http://www.codyg1985.com The random thoughts of a college student Mon, 05 May 2008 16:53:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en High-speed rail travel is very lucrative. The prospect of hopping on a train in Chicago and arriving in New York City an hour later is all but a pipe dream at this point. For one, the train would have to make a bee line from Chicago to NYC without stopping. ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/05/05/non-stop-high-speed-trains-that-stop-at-each-city-wait-what/ I love to visit social bookmarking sites such as Digg and Reddit. Those sites comprise about 75% of my news gathering on a typical day.  It is a great way of keeping up with not only news events, but funny, informative, and even sometimes blasphemous material. However, these sites are ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/04/24/what-if-you-are-not-the-first-one-to-submit-to-digg-reddit/ The more and more I read about Barack Obama, the more I liked about him. He champions net neutrality. He supports funding education and health care. He wants to bring our troops home, and he says it without being a hypocrite. I attended a Barack Obama rally in Birmingham, AL ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/03/16/so-i-just-dont-know-who-i-want-my-next-president-to-be/ I am a pretty good student. I don't like to brag (I have a 3.85 GPA). I get a lot of offers to join these honors societies, and I have been getting them ever since last year.  Some are open to engineers. Others don't discriminate based on major.  Many others ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/02/26/honors-societies-you-are-honorable-if-you-pay-your-due/ I may as well keep up with a list of things I would like to do before I die. I have a few of them so far: Spend a day at Cajon Pass in southern California: I am a big railroad fan, so anytime I see a train or a locomotive, ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/02/23/my-bucket-list/ I am in the thinking mood tonight. The candidates for President are on the campaign trail talking about the usual talking points. For the Republicans it is all about national security, family values, immigration, and lowering taxes while for the Democrats it is about health care, the economy, the war in ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/01/27/some-issues-the-candidates-arent-talking-about/ This is going to be one of the most contested elections for President since the election of Dwight D Eisenhower in 1952. The 2008 Presidential Election could also be a historic one, since it will be the first change in president since September 11th. There are many hot-button issues these ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/01/27/important-issues-for-the-2008-election-part-i-healthcare/ How small does the earth have to be before I am ripped to shreds? No, this is not a suicide note.  Hardly.  Let's suppose that the Earth maintained the same mass, but it was to shrink at a constant rate.   As you may know, as the density of the earth increases, ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/01/20/how-small-does-the-earth-have-to-be-for-spaghettification-to-occur/ As the former administrator of an online community, I learned a few things about what it takes to run a forum.  As I look back I also realized a few things that should have been done differently.  Often I wonder what it would take to start a community to begin ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/01/20/what-it-takes-to-start-a-community/ Have you stocked up on milk and bread? Do you have a generator? If not, then you may not survive the great Blizzard of 2008. The TV people say it is gonna get worse and that people must be careful. After all, snow causes accidents. Just one flake can cause ... http://www.codyg1985.com/2008/01/16/the-blizzard-of-2008-is-on/