Christian Brady
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Yesterday we ran down to DC for my grandmother’s 90th, yes 9-0, birthday. She is healthy and going strong. Much of the clan was there, all of the Bradys and a number of the Hugels. Here she is standing on the right with her “little” sister. I think this picture […]
This story was first forwarded to me by my brother and can be found at Squaredpeg.com which is a blog about higher ed recruitment. This afternoon the Chronicle of Higher Ed has picked up the story. Here is the gist of the story: Company Created Official-Looking ‘Class of 2013’ Facebook […]
Anyone else having “500” errors when posting a new note? I click “publish” and receive the following note: Error 500 – Internal server error An internal server error has occured! [sic] Please try again later. Everything worked fine, it appears on the blog, etc. but I am not sent back […]
Ed Cook of Ralph the Sacred River has his Fifth Annual Ralphies. I have not done this every year, but this year I can indeed offer my top picks for the categories required for the Ralphy. BEST MOVIE: Like Ed and unlike the rest of humanity I have not seen […]
From the Telegraph: Toujours Tingo, a book by Adam Jacot de Boinod, lists weird words and bizarre phrases from around the world. The “tingo” of its title is an Easter Island word, meaning to borrow objects from a friend’s house one by one until there are none left. Some of […]
Last week I recorded my essay for our local WPSU “This I Believe” program. It can be heard on Thursday 18 December 2008 at 5:45 pm OR right now online! WPSU’s This I Believe I Believe in Honor Contributor: Christian Brady Town: State College, PA County: Centre County Heard on […]
NPR ran a piece this morning about an Iraqi woman, a single mother, who came to the US last year and is making a new life for herself. In listening to the piece I was struck by the similarities in the story as told by NPR and the biblical story […]
So I already know what my major Christmas present will be this year (although I do not yet have it, but thanks to all the fam who are giving me Apple Store gift cards!). I am getting an iPod Touch! So, my immediate question is, which apps to put on […]
We have Comcast highspeed cable with a decent sized network in the house, both wired and wireless. I was testing its speed tonight with Speedtest.net. Wireless: Via an 802.11g AirportExtreme base station to a MacBook Pro: Wired: through the base station and a router to a MacPro G5 (quad): Not […]