on Friday the 13th when I had my first Chinese Karaoke experience. For those of you who haven’t experienced this; you go ...

The Nuclear Bomb

The Nuclear bomb is a powerful weapon. Both militarily and politically, this bomb has more power than any other technological advancement in the twentieth century. It brought Japan to its knees to expedite the end of World War II. Although it had devastating effects on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one could argue it prevented the deaths ...

Not your every day CEO

This must be “fascination” week. My last 2 articles have been about things that fascinate me. Well this is another story that blew me away. It’s the story of a CEO unlike any other CEO. A man who makes millions of dollars every year, but you wouldn’t even think he makes 100K. His name is ...

A Letter from Iraq

Time recently posted a letter from a Marine Officer in Iraq that he sent to his family (after confirming the authenticity of the letter). The experiences described in this letter are from the last 7 months of service that he describes as the “record-setting highlights of 2006 in Iraq”. The situations described in his letter ...

Spare a penny or two? Or 53 million?

A buddy of mine from work was getting money out of the bank machine a little while ago and he happened to take notice to a transaction receipt with an unfathomable chequing account balance. Someone had taken $280 out of their chequing account, bringing their account balance to a whopping $532,267.75 Check out the actual ...