Using Headings Effectively

May 12th, 2008 by Nathaniel

Before you sit down and whip out that new website, resume, article or research paper, take a few moments to make sure you understand the meaning and correct uses of headings.

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Grace Quote of the Day

April 29th, 2008 by Nathaniel

“It’s the government; I’m not sure if they do email yet.”

~ Grace (2008 - 4 - 29)

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Outstanding Student of the Year Award

April 3rd, 2008 by Nathaniel

Apparently, each year the Math department selects their outstanding students of the year. There are three categories: Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Teacher Prep. I’m honored to have been selected as the outstanding student in Pure Mathematics.

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LDAP Servers at VCU

April 3rd, 2008 by Nathaniel

The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, or LDAP, is an application protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP. [Wikipedia]. You can use this protocol and server to look up email addresses in the entire VCU system. This makes it a lot easier to find email addresses, since the other option is to use the web interface and search for it manually. With LDAP, you can begin typing a name in your email client, and it will list all addresses for you. It is simple to set up, and even simpler to use!

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Review: The Nile Ethiopian Restaurant

March 8th, 2008 by Nathaniel

Today Grace and I had the pleasure of using a gift certificate we got from her sister for Christmas. It was for a restaurant just a couple blocks away called The Nile.

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Is Harold Misunderstood?

March 2nd, 2008 by Grace

In our house, we have a bed-making rule. The last one out of bed has to make the bed. The system works well between Nathaniel and I, but it breaks down when it comes to our stuffed monkeys, Harold and Sofie. Often they are the last in bed, but they never, ever make the bed when they get up. What do you think? Are we dealing with cultural differences or lazy children?

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FISA Amendments-Why should we listen to Bush?

February 28th, 2008 by Grace

President Bush is lobbying for more surveillance legislation. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act amendments would protect telecommunications companies from lawsuits over the monitoring of suspected terrorists’ phone calls and emails done without a warrant.

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Widescreen fractal

February 11th, 2008 by Nathaniel

For those who have wide screen laptops, here is one that will hopefully fit without needing resizing.

Black, Blue and Green Fractal - Small

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Blue Fractal Wallpaper

February 11th, 2008 by Nathaniel

Here is another wallpaper you can try out.

Blue Fractal Small

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Why doesn’t Dilbert just quit?

February 9th, 2008 by Nathaniel

Clearly Dilbert is a genius amongst idiots, morons, thieves and imbeciles. So, my question is, why is he still working there?

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