Dancing with Cowgill

Last night we went to the Beach for some country swing dancing, and I happened to notice that WSU basketball center Robby Cowgill was there. He's hard to miss, especially since he was at least six inches taller than anyone else there. Anyway, I had a class with Robby last semster so I decided to go say hello. I asked him about Josh Akognon, who's transferring from WSU to play a different style of basketball. He said that it was sad that Josh was leaving the Cougars, especially since he's such a nice guy.

Then I got a great idea. I told him that I have a friend who always complains that guys aren't tall enough to dance with her. Robby said that he'd dance with her if I introduced him. So I took him over to Christine and asked her if she'd like to dance with Robby Cowgill. She said, "Yes!!" without realizing that he was standing right behind her. Needless to say, she was a little embarrassed by it all. She pretended to be angry at me, but I'm pretty sure she liked it. Now we'll always have to listen to her talk about "that one time I danced with Robby Cowgill."

[DupyFlicks] Inside Man

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/29/2006 05:02:00 PM

[DupyUpdate] New Software

Today I started using some new software for Dupyshon.com. This site incorporates a bunch of applications to provide you with all of the features you love, but this new program is special. It's special because I wrote it! Using shell scripts and C programming, I've written a new application which automatically updates and formats the CSOTW page. No more fooling around with Visual Studio and my FTP client, now I can enter each week's new song from the command line of my iBook. Should save me 5-7 minutes of work per week. How nice.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyUpdate at 3/29/2006 04:39:00 PM

[DupyUpdate] Prelude to the Big Bash

Today is when we start unveiling the top ten country songs of the year, one by one. So check the Big Bash Page each day as we celebrate a full year of CSOTW.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyUpdate at 3/28/2006 11:06:00 AM

[DupyPics] 3/28/2006 11:03:56 AM

Yesterday night I went to a hall program about the WSU Raptor Club. I learned a bunch about hawks, falcons, and owls, and got to see some amazing birds. This red-tailed hawk was very impressive and very large.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyPics at 3/28/2006 11:03:56 AM

[DupyPics] 3/28/2006 11:03:39 AM

This isn't a very good picture, but it illustrates my point well. I borrowed this disk from my computer science professor, KC Wang. This professor writes on disks like he writes on whiteboards - no erasing allowed. In class, professor Wang often writes over the top of what he's written before without bothering to grab the eraser first.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyPics at 3/28/2006 11:03:39 AM

[DupyFlicks] Troy

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/26/2006 12:43:00 PM

March Madness

"We've got tapeworms in our bellies. We still want to eat."

-LSU Forward Glen Davis, after his team beat Texas and advanced to the Final Four.

[DupyFlicks] Wedding Crashers

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/25/2006 04:39:00 PM

[DupyFlicks] The French Connection

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/25/2006 04:39:00 PM

[DupyLinks] United Nations expresses concern over Afghan Christian facing death

[http://www.newkerala.com/news2.php?action=fullnews&id=30272]

More on the controversy surrounding the Afghan Christain and his possible situation. The UN is weighing in now, saying that his right "to change religion or belief" must be respected.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/23/2006 01:51:42 PM

[DupyLinks] Afghan Christian Could Get Death Sentence

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/19/AR2006031900366.html]

It is popular these days to say that Islam is not about violence, but love. This man might be executed because he changed his religion from Islam to Christianity.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/21/2006 11:45:56 AM

Name Recognition

I was watching highlights of the NCAA basketball tournament on ESPN yesterday, and they were doing a recap of the Bradley-Pittsburgh game. (Bradley won, which messed up my bracket even more). The score display in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen caught my attention because it listed the schools' abbreviations, with Bradley on top. It looked something like this:

BRAD
PITT

Brad Pitt! He's really making a name for himself, even in college basketball. I wonder how many people noticed this coincidence.

[DupyPics] 3/19/2006 10:24:56 PM

It's my dad's 48th birthday today. Happy birthday, Dad!

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Posted by Kylan to DupyPics at 3/19/2006 10:24:56 PM

[DupyUpdate] New Rwanda Blog

I decided to start a Rwanda blog, since Rwanda-related posts have been taking over the DupyBlog lately. I'm calling it Six Weeks in Rwanda, and I'll be using it to chronicle my trip, link to Rwanda articles, review Rwanda books, and post some of my pictures. Be sure to check this blog often, as I'm sure I'll be posting to it often between now until the middle of July. I'll also be updating DupyAlbums with sets of pictures from Rwanda, so you'll want to check there, too.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyUpdate at 3/18/2006 10:22:00 AM

[DupyLinks] A Promising Future in Every Pound

[http://finanzen.net/news/news_detail.asp?NewsNr=380351]

"Rwanda has the perfect terrain and climate forgrowing the highest quality arabica coffee."

Starbucks will debut its first line of coffee from Rwanda tomorrow. The beans were grown at the Gatare and Karengera washing stations.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/14/2006 01:53:46 PM

[DupyLinks] CIA - The World Factbook -- Rwanda

[http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/rw.html]

Want some general information about the country of Rwanda? You can find some quick facts here.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/14/2006 01:59:51 PM

[DupyLinks] Aspiring for a broadband revolution

[http://www.physorg.com/news11729.html]

An article on Rwanda and broadband Internet connections.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/14/2006 01:48:01 PM

Rwanda

I just got accepted for an internship in Rwanda, setting up computers/networks and teaching people how to use the Internet. This is a really exciting opportunity for me, and I am really looking forward to it. I'll be in Rwanda for six weeks this summer, from June through the middle of July.

