Rugged Mini Computer System

Victor Systems has engineered a ruggedized Apple Mac Mini Computer System for use where it's dusty, or rainy, or in other words, where you might be shot at.

I guess that hinged flap in front is a door to protect the optical drive.

This is what it looked like before conversion:

Phone Scoop

Phone Scoop is a blog totally devoted to mobile phones. It contains a great search engine, called the "phone finder" which lets you plug in any number of features, like bluetooth, removable memory, or VGA camera, and it will show you your perfect phone.

Discover your learning style

Take the DVC Learning Style Survey for College and discover the way you like to learn best.

To get you started thinking about your learning style, think about the way in which you remember a phone number. Do you see, in your mind's eye, how the numbers look on the phone? Or can you "see" the number on that piece of paper, picturing it exactly as you wrote it down? You might be a Visual Learner. Or, perhaps you can "hear" the number in the way that someone recited it to you. In this case, you might be an Auditory Learner. If you "let your fingers do the walking" on the phone, i.e. your fingers dial the number without looking at the phone, you may be a Tactile/ Kinesthetic Learner.

This way of looking at learning style uses the different channels of perception (seeing, hearing, touching/moving) as its model. This is a somewhat simplistic view of a very complicated subject (the human brain). However, looking at learning style from a perceptual point of view is a useful place to begin.

I'm a visual/verbal learner, which means I prefer to read the instructions first. To remember a word or number, I see it in my head. I learn best when presented with information visually and in a written language format, which is why I do well in a classroom setting.

Sinkhole in Greensboro--Wendover Ave closed

Greensboro blogger Ed Cone has exceptional photos of a car in a sinkhole which opened up in eastbound Wendover Avenue.

If you're coming from Kernersville and you need to get to Moses Cone Hospital in a hurry, I recommend taking West Market Street all the way through downtown and then taking a left on Church St, rather than following the City's detour map. The City has set up a detour which takes you 30 minutes out of your way.

Controversy over letting your religion affect your finances

This post about Why Religion is an Important Part of Personal Finance on the Get Rich Slowly blog raised alot of ire from the irreligious folks (see the comments), but the content of the post is absolutely true. The guy who wrote it is a Christian, and he posted quotes from the Bible.

Rebecca vs Becky

People rate the name "Rebecca" as more intelligent, classier, and more mature-sounding than "Becky." Find out how your name rates.

Army Commissioned Officer Rank Insignia

This guide to all the United States Armed Forces' Rank Insignia is useful for learning how to recognize a uniformed officer's rank so that you may address him properly.

Comes in handy when watching war movies, too.