Entries by shep

Some More Thoughts on Ubuntu

I must say I’m really enjoying Ubuntu on my laptop. I use my laptop a lot now. Before, with XP, my laptop was running slow (even after reformatting), but with Ubuntu it runs at least twice as fast, if not three times. I don’t use it for much, mostly just browsing the net, blogging, and […]

Now That it is Official

I shall let you all in on the news I mentioned before. The school board voted Monday night and I’m now under a 9 month contract with a school district to be the ISS (In School Suspension) teacher. It’s one step closer to being the social studies teacher I’ve wanted to be since high school. […]

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Hip Hop is Dead

I just finished reading Michael Eric Dyson’s Know What I Mean? Reflections on Hip Hop. It is a brilliant, insightful discussion on hip hop and its history, it’s problems, and how it relates to society as a whole. Anyone who is interested in what hip hop really is about and where it’s going needs to […]

Funny Video About Comments

Check out this funny video about comments on websites. Reminds me of Digg or Slashdot comments, or anytime someone says something criticizing Apple.

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Is a Switch Coming?

I installed Movable Type 4 on another site of mine and imported all the WordPress posts from this blog. I’m kind of tired of WordPress and the direction it’s going (It seems WordPress (as in .org) has went from being what’s best for the community to what’s best for the users of WordPress.com, the for […]