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Tech Tool: FLIP Mino Video Camera

5 August 2008

A few months ago, I began to read twitters about a new video camera, the FLIP. I was really intrigued by the enthusiasm that people were expressing about the camera, especially from people that were used to using much more advanced and complicated video equipment.
When I investigated, I found a lot of things I liked [...]

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Europe08: An ode to the Barcelona transportation system

13 July 2008

"Well I've never been to Spain, but I kind of like the music…"
There. I've said it. Gotten it out of my system. (For those who don't recognize the quote or cultural reference, it's the lyrics from a song covered by the band Three Dog Night in the 1970s.)
Today I arrived in Barcelona. The airport terminal, [...]

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Europe08: What one semester of high school French will get you in Paris

9 July 2008

When I was about 12 years old and starting 7th grade, I signed up to begin to study a foreign language — Beginning French. Or so I thought.
Due to a registration error, the school also signed me up for Beginning Latin class. So for my first semester, I was studying foreign language for the first [...]

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