Self-discovery.

I've been emailing myself links to particularly interesting NY Times articles for a couple of years now. By looking at the articles I've emailed, I can categorize subjects I'm interested in that NyTimes reports on. I'll see if I can figure out a good way to include the > 500 links somewhere for later browsing.

• Behavioral psychology
• Cyberwarfare, spying, online / data privacy (due in part to job)
• Language
• Non-mainstream paradigms (slow food, conservationist, etc.)
  
• Cultural insights, including tech culture
• Gender equality issues
  
• New tech developments / science breakthroughs
• Food - recipes, exquisite restaurants
  
• Art (extra good or unusual): visual art, architecture, product design, performance, advertising, music
• Big changes that I may want to point back to the beginning of
• Public policy: great ideas, or things I didn't know, or facts to refer back to later
• Policy: Education, Health, Poverty
• Corruption
  
• International relations / politics
  
• Health - reliable or novel info
• Business innovations in products or procedures
  
• Travel - tips, awesome places
• Particularly interesting stories
  

Weh!

Er, postings, eh? Yarrrr. Some info on B:

• Preferred local business finder: Angie's List
• Preferred non-mainstream news: Democracy Now
• Preferred mainstream print news: NYTimes - email headlines and weekly Circuits posts
• Preferred broadcast radio: KRCL, KCPW, KUER, KBYU
• Preferred online music content: Pandora. Did you know you can open two windows and do unintentional mashups? Kind of cool.
  
• Pandora Stations (random order): Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Pixies, Velvet Underground, Yo-Yo Ma, Motorcycle, Metric, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gorillaz, Post Punk, Orbital, Pierces, Morrissey, Rosebuds, Love Like Fire, Bad Religion, LCD Soundsystem, Trip Hop, Alternative Indie, Easy Star All-stars, Christopher O'Riley, Brazilian Girls, Radiohead, Duke Spirit
  
• Preferred browser: Firefox
• Firefox Addons: AutoDial, DisableMenu, DownloadStatusbar, Email Yourself, FoxTab, Personas, SunCult. Theme: LittleFox.
• Best reasons not to use Chrome, which is otherwise likable: No center-click scroll, no type-to-find, no addons.
• Stuff on my iGoogle page: weather, Hack-a-day, Lifehacker, How-to-of-the-day, Artistaday, Countdown gadget, Google map traffic for the valley, Daily chess puzzle
• Preferred web comic: XKCD
• Preferred food providers: Macey's and Community Food Co-op
• Preferred media providers: Library and Netflix
• Preferred computer parts provider: Newegg
• Gmail labs features enabled: Offline, Tasks, QuickLinks, Superstars, Mouse Gestures (rave!), Default 'Reply to all', Navbar drag and drop, mail goggles, forgotten attachment detector, mark as read button, multiple inboxes (yay!), text messaging in chat, title tweaks. Custom theme colors.
• Mouse gestures is so intuitive it needs its own line. I enabled it and now try to use it everywhere. Awesome advance in computer usability.
  
• Current employment: Raytheon Oakley Systems (4.5 years so far)
• Education: Completed Masters of Public Policy in 2009 from BYU - woo!
• Internship 2008: MCAM in Virginia
• Allergies: 4+ level to tree pollen, weeds, grasses, cats / dogs, dust mites. Allergy desensitizaiton shots seem to be helping.
• TV Series I've enjoyed: X-Files, Good Neighbors, Jeeves and Wooster

C and G'ma

3 Feb 09

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