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On the shoulders of giants

(04/18/11 9:00am)

I’m kind of awesome. I’m a genius. I’m a Duke student. I once dueled Kyle Singler in a theater studies class—and won. I got out of pre-med before it became uncool. I ate at the Jamaican food stand before it was replaced by The Greek Devil. I found a way to use the “obvious troll is obvious” meme in one of my columns. Samuel L. Jackson took acting lessons from me. I shot the sheriff, and, for that matter, I also remembered to shoot the deputy. I started with nothing, and now I have everything. I am a self-made man.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/04/shoulders-giants

Spoilers below!

(04/04/11 11:20am)

Ever seen the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark”? It’s a movie about archeologists who try to find the lost Ark of the Covenant. If you haven’t seen it, it’s very, very good. And here’s a tidbit of information you should know before you watch the film: They find the Ark. All the bad guys die at the end, and then they pack the Ark into a mysterious government warehouse, never to be seen again. Did I just spoil the ending? Oops.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/04/spoilers-below

Come fly without me

(02/21/11 11:56am)

According to the U.K.’s Daily Mail, a British immigration control officer put his own wife on the “no fly” list so she couldn’t return to him after traveling to visit family in Pakistan. The recent discovery of and fallout from this divorce substitute has formed the basis of soapbox rants for a number of security commentators. There are definitely points to be made about the lack of oversight in the no-fly system, the slow creep of fascism into Western democracy and the effect terrorism has on a national psyche. However, I believe there is another point that is being completely overlooked here: How cold is it to break up with someone that way?

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/02/come-fly-without-me

Your brain on tech

(01/24/11 11:00am)

I had a class the other day where the professor asked us to close our laptops and use pen and paper. It was probably because he was sick of people using Twitter, sending e-mail, checking Facebook. I must admit, it felt a little weird to try to listen and hand-write at the same time. After a couple of years of using my laptop to take notes, I had gotten used to being able to quickly tab over to Wikipedia and look up a name or concept that I wasn’t familiar with.

https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2011/01/your-brain-tech