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What type of blogger are you?

November 19, 2008 Reluctant Blogging

Typealyzer is a site that analyzes a blog site and will indicate the psychological profile of the blogger.  Here’s what it said about this site. I’d say it’s pretty accurate except for the risk part.

The Mechanics


The independent and problem-solving type. They are especially attuned to the demands of the moment are masters of responding to challenges that arise spontaneously. They generelly prefer to think things out for themselves and often avoid inter-personal conflicts.

The Mechanics enjoy working together with other independent and highly skilled people and often like seek fun and action both in their work and personal life. They enjoy adventure and risk such as in driving race cars or working as policemen and firefighters.

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Explore Ancient Rome

November 13, 2008 Reluctant Internet, Technology

Have you ever wanted to see what Rome was like in ancient times?  Time travel would be nice, but until that happens, you can use Google Earth.  Google recently announced a new layer in Google Earth that allows you to “go back in time” to see what Rome was like in 320 AD — in 3D.

Check out the Colosseum or the Roman Forum or any number of ancient structures.  For you architects, this is a great opportunity to see what these old buildings really were like.  They even have full interior on some buildings.

View the following video for a fly-by as well as more details on the project.

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Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2008 Reluctant Holidays, Politics

A little political humor to scare you (not literally of course).

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If only all politics could be like this

October 19, 2008 Reluctant Politics, Rant, Science, Society

Wouldn’t it be great if all politics could be this light-hearted.

Part I

Part II

Part III

Part IV

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Where is the world is Santa?

December 24, 2007 Reluctant Computers, Family, Internet, New Technology, Technology

Google Earth tracks SantaEver wanted to know exactly where Santa is on Christmas Eve? Well, usually you would have to wait for the news or something similar. But this year, the traditional Santa trackers (NORAD) and Google have teamed up to give you the best way to track Santa.

Santa can now be tracked through Google Earth. If you don’t have Google Earth installed, click that link to download it. Then visit NoradSanta.org to download the tracker link. It will open in Google Earth and a nice 3D graphic of Santa and his reindeer will display and he will continue to move throughout the world. If you don’t want to download Google Earth, then NoradSanta.org has an embedded map that will update when Santa moves. But Google Earth updates much more often and is far cooler.

He’s already started and is in Ethiopia as I type. Not only is this a lot of fun for the kids, but it’s a great world geography lesson too!

Enjoy!

PS. For an interesting history on how NORAD started tracking Santa, check out the Wikipedia article.

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