Joel Kehle's Blog » Miscellaneous http://www.kehle.com Notes to Myself Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:34:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Stop Censorship http://www.kehle.com/2011/11/16/stop-censorship/ http://www.kehle.com/2011/11/16/stop-censorship/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 22:34:34 +0000 Joel Kehle http://www.kehle.com/?p=387 Continue reading → No related posts.]]> Today is the day!

While the House of Representatives discusses America’s first system for censoring the internet, sites everywhere are sending their users to contact Congress to stop this bill.

Click here to write Congress now!

Huge sites like Boing Boing, 4chan, Reddit, Mozilla (on the Firefox start page!) are participating, and more are joining fast. If you have a blog, a Tumblr page or a YouTube channel, black out your logo in protest. If you have a website you can also run a splash page asking your visitors to contact Congress.

Visit AmericanCensorship.org to write your representatives.

Joel Kehle

P.S. If you haven’t heard already, there’s a new bill in Congress called ‘SOPA’ that could pass *this month*. It would let the US government shut down websites, and jail users for posting harmless copyrighted clips to sites like YouTube or Tumblr. The bill would chill innovation, create huge liability for startups, and would set a terrible global precedent for government censorship of the internet. There’s a video at the link above if you’d like to learn more. After you take action, keep spreading the word!

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]]> http://www.kehle.com/2011/11/16/stop-censorship/feed/ 0 Just more evidence the future has arrived… http://www.kehle.com/2011/02/03/just-more-evidence-the-future-has-arrived%e2%80%a6/ http://www.kehle.com/2011/02/03/just-more-evidence-the-future-has-arrived%e2%80%a6/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:11:25 +0000 Joel Kehle http://www.kehle.com/?p=381

Thanks for davidad for finding this.

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]]> http://www.kehle.com/2011/02/03/just-more-evidence-the-future-has-arrived%e2%80%a6/feed/ 0 Etymology of Quadratic Equation http://www.kehle.com/2010/10/15/etymology-of-quadratic-equation/ http://www.kehle.com/2010/10/15/etymology-of-quadratic-equation/#comments Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:30:13 +0000 Joel Kehle http://www.kehle.com/?p=379 Continue reading → No related posts.]]> I’ve always wondered why an equation with a squared variable was called a quadratic equation. Since ‘quad’ means four in Latin, shouldn’t a quadratic equation have cubed variables? Also consider quadrilateral and quadrant: both involve four elements. In case this has been keeping you up at night, Wikipedia has the answer!

The adjective quadratic comes from the Latin word quadratum for square. A term like x2 is called a square in algebra because it is the area of a square with side x. Quadratum is the Latin word for square because a square has four sides.

Whew! Now I can sleep at night.

If I only had paid more attention in my Latin class in Gymnasium (but that’s another story…)

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]]> http://www.kehle.com/2010/10/15/etymology-of-quadratic-equation/feed/ 0 Great Ray Kurzweil Interview http://www.kehle.com/2009/10/15/great-ray-kurzweil-interview/ http://www.kehle.com/2009/10/15/great-ray-kurzweil-interview/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:28:28 +0000 Joel Kehle http://www.kehle.com/?p=292 Continue reading → Related posts:
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]]> Brad Feld just turned me onto a great Ray Kurzweil interview here.

The video is well worth the 25 minute cost. One great line from Ray “Failure is just success deferred”. Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.kehle.com/2009/10/15/great-ray-kurzweil-interview/feed/ 1 Please Ignore – I’m testing audio players http://www.kehle.com/2009/08/13/please-ignore-im-testing-audio-players/ http://www.kehle.com/2009/08/13/please-ignore-im-testing-audio-players/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 06:15:58 +0000 Joel Kehle http://www.kehle.com/?p=192
  • Modern Men
    • ]]>     Unless you want to recommend your favorite audio player for blogging you can ignore this post.

    I will delete it soon.

    First Option

    Second Option

    Will You Be There?

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  • April…
    • ]]>     May is the month were I figure out the three most important things I want to accomplish in the day each morning when I start my day. So there.

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    ]]>     http://www.kehle.com/2009/05/14/may/feed/ 0     Candle Delirium in the New York Times http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/08/candle-delirium-in-the-new-york-times/ http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/08/candle-delirium-in-the-new-york-times/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:37:00 +0000 Joel Kehle http://kehle.com/?p=48
  • Candle Delirium in the News
  • Delirium & Co. Launches Candle Line
  • Candle Delirium Wins Best of LA!
    • ]]>     Anthony’s been busy. :-)

    Check out the mention of Candle Delirium in the New York Time’s article Burn Baby Burn.

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    ]]>     http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/08/candle-delirium-in-the-new-york-times/feed/ 0     Delirium & Co. Launches Candle Line http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/07/delirium-co-launches-candle-line/ http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/07/delirium-co-launches-candle-line/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:10:00 +0000 Joel Kehle http://kehle.com/?p=47 Continue reading → Related posts:
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    ]]>     Just in time for the holidays, Anthony’s new candle making company, Delirium & Co, has launched their first line. You can check it out over at Candle Delirium.

    Congratulations to Anthony!

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    ]]>     http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/07/delirium-co-launches-candle-line/feed/ 0     Candle Delirium in the News http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/06/candle-delirium-in-the-news/ http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/06/candle-delirium-in-the-news/#comments Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:40:00 +0000 Joel Kehle http://kehle.com/?p=46 Continue reading → Related posts:
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    ]]>     Wow, I seem to blog about human rights, robots and luxury candles. Who knew?
    Just wanted to mention that Anthony’s store, Candle Delirium, got a mention on Extra. Click here for the news.

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    ]]>     http://www.kehle.com/2008/10/06/candle-delirium-in-the-news/feed/ 1     Back at Qualcomm http://www.kehle.com/2008/08/02/back-at-qualcomm/ http://www.kehle.com/2008/08/02/back-at-qualcomm/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:11:00 +0000 Joel Kehle http://kehle.com/?p=44 Continue reading → No related posts.]]> Hi Folks,

    Just wanted to let everyone know that after three and a half years of doing startups, I have returned to Qualcomm. I am working in their middleware services group and managing their web administrators.

    It’s an exciting time to be in the wireless space. Apple has demonstrated that the laptop is passé and “important” computer now fits in your pocket.

    Qualcomm is involved in almost every aspect of the wireless industry so I think I am in for some fun times. If you want to check out what they are doing, they have some great videos at www.qualcomm.com.

    Joel Kehle

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