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Dwarf Fortress Proves Educationally Valuable

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:58:59 -0800

So, I'm taking this environmental science course this semester and I had my first test today. One of the essays was to explain how automobiles are dependent on plants. Rather than taking the easy route with gasoline coming from fossil fuels yadda,...

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Georgia on You Tube or is it You Tube on Georgia?

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 20:33:46 -0800

Last month I put together a pretty rocking Georgia scrapbook but there are just some things pictures can't capture. Check out what I found on you tube for Georgia. "Quintessential Georgia" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwm3RywBVbU "Sumptuo...

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Smart Advertising on Facebook

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:36:52 -0800

So, I'm on facebook. I didn't put much into creating my profile. About a month ago on a whim I put dwarf fortress up as my one and only activity. I also put it up as my one and only interest. Sadly, there was a week in there when both could have ...

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Skullsseal - 1060

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:37:15 -0700

Hiram “Helmet” Meerkmalker Fortress Management Consultant Underhill Consortium Consulting Group Mr. Meerkmalker’s Log 1st Granite 1059 (Early Spring) After two weeks of hard travel arrive at the outpost Skullsseal. Morale seems low among...

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The Road Home: From Georgia to Instanbul

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 12:35:41 -0700

Note: I started writing an account of my travels from Georgia back to the United States and it got too long so I decided to chop it up into segments. Here's some background information you might find useful. I officially finished my service with...

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A Brush with the Law

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:50:31 -0700

I walked slowly up the suburban side street in the semi-gloom. The sky glowed with a deep red color. Sunrise was yet an hour off. My white shirt was soaked with sweat from the early morning's exertion. Since my return to America life I've taken o...

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The Life of a not yet returned Returned Peace Corps Volunteer

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 01:35:09 -0700

Its actually much the same as when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer. I still live with my host family. I eat khatchapuri twice day. I go to school (sometimes). Lately, I've been feverishly working on getting all my notes, journal entries and what ...

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Racha Excursion

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 01:31:20 -0700

Geographical fact about Georgia: There are a lot of mountains. Demographical fact about Georgia: The majority of the Georgian population lives in relatively flat part of Georgia running right through the middle [See map above] . There are appro...

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Winter is coming

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:52:48 -0800

Oh the weather outside is frightful and the weather inside… not much better. It’s late fall in southwestern which means that I’m not stirring my 0 sleeping bag until . Since stays on daylight savings time the sun doesn’t come over the mountains...

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Introduction

nobody@vox.com(Aaron) — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 23:40:31 -0800

Before leaving for the Peace Corps I had grown increasing while not necessarily anti-technology more technology-less- going without a TV, refusing to get a cell phone, not upgrading past Windows 98 and eventually not having a computer at all. I a...

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