Year: 2007
COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPT.
Think I’ve Got Enough Disk Space?
2581.49 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity 1198.79 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space Yeah, me neither. I think I’m going to buy another terabyte. Read more
MUSIC DEPT.
Get The Party Started
I love cover songs. When one artist is covering a song with a well-known version by another artist, I can’t help but think of the earlier version while listening to the new one. The contrast between the old and new versions in my head creates musical tension unlike any original performance. Case in point: Here… Read more
BOOKS DEPT.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Well, Amazon Order Tracking says that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is on the way. The shipping origin is right here in Illinois, so when Amazon shipped it yesterday, it only took three hours to reach Chicago, but Amazon put in a request to hold the package until tomorrow. I actually thought about driving… Read more
RELIGION DEPT.
Whose Freedom of Religion?
Members of the religious right sometimes complain that Christians like themselves are losing their religious freedom. In my experience, those complaining loudest are all too often deploring the loss of “rights” such as the right to have government-paid teachers force children to recite prayers, or the right to force everyone else in the country to… Read more
BOOKS DEPT.
The End of the Harry Potter Series
[Be sure to read the comments: I wrote the first few of these here, but a lot of people have contributed some truly funny endings.] The end of the Harry Potter series, as written by Mario Puzo (The Godfather) : Replacing the fallen Dumbledore as head of Hogwarts, Professor Minerva McGonagall proves to have balls… Read more