Daniel Haas

Month: February 2011

  • Skype makes international calls easier and cheaper

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    Calling any phone in the world through skype is pretty affordable anyway. Now you can do that for up to nine numbers straight from your phone without voice prompts.

  • 1 John 5:1-21

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    Today’s Reading is 1 John 5:1-21. Earlier I asked: What’s wrong in John’s congregation? Today the author of John’s letter answers directly by wrapping up his letter with a handful of pleas: Verse 14 “We have courage in God’s presence!” Boy, are discouraged but may God help us to find courage! Verse 15 “He hears…

  • Learn German and keep your brain healthy

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    According to the guardian “research suggests that bilingual people can hold Alzheimer’s disease at bay for longer, and that bilingual children are better at prioritising tasks and multitasking.” Here are some benefits for our family: – Bilingual kids learn multitasking a lot easier. – Alzheimer symptoms will begin 5 years later. One downside they don’t…

  • socialize vs twitterfeed

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    Looking over my posts of the last week I notice that twitterfeed processed some immediately, most of them delayed and others not at all. Since my facebook wall gets its posts from twitter, my friends there miss out on some stuff that I write. Since the feed runs through feedburner anyway, it is time to…

  • Congress needs to act on DOMA

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    Obama has flip-flopped on LGBT rights from the very beginning. Adam Winkler has got it right: “While DOMA is a discriminatory law and should be repealed, Obama’s decision not to defend it should be condemned.” As Chief Executive Officer of the government you are in charge of defending the law, not backstabbing it. The intention…