May 29, 2011 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Memorial day is more than a day off from work

As a veteran I have some pretty strong feelings about this holiday and this isn’t some rant on how we should all be mourning those we lost in the wars we fought. But, instead I wish to encourage you to memorialize those who forgone the ultimate sacrifice for our country

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May 29, 2011 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Speaking from the heart

So in a quest to be more open and share my world with others, I am going to make an effort to speak from the heart. I have continuously been making an effort to be more open with others as I feel it’s how we connect, through the sharing and

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Dec 01, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Wolfram Alpha one of the coolest Technical apps

My computer science teacher put me on to this site WolframAlpha.com a couple of months ago, and I was thoroughly amazed. He also informed me that they have a Iphone app available for $50.00 and I was actually considering purchasing it from the impression I got from there website, luckily

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Apr 06, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Groove Shark Trumps Pandora Radio

Well from the headline, it’s obvious this is just an opinion, but I am thoroughly impressed by this new site Grooveshark . I don’t know about you, but when I discover one of these many gems throughout the internet I just wanna talk to whoever listens letting them know how

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Apr 03, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Attend Stanford and Harvard classes for free

Who would have thought that technology would enable anyone anywhere to attend classes at such esteemed colleges and universities as Harvard and Stanford, among other great schools like MIT and Berkley. I’m in heaven, as a philosopher by nature to have all this additional information at my fingertips. I have

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Apr 02, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Gowalla Iphone app put me on the map

So I am on this new Iphone app kick, and I am getting into checking out all different sorts of applications. One that I have recently started using often is called Gowalla and you can check it out at Gowalla.com . Basically it uses GPS to track you position so

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Mar 28, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Is God really Dead?

Friedrich Nietzsche was arguably one of the first people to write “God is dead”, or at least the first one to fully expand on that idea. This is one of the most profound ideas, in my opinion, ever to be cast upon human existence; the unfortunate fact is that most

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Mar 27, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

Socrates’ good friend Plato

Plato is to most, the best source of information about Socrates, as he seemed to understand him best, for Plato was a philosopher himself. He was forty years younger than Socrates, and much of his beliefs, and theories where discovered due to Socrates help. He was one of many of

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Mar 15, 2010 | Post by: Chris 1 Comments

The influnce of the Delphic Oracle on Socrates as Plato describes

The Delphic oracle was understood in ancient Greece to be able to transmit the voice of God, and she became very influential in Socrates life when she told his friend Chaerephon that no one is wiser than Socrates. Some people could take this lightly, but Socrates certainly did not, he

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Feb 27, 2010 | Post by: Chris No Comments

The possible role of Aristophanes’ comedy on the execution of Socrates.

There are several different Socratic testimonies that have survived from primary sources, two of which are Aristophanes, and Xenophon. Both of these sources paint a very different picture of who Socrates was, and what he was like. Xenophon was a friend, disciple, and admirer of Socrates, so much of his

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