This is unprecedented, my computer burned up and now I’ve lost everything. Fortunately I backed up most of the data onto an external. But the moral of this story is that Compaq Presario is a very poor computer. My Sony Desktop is going on decade now, but the Compaq died within 4 years. Next computer will be Japanese made, because they know how to build electronics. On the bright side, I followed my own advice and purchased a Asus laptop 2 months ago. The must be some kind of divine intervention kind of shit going on. The world has fallen into perfect alignment, and I can’t believe it. Lucky Me.

As a kid, I was a real big fan of the Lakers, and this was before Kobe and Shaq. The two stars were Nick Van Axel and Eddie Jones. But as time went on and players got traded, I realized that the Lakers no longer were the Lakers that I knew. At least in college basketball, every person on that team is from that school, but why shouldn’t every person on the Lakers be from LA? Does it make sense to live and die for a team that is a constant revolving door of new faces?

So if you break it down what you have is a brand that represents nothing, and ordinary people being emotionally invested in watching millionaires playing a game. Also these millionaires don’t know who you are or care about you. This is a real wacko world we live in. I’d rather play basketball than watch millionaires play. And this is why it’s a much better experience to watch World Cup Soccer, or the Olympics.

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Dr. Kim (Me) was doing some hardcore research on youtube a few days ago. What started out as a simple search for parkour police chases turned into something wonderful and eye opening. Now I’ve always been a fan of acapella, it’s been a secret dream of mine to join an acapella group. So when I saw this video, I was instantly impressed, inspired, and jealous all at the same time. To think that this cover was done with nothing but voices is amazing.

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Anyone following ‘The Voice’? Well the only voice I’m following is Xenia, because she has that great rasp which is very much like Norah Jones. She could sing Mary Had a Little Lamb and it would get a standing ovation. Just hear it for yourself, and does anyone know how to get this version on iTunes? Now if you would excuse me, it’s time to do some glut hikes for my bad back.

Just a while back, the publication called ‘Popular Photography‘ held a photo contest where the two winners obviously had a large amount of Photoshop manipulation in their images. When the rest of the contestants were asked for their opinion on this matter, they obviously felt that any type of photo manipulation is not real photography. If you spent enough time in photography communities as I have you will realize that there are a large group of photographers that believe that true photography must capture reality without alterations. These people are very traditional, and want to stick to traditional practices as much as possible. But are they really just holding onto a ideal that doesn’t hold water?

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A professional photographer has always been highly dependent on the equipment he carries, which leads most people to believe that it’s the equipment that makes the photographer. The reality is that even a semi professional entry level camera has so many bells and whistles that the average photography enthusiast will probably never even touch most of them. They probably don’t even have time to read one page in the manual, and so are limited to pointing, zooming, auto focusing, and shoot. Although he looks like he’s holding professional equipment, he has no clue how to utilize it to the fullest potential, and this is why Uncle Bob has been such an eye sore to a lot of professional photographers today. Uncle Bob by definitions is any person outside an industry who is performing a service in order to save money for themselves or for others. If you’ve ever seen someone at a wedding who looks like a photographer but has a camera that doesn’t quite look professional, that person is probably Uncle Bob.

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Programming is an exercise in mental stamina, and a developer may have to hold intense concentration for hours at a time. This can cause unnecessary stress for the programmer, and also physical pains, such as a sore wrist, back aches, and eye strain. Unless you are the type that eats, and breathes programming, you will probably feel the wear and tear of this career over time. But there are a few programming stress management tips I could give that can make your days go by smoothly.

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Some of the greatest empires in society has been built on cheap labor. 25% of the Roman Empire, and 30% - 40% of Italy were slaves. During the peak of the United Kingdoms power, 5% of their population were slaves. And for those of us who grew up in America, we’ve all heard about the horrors of slavery time and time again. Slavery were vital economic pillars of society that allowed these nations to grow in power. Although slavery has been abolished in most developed countries today, with all the loop holes, modern day slavery still exists in the form of outsourcing, migrant workers, and something called an “Internship”.

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Math has never been my strongest subject, although I should be good at it, considering I hold a Computer Science Degree.  Still this didn’t stop me from learning a valuable lesson in  my 9th grade Algebra class, which had saved me from a lifetime of indentured servitude.  It’s called compound interest, and here is the equation on how to calculate interest,

For the last few months a lot of things have happened to me. I got married, started a new job at Michael Stars, I ended up taking some clients on for my side business, and I’m trying to promote this website. When you are doing this many things, you are bound to crash and burn. I pretty much sleep later than I should be sleeping, and I wake up feeling like my eyes are on fire. It’s not pleasant to be feeling this way, and on top of that I haven’t been working out as much as I should or taking care of myself very well. I even think that my hygiene hasn’t been up to par lately.

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