http://ianlawrence.net My thoughts, my ideas, my word. Wed, 06 Apr 2011 05:15:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the city of Oakland honored the four slain police officers killed in March, citizens spoke out against the violence against black youth in their city. During a city council meeting on March 31, Oakland residents expressed their grief toward the death of Lovelle Mixon, who killed Sgts. Mark Dunakin, Ervin ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/04/09/citizens-cry-out-for-oakland/ It was the late 1970s and the age of home computers had just begun. Soon, computers would run entire households: turning on lights, doing your taxes, balancing your checkbook and even preparing your meals. They would do every menial task using a chip the same size as the one existing ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/04/08/the-home-pc-future-a-retrospect/ Reporter George W. Schulz urged journalism students to develop investigative skills in a lecture given at San Francisco State University on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009. Schulz told the students that these skills would make getting the information one needs for a story much easier. He also said these skills would allow ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/02/26/schulz/ I must listen to podcasts on my iPod more than I do music. I rarely venture to the "Music" selection of my iPod. I have around 5000 songs on my iPod, all sitting idle. Instead I wait from day to day for new episodes to appear in my podcast feed, ... http://ianlawrence.net/2009/02/22/podcasts-are-fun/ So this week, every gamer who's lived through the late 90's had their dream of the last 8 years fulfilled. We were all glued to our computer chairs at 3/6AM in the morning in hopes that all those predictions and bets we made about Blizzard's mysterious splash screen weren't about ... http://ianlawrence.net/2008/06/29/mmm-even-more-fresh-meat/