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i’ve changed my homepage

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1154, 3rd May, 2011
My computer’s homepage is no longer Google. It is this. It is one more little nudge toward a focused lifestyle. If you are not happy with the amount of time you spend on the internet, why not make this your homepage? It would be one more little nudge to keep you focused. Related Posts:i disconnected [...]
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my take on the current unrest in the muslim world

By mitchell b powell | Published: 0829, 29th January, 2011
Things are heating up in the Muslim world. If you’re wanting details, use Google and read to your heart’s content. My intent here is not to repeat what so many others have already said, but to give the bottom line as I see it. The recent struggles in the Muslim world represent a fundamental change [...]
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yahoo treats us like yahoos

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1700, 30th August, 2010
Some guy with the last name Carr has written extensively on why the internet is replacing Analytical Man with Flickering Man, ending a rich five centuries of widespread literacy and replacing it with stupid internet-connected morons who just hop from link to link.  I, for one, have found the opposite true:  since my introduction to [...]
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