[DupyLinks] Owen Peth and the Crimson Brass Band

[http://www.myspace.com/owenpeth]

I know most of the members of this band from the CMB. You can listen to three of their songs on this site, they sound pretty good.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/10/2006 08:23:28 AM

[DupyLinks] Learn to Dance like Napoleon Dynamite

[http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/napoleon]

If you've ever wanted to have Napoleon Dynamite's dancing "skills," this is the website to visit. You can replay his moves in slow motion to really get a chance to analyze them.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/09/2006 07:56:10 PM

[DupyFlicks] Millions

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/09/2006 05:22:00 PM

[DupyLinks] A call to outrage

[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.rubin07mar07,0,4240528.story?coll=bal-oped-headlines]

"Bush officials talk tough and give lots of aid, but their words have had little impact on the killing."

"Former Marine Capt. Brian Steidle photographed Darfur's horrors, and the images are driving him crazy. He wants a million Americans to write President Bush and urge him to ensure that a strong multinational force is sent to Darfur."

You can go to www.savedarfur.org to send a message to President Bush.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/07/2006 01:57:19 PM

[DupyFlicks] The Constant Gardener

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/06/2006 11:41:00 AM

[DupyLinks] Gentle primate fast disappearing in Congo

[http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-03-05-bonobo-congo_x.htm]

I learned about bonobos from an expert while at the National Youth Science Camp and was able to see a family of bonobos at the San Diego zoo when I was there for the Holiday Bowl.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/06/2006 11:38:08 AM

[DupyPics] 3/05/2006 01:55:12 PM

Cyborg Stover

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Posted by Kylan to DupyPics at 3/05/2006 01:55:12 PM

[DupyUpdate] San Jose

Just got back from San Jose, from the 2006 Women's Pac-10 Basketball Tournament. Keeping with tradition, we lost the first game. Embarrassingly, we lost it by nearly 40 points. Anyway, I've posted an album of pictures from the trip under DupyAlbums.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyUpdate at 3/04/2006 06:58:00 PM

[DupyFlicks] Scent of a Woman

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Posted by Kylan to DupyFlicks at 3/02/2006 12:12:00 PM

[DupyLinks] U.N.: Chadians flee to Sudan's Darfur

[http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/02/28/chad.darfur.ap/index.html]

"At least 180,000 people have died in Darfur, and 2 million have been displaced, since decades of tribal clashes over land and water erupted into large-scale violence in early 2003. The Sudanese government is accused of using ethnic Arab militias in a scorched earth policy against Darfur rebels, some of whom draw support from ethnic African villages."

There it is in a nutshell. This article says that now Chadians are fleeing and crossing the border into Sudan because the milita raids have become so bad.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/02/2006 10:17:12 AM

[DupyLinks] U.N. reports Sudan threat

[http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.darfur01mar01,0,651021.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines]

The way I see it, Khartoum was given plenty of time to resolve this issue internally. Since they could not, it has become necessary for the UN to step in. The Sudaneese government cannot call this an internal affair any longer. Refugees from Sudan have crossed the border into Chad, and they are being chased and attacked by government-backed militias. The fact that President el-Bashir is now making threats against the UN, saying that "Darfur will be a graveyard for any foreign troops venturing to enter," is only proof that international intervention is right.

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/02/2006 10:18:00 AM

[DupyPics] 3/01/2006 04:25:50 PM

Pictures of me as an ape, an Asian, an old man, and an impressionist painting. (See DupyLinks for a link.)

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Posted by Kylan to DupyPics at 3/01/2006 04:25:50 PM

[DupyLinks] Face Morpher

[http://www.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~morph/]

This goes right along with the face research link, but it allows you to upload a picture of yourself and morph it. Check out DupyPics for some examples (they're funny).

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/01/2006 04:24:05 PM

[DupyLinks] Face Research » Psychology experiments about preferences for faces and voices

[http://www.faceresearch.org/]

In biology we learned about attractiveness and mate choice. Here's a website I found put up by the University of Aberdeen. They are conducting a study on psychology and face attributes. The experiments are pretty entertaining (and actually a little difficult at times).

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Posted by Kylan to DupyLinks at 3/01/2006 04:14:05 PM

"We Wish to Inform You..."

I just finished another book about Rwanda, "We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We will be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda," by Philip Gourevitch. This book was very well-written, providing a unique perspective one the genocide of 1994. The author made three trips to Rwanda and interviewed hundreds of individuals, and this research allowed him to build a comprehensive picture of the tiny African country. The book also gives a complete backstory of the history of violence in Rwanda, giving the reader an understanding of how such a horrible, terrible situation could develop. Most intriguingly, Gourevitch analyzes post-genocide Rwanda and explains the effect of the massacres on the country itself, the surrounding Great Lakes region, and the world as a whole.