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Performance of Google VideoMay 3, 2006
The thing that amazes me most about Google, other than their search results, is the speed at which things load. The web is notorious for being slow, but virtually every Google service out there is speedy. One of the better examples of this is Google Video. Most sites that offer video provide an experiece like this: You see a link for video, so you click it... it takes the next page a few seconds to load, and then the video player starts up and displays a "Buffering..." message that lasts a while, a finally, the video starts. (Only to start rebuffering soon thereafter) But Google Video defies the odds. Click a video and
bam, it's playing instantaeously, not dropping a frame, and not rebuffering. Amazing.
Competative, that's meApril 23, 2006
Meredith and I were at John-eric and Lindsey's buck and doe last night -- a fun event and nice time to reconnect with Grebel friends. One of the games that had been planned was a clever obstacle course that consisted of ten skips of a jump rope, blowing a tennis ball with a tire pump, doing a puzzle, kicking a soccer ball through some chairs, and then tossing a magnetic dart into the inner most circle of the dart board. It was fun! But it was interesting to watch how competative people could get to achieve the best time. Me included... I was captivated! I love it!
Oprah on the US Education SystemApril 17, 2006
Last week Oprah ran a two part series on the US education system. It was interesting to hear that the US ranked 1st in the world 20 years ago, but has fallen all the way back to 22nd place today. Oprah interviewed Bill and Melinda Gates and it was neat to see another area in which the couple are getting involved. What I like most is that they're not only generous, but genuinely interested.
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