Stout-Hearted Men

You who have dreams,

If you act, they will come true.

To turn your dream to a fact

It's up to you.

If you have the soul and the spirit,

Never fear it, you'll see it through.

Hearts can inspire other hearts with their fire,

For the strong obey when a strong man

Shows them the way.



: Give me some men who are stout-hearted men

Who will fight for the right they adore.

Start me with ten, who are stout-hearted men

And I'll soon give you ten thousand more.



Oh! Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder

They grow as they go to the fore!

Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan,

When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man! :

Sigmund Romberg/Oscar Hammerstein II 

Software Applications

I've started a blog for some of the small apps that I've written. Feel free to use them.
http://andrewapps.blogspot.com/

A tale of woe and eyebrows

Gather round children, come hear the sad tale of Eyebrow Eve.

The Gallery of Notorius Knits

Stichy McYarnpants provides for us some truly offensive knitting photos, with commentary. Please note, this is unrelated to Tree Sweaters, and the Museum of Scientifically Accurate Fabric Brain Art. You might want to stay away from the Beutiful (sic) art made with knitting also.

The Gallery of Regrettable Food

Humorous articles satirizing cookbooks and food ads from the '30s through the '60s, including Meat! Meat! Meat! and The Unbearable Sadness of Vegetables.

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/

Mmmmmmm, bacon!

Sheep River Provincial Park

  I drove out to Sheep River Provincial Park yesterday, just past Turner Valley. So much snow, but so beautiful. There were sheep everywhere, owls in the trees, hawks and falcons overhead, and a flock of Snow Geese flying low over the road. Here are some photos.

Tumblr.com

So I'm trying out Tumblr.com to do my blogging.

Check it out.

Moved, I tells ya! Moved!

So in the pursuit of all things google, I've moved my photo albums from Flickr to Google's Picasa web. I hope you enjoy them.

So you think you're pretty smart, do you?

Well, lets see you name all 245 countries in 10 minutes! Or if that's too tough, try just the 53 countries of Africa, come on, I date you!

Principles of Economics (translated into english)

Found this little video from the StandupEconomist.com. It's a translation of Mankiw's Principles of Economic textbook.

How to Argue Effectively

" I argue very well. Ask any of my remaining friends. I can win an argument on any topic, against any opponent. People know this and steer clear of me at parties. Often, as a sign of their great respect, they don't even invite me. You too can win arguments. Simply follow these rules:"

How to Argue Effectively.

DiggerLand UK

Want to drive a backhoe? Want to spend the day digging dirt, but don't know how? Now you can, at DiggerLand! These amusement parks are getting wackier. Go ahead, try it, but be careful.

Kumusta po kayo?

So I've been learning a bit of tagalog, with a bit of help from some friends. It's so different than the languages I already speak, if you want to get your brain bent, learn a language that's unrelated to your own. That's about all I have to say about that!

All quiet on the southern front...

I experienced something immensely thought provoking this week. As I have a new job downtown, I've been taking the train to get there. Now, I take the train quite often, and it's always noisy when I do. But something is different in the morning, as more and more people board at each stop, the train gets quieter, and quieter, until finally we're all standing mere inches apart and the car is filled with silence. The only sound you can hear is the occasional page turn of someone reading a novel at the other end of the car. We stand there, drifting forwards and back, side to side, like seaweed driven by the currents, until we all arrive at our destinations. Why is does more people = less noise?