rudyamid on June 4th, 2010 at 3:49 pm

Recently, I recalled a conversation with my friends about the value of a college degree.  They did not agree about the current job requirements for a post-high school degree.  What they observed, people without degrees do just as well in the workplace. I disagreed. Getting to that job interview requires an indication that I’ve put […]

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rudyamid on March 12th, 2009 at 12:17 pm

We went to Chick-Fil-A today.  It was a warm sunny day when we talked about: Yet another free meal deal.  The Chick-Fil-A restaurant was busy! Our kids.  We have toddlers, so we’re still counting our blessings for they’re in their cutest age. The formula that killed Wall Street.  The guy who invented it went to […]

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rudyamid on December 26th, 2007 at 6:38 am

This guy Arthur Benjamin is one talented mathematician and entertainer/magician. He can do massive numbers manipulation – all in his head. Check out the video below.

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rudyamid on June 19th, 2007 at 9:55 am

Growing up in Indonesia and Canada, I learned how to measure everything in metric: kilograms, meters, celcius, etc.  As far as I can remember, I didn’t have a need to learn the weird American system such as yards, pounds (other than UK money), etc.  Metric measurement is not difficult to learn, everything is divided by […]

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