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December 2008

Flip Mino HD Review

by John on December 30, 2008

in Uncategorized

My, how far we’ve come in content creation. About three years ago, the best you could really hope for was to publish text content and high quality photos on the web. Now, basically anyone can put out as much original, high quality audio content as anyone expects from a commercial radio station, you can easily [...]

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My Biggest Accomplishment of 2008

by John on December 30, 2008

in Law School

I really like this Lifehacker post asking what your biggest accomplishment for 2008 is. Seems like a good remedy for one of our big current problems right now. Normally the year is a time for reflection on the past and looking forward to the future. Instead, most people are looking back at their home values [...]

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What’s your Old Year’s Resolution

by John on December 29, 2008

in Law School

New Year’s Resolution: old and busted. Old Year’s Resolution: new hotness. What’s the problem with the New Year’s resolution? They are normally big, nebulous, long-term goals. They probably violate every rule of SMART goal setting or GTD concepts. Most people express their New Year’s Resolution not as a physical goal, but as a state of [...]

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Ode to Plain Text

by John on December 24, 2008

in Law School

I’ve never been the bigger fan in the world of plain text. Sure, it’s nice. It easy to work with. The “Esperanto of the web” as Andy Ihnatko called it during a Macbreak Weekly earlier this year. .txt is one of the very few file formats that if you sit down in front of any [...]

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Where is the bar exam system book?

by John on December 18, 2008

in Law School

Law students love their books. Case books, code books, horn books, nutshells. But what they really love is the ancillary books. This category is dominated by a Big Three of Planet Law School II, Law School Confidential, and One-L. Other favorites include the fairly new Slacker’s Guide to Law School and Getting To Maybe. But where [...]

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I’m not afraid of the California Bar Exam. There, I said it. I’m just not that afraid of it. I know I just said I had a moment of terror at bar study, but that was about studying for the bar, not actually taking it. When it comes to taking the bar, I’m almost cocky [...]

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Bar Study Terror

by John on December 14, 2008

in Law School

I experienced a fear today. One truly different than any other fear I’ve ever experienced. It had to do with bar study. And it was unique because I’ve never really felt like I couldn’t learn something, but today I sort of felt it. I plodded through Contracts. Then I plowed through Torts at breakneck speed. [...]

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