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- December 12th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Is Zune Marketplace Slow? Here is your Fix
To preface, I am indeed a Zune user and had been lamenting the horrible slowness of the Zune marketplace. So after a brief search, I managed to find a solution which seems a bit odd that it work…
- December 11th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
The Gamer Life
There are many ways to tell that you play to many video games. My favorite ways are those that manifest in how we perceive reality. And by that I mean, wishing that or thinking of things i…
- October 6th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
The Joy of Citation
I don’t give a great deal of personal history here, so I will need to fill in some quick gaps. I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology through Walden University. Right now I am in my…
- September 24th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
You Could Save!
Hello faithful user of [SERVICE]! Did you know that people who switched from [COMPANY A] saved an average of [DOLLARS] by switching their [SERVICE] to [COMPANY B]? It’s true! And there’s mor…
- September 15th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
The Wholeness Question
Spinsterella, at Don’t Catch It Up, asked an interesting question in her latest post. That question, specifically, is: what is wholeness or what does it mean to be whole? A more intrinsic part of th…
- September 4th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
The Strangers Among Us
I recently read Stranger in a Strange Land. A stunning piece of literature, a book everyone should read, probably twice. More than anything else, what I take from this book is that we need chang…
- August 31st, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
A Predictable Paradox
My recent comments on Nudge are supplemented by two other books I have recently read. The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely Both of these bring up many of the…
- August 28th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Reading – Nudge
Not a lot has happened here recently. Part of the reason is that the general state of politics, the economy, the world, and news of it was rather depressing. So, for the most part I simply…
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Uncle Chris – Reading is Fun
Sometimes the fact that reading is fun comes naturally. That is how it is for me in most cases. I like reading, hell, I love reading! However, I have recently rediscovered it as a fu…
- August 5th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Microtransactions, Copyright, and the Internet
Some recent MMORPG developments have stirred the pot about what it means to be greedy, the moral rightness of different payment or transaction models, and what, in general, players should be willing t…
- July 13th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Worse Than Better
Well, the economic crisis seems to have gone from a stable state of rapid decline to a rollercoaster of small turns to the positive followed by sudden bouts of tragedy. It seems that the best choice…
- June 29th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Being Normal is Great
There are some days (maybe a good number of days) when I wish I were famous. Good question as to famous for what, but it would be nice to have exorbitant amounts of recognition for something. Th…
- June 20th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Why Not To Use a Flash
One thing everyone harps on about general photography is that you should avoid using your flash. This is very true. While I was browsing some of my photos of the Pilgrim Monument (Province Town…
- June 18th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Back at DevArt
Well, not pictures from Texas (still need to get them from my Dad), but I have random news. I am back at Deviant Art and posting some of my photography from the last couple of years. You can fin…
- June 9th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
The State of Sustainable Democracy
Obviously not a lot of content is making it to the site at the moment. Right now a number of new ideas are being hashed out and made ready for web consumption (as opposed to my personal enjoymen…
- May 29th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Back From Texas
Well, I should have written this the other day… but, oh well. Memorial Day weekend was the Ferris/Schaffer Family Reunion. It happens every year at the same time, though I was absent for the p…
- May 27th, 2009
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docshadow has stumbled: Airfare-Now.com | Find the Cheapest Airfare at Airfare-Now!: Can I Get A Refund if my Airfare Price Drops?
- May 21st, 2009
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- May 20th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Your Dollars at Work
Lost in the vociferous debate being waged between congressional democrats and the White House over proposed funding increases to the SCHIP program, a children’s health insurance initiative, was the…
- May 17th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Bad Movie Combinations
I like movies, but there are certain combinations of movies that do not make for the best days. Yesterday The Bucket List happened to be on. A great movie, has a lot to teach about the dif…
- May 14th, 2009
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- May 13th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Mental Health and Tragedies
When any tragedy occurs we wonder how it happened. This becomes an especially relevant question when considering mental health. I will use three cases to detail what role the mental health profession…
- May 9th, 2009
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- May 7th, 2009
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docshadow has stumbled: The dark side of Dubai - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent
- May 6th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Mass Media and Violent Events
The media is our resource for fast and informative news. With a growing number of 24 Hour networks to cover domestic and international news things are rapidly changing in the media world. This is espe…
- May 2nd, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Darkside Dreamland
Spelling with Google Maps
I stumbled on a cool project by Rhett Dashwood last night. In between projects he searched Google Maps for natural formations and building that looked like letters and numbers. The result…
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- May 1st, 2009
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- April 25th, 2009
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docshadow has stumbled: Unzip a Carbon Nanotube, Get a Nanoribbon, Revolutionize Electronics? | 80beats | Discover Magazine
- April 22nd, 2009
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- April 16th, 2009
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Conflict: Work Ethic
Throughout the ages, there have always been differences between the generations, but never has there been such a classic struggle for the future of democracy, when… BABY BOOMERS vs GEN X collide! To…
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Is our democracy up to the task?
Economic, social challenges are mounting up By Richard D. Lamm and Dottie V. Lamm reprinted with authors’ permission “It wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy yet that d…
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
Thoughts on Wealth and Democracy
By: Joel Dyar The role of wealth in strengthening or subverting democratic systems has been of interest to scholars since Aristotle first broached the subject in the fourth century BCE. In today’s p…
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docshadow has posted a new entry on: Sustainable Democracy
All Gone!?
Yes, everything got deleted. This was on purpose (and was mentioned in previous posts). The current tabula rasa state of the site will also vanish very shortly, most likely within the day. Related…
- April 15th, 2009
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