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Music Science

Bicycle Built for 2000

In 1962, the IBM 704 became the first computer to sing. The song was Daisy Bell. John Kelly and Carol Lockbaum programmed the vocals and the accompaniment was programmed by…

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life

A Police Story

…considering how traumatic the event was to me at the time), “For what? It’s a toy gun. I didn’t use it as a weapon. What did I do wrong?” The…

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My Story

…me, he would change his mind. “Can I call my parents?” His face went blank, and then after a pause he replied, “Oh, yes of course!” What? Of course? That’s…

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culture

Understanding The Milk Crate Challenge

…for itself. I don’t understand why people get caught up in these trends, but then again I’ve never felt the urge to eat a Tide Pod either. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrU-eRqyo_4 (Via Cynical-C)…

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Politics

Olbermann’s special commentary on Clinton vs Fox

…I never agreed with Clinton’s questional behavior behind the scenes, but I certainly felt that the media’s reaction was worse than what he did. Here is Bush’s [non]response to Clinton’s…

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"Vice presidents from Disney don’t contact just any old Joe Schmoe off the street."

…Disney don’t contact just any old Joe Schmoe off the street.” http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj–stealingnemo0216feb16,0,4148481.story?coll=ny-region-apnewjersey Update: In February 2006, they settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. (Court documents .pdf)…

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travel

Trip to Israel Journal Entry Day 3

…our dissent and are currently at 35,500 feet above the ground (actually above the Mediterranean) The movies I watched were “The Mirror Has Two Faces” and “Ransom”. Jesse commented on…

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Chicken Taco Salad

…how much you like it. This recipe was basically me just eyeballing it. https://youtu.be/voM_T0DclS0 Recipe: two large chicken breasts 1/2 cup corn (I used corn on the cob) a head…

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life

A Little Adversity Goes a Long Way

…wall and pool. Now that I’m back and laying comfortably in my nice, warm bed, my arms are quite tired and my eyelids dropping but I feel great. Aside from…

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travel

California 2014 – Day 13

…species, willing to use its antlers to fight. It is also the only species where male and female both have antlers. Thus it is sometimes also called the “warrior rabbit”….