by Todd Galitz | Jul 8, 2015 | For Free
This is neither Political Science or Science Fiction, but if you know the difference between a UI interface and an SQL server (as I know many of you do) then this post is for you. Eric Ligman, a Microsoft minion, is giving away a bunch of free e-books. The really...
by Todd Galitz | Jun 9, 2015 | Science Fiction, Star Trek
A Star Trek documentary? Hasn’t that been done to death? Well, yes and no. Sure their are plenty of Star Trek documentaries around, but this one is a little different. It is being done by Adam Nimoy, Leonard Nimoy’s son. I wouldn’t expect an...
by Todd Galitz | Jun 8, 2015 | Event, Everything else
As part of the observation of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will be speaking at Stanford University June 25th at 3pm. Of course this is because Stanford is such an excellent place (although I am biased since I work here)!...
by Todd Galitz | May 23, 2015 | For Free, History, Political Science
The problem with history is that it is so far away. Reading about a noble figure such as Abraham Lincoln so often leaves one feeling oddly detached from the very figure that we are trying to get to know. Reading about his leadership during the Civil War, his great...
by Todd Galitz | Apr 29, 2015 | For Free
Sure you could go to the library but what you really want is to stay home in your pajamas and still be entertained. So here is a link to the Poe Museum which has among other things many of Poe’s writings available for free. Enjoy!