Archive for January, 2005

01-18-2005

The Persuaders

With my odd work schedule, plus going to school at the same time, I haven’t watched a lot of TV lately. However, I did happen to catch Douglas Rushkoff’s excellent Frontline episode, called The Persuaders. The entire program can now be viewed online, though the available clips are quite small, so it’s better caught on TV.

I had just recently read George Lakoff’s manifesto on ChangeThis.com about the framing of political debate, so the part on Frank Luntz was particularly interesting. Luntz is a consultant to the Republican party who specializes in choosing the ideal language to sway public opinion.

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01-18-2005

time sync

And all this time I’ve been using a third-party freeware utility to sync time, when I could have been “. . .using Windows XP:

1. Double click on the date and time on the taskbar to open the time applet.
2. Click on the Internet Time tab.
3. Choose a time server, and click on the Update Now button.

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01-18-2005

learn something new every day

I had to write up a ~20 word bio recently to be included with an article I wrote for Juggle magazine about JuggleStay. In the process of checking my spelling, I learned that fiancé is the word used for a man and fiancée for a woman, though the pronunciation is the same.

Here’s the bio I came up with, “Matt Vance is a longtime memeber of the Texas Juggling Society and enjoys traveling the world with his fiancée, Amanda Mason.”

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