Computer Ownership By Country (2006)

December 28th, 2008 by Jeremy

I’m surprised the US isn’t first and Russia is 48th? Source: http://www.economist.com/

Digg Sweatshirt

December 28th, 2008 by Jeremy

When I’m not spending money on responsible things I’m usually buying a new technology gadget when I can. Now that I am single I don’t have anyone telling me “um Jeremy that shirt has holes in it” so I know it is time to spend a tiny bit each month on new clothes because I never really felt it was important. $35 is not normally what I spend on a sweatshirt but I ordered it yesterday because I have to do all I can to support my wannabe buddy Kevin (and favorite website). JeremyPerson.com sweatshirts are coming don’t worry.

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Inspirational One Armed Basketball Player

December 27th, 2008 by Jeremy

Found this really nice article today on the web about a basketball player who was born without most of his left arm and a girl/woman his same age who lost hers in a traffic accident. To top it all off, his family is from Pleasanton, CA which is the same city I work in. Hopefully everything works out well for them, it is a great story. Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/

Prospect Provides Inspiration With What He Doesn’t Have

By ADAM HIMMELSBACH

FORK UNION, Va. — Kelli Whitescarver did not see traffic bottle up on Interstate 95 until it was too late. She lost control of her black Ford Explorer, which smashed a guardrail, flipped onto the driver’s side and dragged her left arm on the pavement.

Whitescarver, 21, had been on her way home to Richmond on Nov. 2 after visiting her sister in North Carolina. Instead, she was on her way to the hospital to have her left hand amputated.

During Whitescarver’s three-week stay at the Medical College of Virginia, she was told the amputation would not stop her from maintaining a normal life. But the people who told her that had two hands. Then, through some unusual serendipity, Whitescarver heard about someone who did not.

Kevin Laue, 18, was a 6-foot-10-inch college basketball prospect from California who was born with a left arm that ended at the elbow. He had recently enrolled at Fork Union Military Academy, about 50 miles from Richmond, in hopes of being noticed by an Ivy League team, but not for the reason he was most often noticed.

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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

December 27th, 2008 by Jeremy

For Christmas my mom and dad got me “The World According to Mister Rogers: Important Things to Remember”. Kevin Rose just Tweeted about the video above.

“In 1969 the US Senate had a hearing on funding the newly developed Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The proposed endowment was $20 million, but President Nixon wanted it cut in half because of the spending going on in the Vietnam War. This is an video clip of the exchange between Mr. Rogers and Senator Pastore, head of the hearing. Senator Pastore starts out very abrasive and by the time Mr. Rogers is done talking, Senator Pastore’s inner child has heard Mr. Rogers and agreed with him. Enjoy”

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30 WordPress Video Tutorials

December 27th, 2008 by Jeremy

Like the title of this post says, here are 30 awesome video tutorials about WordPress.

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Twitter Rules

December 27th, 2008 by Jeremy

There are so many things you can use Twitter for. There are definitely some things Twitter can do to improve itself (like get a better logo…I am using the Twitterific logo) but for the most part it rocks. Here is a list of 15 things people have done with Twitter.

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