Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Education will not; the world is full of uneducated derelicts. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. ~ Calvin Coolidge GD Star...

  I was reading the new Smithsonian magazine this weekend.  I get a lot of magazines free because of my work with computers.  The Smithsonian is one of my all time favorite reads.  I see it as one of the last of the thinking persons magazines.  This month they decided to celebrate the life and legacy of one Frank Lloyd Wright.   I was introduced to Frank Lloyd Wright by my high school graphic design teacher.  I have attributed lots...

I was sick a lot last week and with nothing more to do that lay round in bed wallowing in my misery i decided to watch a movie.  I wont go into details about how i did that from the comfort of my sick bed.  Lets just say that I am a resourceful guy with a really fast Internet connection and leave it at that.    I was very much impressed.  I think of myself as a long time admirer of Gene Roddenberry and a loyal follower of all his...

It really pains me to admit this.  I seem to have fallen into that social group that has to check their social networking websites daily.  A very interesting phenomenon has caught my attention.  People whome you know or knew in the past,  initially accept your “friend” requests and then once they get wind of anything about you they no longer like they “DE-friend” you.  This is such a funny occurrence that it...

This actually came from one of my favorite tech blog sites called Gizmodo.  I loved it ad it fit my beliefs and habits about the subject so here it is again in all its ubiquitous glory. In the 17th century, when groups of men plundered the seas in ships filled with rats and scurvy, they agreed on a code to keep themselves civilly uncivil. I propose the same for BitTorrent.My code isn’t necessarily the code for everyone. But it is the...

  Americans don’t need the government to tell them when or how to pray. Americans have the right to pray for whomever they want and in what manner they like. But we don’t need an officially designated government proclamation to do that. Our people are free to engage in worship whenever they want. Allowing government to set aside certain days for prayer and worship implies that the state has some say over our religious lives when it...