Jeffrey C. Long

Been needing to post this for some time. Have an extended rant on the subject coming someday soon, but in the meantime, I wanted to post the Free Culture book site so that you can download it and read it if you want. The topic is the importance of elements of culture being available to [...]

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I’m currently in the midst of a self-imposed news blackout. Generally, I’m an NPR addict, so this is pretty significant. But I just grew tired of hearing about Iraq everyday. And the political debate between Bush and Kerry basically degenerated to Kerry being the opposite of whatever Bush said, rather then having an agenda of [...]

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One of the programs I keep on my pocketpc is PocketRSS. This allows me to download newsfeeds from websites and read their content when I am offline. I am very pleased with the program. I had previously been using PocketFeed which was clunkier and didn’t as much compatibility with the various formats that websites are [...]

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It’s easy to look at my life and dwell on all the mistakes I’ve made and get all glum. But today I thought of two simple little things I’ve done that I am proud of and makes life just a little better. The first is that we bought a bunch of AA rechargable batteries. We [...]

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Phish is dead, long live the jam band world and trade friendly musicians. My current favorite is Keller Williams. He’s an acoustic guitarist who just rocks. If you’d like to listen to some of his tunes, download from here and listen with either Mac Amp Lite X on the Mac or Winamp with the Flac [...]

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Technology is a fascinating little monkey. Ever since discovering The Trader’s Database a website with links to downloadable concerts from trade friendly musical artists I’ve been exposed to a ton of high quality music. But one of the dilema’s has been how to store and listen to the music. My hard drive is rather full. [...]

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I’m posting a little irregularly lately. Thought it was due an explanation Today I finished the 2nd of week of my 8 week student teaching at Wilson Creek School. It’s been a lot of fun so far. Things are going to start cooking next week. Up until now, I’ve only taken over 2-3 classes. Next [...]

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