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Comment Fortunate to have him as a professor (Score 5, Interesting) 208

I had Prof. Pausch as a teacher, in '97 or '98, at the University of Virginia in a "Usability Engineering" class. It was hands down the best class I took at The University, and he was an absolutely amazing teacher. His "last lecture" made him famous, but his work in the classroom is what made him great.
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Journal Journal: Bringing a little taste of Louisiana to the midwest... 1

I've been out of town for a long weekend, helping my hubby host a shrimp boil for some clients in the midwest.

We shipped 75 pounds of jumbo shrimp up to Milwaukee. That's 3 pots worth - large, outdoor pots that hold about 25 pounds of shrimp each, on propane burners.

Christmas Cheer

Journal Journal: Have a Sneaker-Napster Christmas 4

The music industry is hoping that some big hits in the last quarter will help them salvage what has been a disastrous year for sales. They are counting on the Christmas season to take them home for the holidays, back to the good old days when they had the customer, who only wanted one favorite song, by the short hairs.

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Journal Journal: Transcendental Karma 2

From the Slashdot FAQ: "Karma used to be a number, now it is a word, this sucks!"

Good grief. It's karma, not your "Interpolated Parabolic Interest Metric." Can you for one minute pretend like you are not an engineer?

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Journal Journal: Musings of a new Slash-daughter 1

Some observations after participating on Slashdot for 4 days, after years of reading an occasional article someone sent me a link to...

First, it's a hoot. I've laughed more in any single half hour reading Slashdot comments than during any TV sitcom of the last 10 years. Who are these people? I get the impression they are mostly younger than me. Wait, that's true just about everywhere... Also mostly way smarter than me. Wait...

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Journal Journal: Luddite lugs 4

What is it with people who are proud of not using computers? "I don't do email," they smugly announce. People who can't read are ashamed for anyone to know it, but people who don't compute glibly broadcast it to the world as though it's an accomplishment.

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