Well, I just attended my little brother's graduation over the weekend. It was a chance for us to realize a dream but it was a little shattered by the incompetency of the university in question.
The school is Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. A decent school with decent programs but horrible organization. It is supposed to be the honor of the parents and family to be able to hear that word, "with honors" or "cum laude" but that didn't happen with my brother. It was weird seeing him go up on stage with the yellow cords around his neck signifying honors status and not have the words spoken. A travesty at what is supposed to be an exceptional school of higher learning - and a very expensive one to boot.
So parents watch out. You've been warned. Stay away from Andrews if you want to avoid the disrespect and dishonor at graduation time.
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
You should get what you pay for at a private University
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Shop For New Gifts!
Well, I've been busy and I'll be pretty busy all this year. I've just launched a new online store catering to arts, martial arts, sports and photography. Designs will be added continuously. You can find an assortment of products ranging from t-shirts to calendars to mugs.
Go to Pabs D Productions and browse around. You might find something interesting!
Happy shopping!
Monday, December 31, 2007
Be healthy, prosperous and make love not war! All the best in 2008!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
The Materials of Economy - Shop Till We Drop?
I've been away for a bit. Had to move and get settled and catch up with people I haven't seen in a long time.
So i was forwarded this cool documentary and it makes you really think about the big picture of stuff we get and discard and how this effects our environment, people, and the economy.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2007/12/11/awesome-video-you-need-to-see-before-you-start-holiday-shopping.aspx
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Bargain Hunters Rejoice
If you shop at Amazon.com (a lot) wouldn't it be nice to know when there's a price drop on that special item you need or want?
There is a Firefox add-on called Price Drop that gives the user the option to track prices for selected items at the Amazon.com online store and notify him/her when the price drops. In addition to keeping track of price drops at the Amazon store it also notifies you if the price dropped after purchasing an item which helps in getting a refund for the item you bought because of the lower price.
The extension adds a ‘Price Drop. Track this item’ row on every single product page at Amazon. Clicking the row adds that item to the list of items that are watched for price drops. The list of tracked products can be viewed at anytime by opening it in Tools > PriceDrop and it is possible to delete items in that list as well.
The user will be notified in a popup window if a price drop has been recognized. A link to the product page at Amazon is given in that popup as well. Unfortunately the old price is not mentioned in there, only the new price is mentioned - but any price drop is a good thing.
Monday, October 22, 2007
Israel Warns World War III May be Biblical War of Gog and Magog
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/123961
by Ezra HaLevi
(IsraelNN.com) US President George W. Bush said a nuclear Iran would mean World War III. Israeli newscasts featured Gog & Magog maps of the likely alignment of nations in that potential conflict.
Channel 2 and Channel 10 TV showed the world map, sketching the basic alignment of the two opposing axes in a coming world war, in a manner evoking associations of the Gog and Magog prophecy for many viewers. The prophecy of Gog and Magog refers to a great world war centered on the Holy Land and Jerusalem and first appears in the book of Yechezkel (Ezekiel).
On one side were Israel, the United States, Britain, France and Germany.
On the other were Iran, Russia, China, Syria and North Korea.
Geez, maybe it's time to head for the mountains.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Adobe Develops 3D Camera Technology
Ah, the pace of technology!
At a recent event in France, Adobe showcased a prototype 3D lens that could essentially capture a scene from 19 slightly different angles simultaneously, giving photographers a lot more to work with when they return home for post-processing. Essentially, the firm boasted that by using this lens along with software designed to understand the 3D nature of the image, individuals could utilize newfangled tools such as a "3D healing brush" and make perspective shifts based on the different viewpoints originally captured. Dave Story, vice president of digital imaging product development at Adobe, called the technology "computational photography," and suggested that it could open up an entirely new window of image transformation opportunities.
Very interesting to see this coming from Adobe.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Opera vs Firefox - I Like Them Both
I've been using Firefox since it started. I just recently started using Opera and am quite impressed with its speed, security and stability. I haven't made a switch, and probably won't - I've been with Firefox for too long to just up and leave. But I must say, Opera is a pretty sweet browser.
Help Net Security published an interview a couple of months ago with Christen Krogh, VP of Engineering at Opera. Most of the interview covers security in the Opera browser.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
A Warning To All Men About Beer
The drug is found in liquid form and is available anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, or from taps and in large "kegs". Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and sleep with them. A woman needs only to get a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex.
Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to the desires to sleep with horrific looking women whom they would never normally be attracted. After drinking beer, men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that "something bad" occurred.
At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life's savings, in a familiar scam known as "a relationship." In extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer term form of servitude and punishment referred to as "marriage." Men are much more susceptible to this scam after beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females.
Please! Forward this warning to every male you know. If you fall victim to this "Beer" scam and the women administering it, there are male support groups where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter with similarly victimized men. For the support group nearest you, just look up "Golf Courses" in the phone book.
For a video to see how beer works click here:
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You Wanna Talk Backwards?
In one of my previous posts I talked about reverse speech and some examples. Well now you can play around with it yourself.
Just go to talkbackwards.com and send them an audio file. After a few seconds you will hear it played back in reverse. They also provide a link to search for music at Altavista's search engine. Cool eh?
