Are we too busy to care?

Are we too busy to care?

I am not one to be suddenly shocked by the news, but I was moved this morning when I saw that a girl in South Hadley, Mass. committed suicide over school bullying.
“These bullies are so subtle and cunning it’s hard for school staff to know if what looks like bullying really is, and what [...]

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Solving a service problem w/out numbers.

I thought this was a good example of not only solving service problems, but just learning how to help everyday: one person at a time. It matters, and sometimes it’s the only way we can help! I have been tempted to use the excuse of “how can I help them all.” But, it matters even [...]

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Acer Aspire One w/ Ubuntu 9.10 Monitor/Display Sleep

Acer Aspire One w/ Ubuntu 9.10 Monitor/Display Sleep

So, the other day I was getting really frustrated that my display wasn’t sleeping after my one minute setting (when on battery power). So, by chance, I changed my power settings to not dim my display automatically (which was also working weird) and my display started sleeping. Just thought someone would benefit from minimizing further [...]

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Acer Aspire One w/ Ubuntu 9.10: Day 2

Acer Aspire One w/ Ubuntu 9.10: Day 2

So, if you looked around my blog, you would probably read a lot about Ubuntu and my Dell Mini 9. Well, the other day a very small part of wireing in the power-switch “fried.” Yeah, fried; it’s complicated so you will have to just live with “fried.”
So, I had to get a new computer. All-in-all [...]

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Bachelors of Individualized Studies

Bachelors of Individualized Studies

I’m so surprised I haven’t blogged about this. But before the the Fall 2009 semester had ended, I started working on a new major. The major is a Bachelors of Individualized Studies from the College of Extended Learning here at New Mexico State University.
I had trouble deciding between two majors: Computer Science and Psychology. I [...]

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