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May 07

So I Just Watched ‘Star Wars’ For The First Time

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Many people know me as a geek, and if they were to guess that I was a fan of science fiction, they’d be making a logical inference. In fact some people know that at 11 years old I was winning Star Trek trivia contests, at Star Trek conventions, wearing a Starfleet Uniform (Thankfully there are no digital pictures …

Tags: Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Star Trek, Star Wars

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May 07

Summer Shock!

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I’m a professor most of the time (as Professor Anonymous might say, a professional professor professing), however with the final grades for Spring term due today, I am officially released from teaching until the fall (Well technically I would be if I didn’t choose to offer a class this summer, in June). As someone who …

Tags: Best Photo Captions, Office Guns, Pig Latin, time

May 06

Summer in Shreveport

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By: Shreveport-Bossier Convention and Tourist Bureau

So aside from some trips here and there, Karey and I are starting on our second summer in Shreveport. Now if the pool would just warm up we’d be all set! Any suggestions for fun summer activities?

Tags: Karey

May 02

How do you blog from a tablet?

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Technology

I type really fast. It’s so fast that it’s always been my blog entry method of choice. However since I spend more and more time on a tablet these days, I thought it might be nicer if I could write blog posts from my tablet of choice. See that last paragraph? I dictated it. Then …

Tags: post, time, word, work

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Apr 26

What Happens on The Internet Stays On The Internet

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Technology

Earlier today I received the following email: My name is XXXX. There was an article you posted on your website. jonwestfall.com/XXXX/XXXX Anyway, it is not very flattering. I have been out of the job for a couple of years and have had job interviews, but when this article comes up, it is usually fatal to …

Tags: people, work, XXXX

Apr 25

Heart Defects Happen, Intersexuality Does Not.

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Observations, Psychology

Recently a friend of mine was diagnosed with a severe heart defect which she had to have open heart surgery to correct. She’s doing better now, but her illness got me thinking about how, as a society, we perceive birth differences. We hear about those with birth defects fairly regularly, and we understand that sometimes …

Tags: life, people, time, XXY

Apr 24

Geek Squad Badges: Symbols Worth Faking!

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Psychology, Technology

One of the items I collect are badges. And while I like Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) badges*, I tend to steer toward badges that are meant to give a psychological sense of authority, rather than authority granted by law. It’s the psychologist part of me that finds these ‘symbols’ intriguing. And it’s the geek part …

Tags: Geek Squad, Geek Squad Badges, LEO, Robert Stephens

Mar 13

Rolling a Google Reader Replacement with Yahoo! Pipes, Readability, & IFTTT

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Technology

Google shocked the Internet (or perhaps didn’t, those of us who were diehard RSS users kinda realized that there was a thinning in our ranks as people flocked to Facebook and Twitter as “feeds”) by announcing the impending death of Google Reader on July 1. I, like many others, am a bit annoyed by this. Fortunately I …

Tags: Fetch Feed, Google Reader, RSS, Super Feed, Yahoo

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Mar 01

All Of The Bags!

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My first Pacsafe backpack. Used it for a few months at Columbia, now it holds other bags!

I’ve often told others that I probably own more bags than they do, and my wife admits that I definitely own more “purses” (in the sense that purses = bags; and honestly fellow men, can we really pretend that the bag we take with us isn’t a purse?). I’ve decided to compile a gallery of …

Tags: Skooba Sleeves