Category: Project 365
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Day 98 – Fall ’09 Schedule
Read more…: Day 98 – Fall ’09 ScheduleECO 203-01 Macroeconomics T-TH 1 p.m. Lea ECO 412-01 Austrian Economics T-TH 9:30 a.m. Steele HON 251-01 Lost art of Epistolary Communication W 2 p.m. Wenzel MTH 400-01 Linear Algebra MWF 8 a.m. Webster PED 393-06 Basic Shotgun Sat. 10-11 a.m. POL 101-05 Constitution T-TH 2:30 p.m. Krannawitter MUS 204-01 Understanding Music MWF 1 p.m.…
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Day 97 – Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift
Read more…: Day 97 – Soft Despotism, Democracy’s DriftTonight I had the privilege of going to a lecture and panel discussion of Dr. Rahe, Dr. Birzer, Dr. Morrisey, and Dr. Arnn on democracy’s drift into soft despotism. The talk was centered upon Dr. Rahe’s recently published book, Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocqueville, and the Modern Prospect. (Timely, because the 250 year…
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Day 96 – Snow, Exams, and Political Essays
Read more…: Day 96 – Snow, Exams, and Political EssaysWhat do all of these things have in common? My day today! First of all, the outcome of the snowstorm in the photos I posted last night was about 4 inches of wet, heavy snow on top of everything. We had several large tree branches fall around campus due to the weight of the snow.…
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Day 95 – Crazy Michigan Weather
Read more…: Day 95 – Crazy Michigan WeatherLong Exposure Normal Exposure I drove back to Hillsdale late this afternoon. When I arrived, it was raining, but relatively warm. It was still the same at 9pm after I got out of my exam review session. Then, after I was in my dorm for an hour, the temperature dropped and it was snowing like…
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Day 94 – Both Sadness and Hope
Read more…: Day 94 – Both Sadness and HopeThis article deeply scares me. A part of the article, however, gives me hope: “In Seoul, on Saturday, more than 100 anti-North Korea activists had burned a miniature model of a Taepodong 2 missile and clashed with police, according to South Korean media reports.” It shows that at least some people will stand up for…
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Day 93 – Back in Amherst
Read more…: Day 93 – Back in AmherstI am back in Amherst for the weekend to take care of a few things, namely getting fitted for a tux so I can go to Amanda’s prom at the end of the month. The above photo was taken in front of the Amherst Town Hall by my long exposure project with Sean Nelson, Illum.…
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Day 92 – Spring!
Read more…: Day 92 – Spring!Spring is here! Flowers of all sorts are budding on campus and the weather is finally warming up. Of course, I did not take this photo here, because I have not had time to spend on taking photos around campus. I have had a lot of work this week from multiple fronts. Click on the…
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Day 91 – April Fool’s Day
Read more…: Day 91 – April Fool’s DayI did not pull any April Fool’s Day pranks today; in fact, I forgot about it until my econ professor passed out an exam at the beginning of class, which is a week earlier than it is scheduled for. Anyway, as soon as I remembered, I went online to Google’s home page to look for…
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Day 90 – Anti-Productivity Apps
Read more…: Day 90 – Anti-Productivity AppsYesterday I wrote about my 6 favorite productivity apps. I thought it only appropriate that today I write about the opposite: anti-productivity apps. These are things that help me waste time (like I need a lot of help doing that…) while I am supposed to be doing work. I am not a huge gamer, but…
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Day 89 – Productivity Apps
Read more…: Day 89 – Productivity AppsWe read articles like “Top 10 [insert adjective here] Apps” on Digg at least once a week. Well, I decided to out together a list, not because I think I know better what is best, or I am discontented with the few thousand other top 10 articles out there, but because I wanted to put…
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Day 88 – Epiphanies While Writing Papers
Read more…: Day 88 – Epiphanies While Writing PapersEpiphanies in two senses: 1.) I am getting great ideas while digging into the text of Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler to support my arguments. 2.) I am realizing there is not as big of a difference between math, economics, and English as people think. All three are just different uses of the same basic approach: constructing…
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Day 87 – Coffee Break
Read more…: Day 87 – Coffee BreakAbove is a photo of me at Ft. Moultrie, taken by Liz Essley. I usually don’t have photos of me on here, but I like this one. Click on it to view large. I am writing this during a quick coffee break. I am in the middle of writing a paper for Dr. Jackson. I…
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Day 86 – Reverse Mount 50mm
Read more…: Day 86 – Reverse Mount 50mmI ordered a reverse mount ring adaptor for my 50mm lens, which came in over spring break. Tonight was the first time I had time to try it out. The DOF with it is crazy! I took photos of a bulletin board pin, and when I focused on the point, the other end was entirely…
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Day 85 – Time Ticking Away
Read more…: Day 85 – Time Ticking AwayOkay, okay. I know these aren’t clocks. I just needed a fitting title for today. I have an exam in Dr. Birzer’s class tomorrow, and the caption means that my study time is methodically ticking away. I took this photo aboard the USS Yorktown, somewhere in its engine room. Click on the photo to view…
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Day 84 – Abolish the Postal System’s Monopoly
Read more…: Day 84 – Abolish the Postal System’s MonopolyAs I was going through my daily list of blogs that I read, I stumbled upon an article by Jacob Hornberger advocating an end on the postal monopoly. This caught my attention because I argued for the very same thing in my AP Government class in high school. Of course, many of my fellow students…
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Day 83 – History of Economic Thought
Read more…: Day 83 – History of Economic ThoughtImage from the Mises Institute I saw today on the Mises Institute’s website that they made a great Rothbard work, Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, available in two volumes as free PDFs. Go to the article about the online release of this great work. The Mises Institute is a wonderful resource for…
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Day 82 – Time to Pay the Piper
Read more…: Day 82 – Time to Pay the PiperShort post today. I wanted to put a photo of these nice flowers on my blog to have something nice to look at when I open the page. Right now I am having a severe motivation problem. It is time to pay the piper for doing little work over spring break. I have a decent…
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Day 81 – Back to the Routine
Read more…: Day 81 – Back to the RoutineTime to get back to the daily routine of classes and work. Above is a shot of Sam Branchaw strolling down the Alumni Walkway, the path I take to get “up the hill” each morning. I slept in until 10:30 today, which was wonderful. Then, I noticed that the college changed the shower head in…
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Day 80 – End of Charleston Trip
Read more…: Day 80 – End of Charleston TripWe drove back to Hillsdale today. I will miss the sunny, warm weather and the exciting city of Charleston. I took the photo above on Thursday at the beach on the Isle of Palms, right outside of our hotel. Click on it to view it large. I had a wonderful time and really enjoyed the…
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Day 79 – Last Day in Charleston
Read more…: Day 79 – Last Day in CharlestonThe above photo is of Sarah and Kahryn climbing a tree at the Pickney site. Click the photo to view it large. Today was our last day in Charleston. We are driving back to Hillsdale tomorrow (Saturday) morning. The trip was wonderful! I really liked the group of people that went, and I really liked…