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But I Was So Much Younger Then I’m So Much Older Than That Now
But I Was So Much Younger Then I'm So Much Older Than That Now — Building Science Information.
I couldn’t put the book down that night. It kept referencing the Canadian Building Digests. I read them too. The one guy, N. B. Hutcheon was some real smart guy. He headed the Division of Building Research of the National Research Council of Canada. The guy I wanted to punch out, G. O. Handegord was also real smart and from the same place. What was a guy like Handegord doing at a Home Builders Association meeting? I couldn’t believe I almost punched him out. They sure knew walls. Roofs, too. Windows. Airtightness. Energy. Everything. I had a mechanical engineering degree and I thought I knew stuff but I knew none of this. But I could understand the language. I read and learned. The buildings I was going to build and design forever changed that night. It pays to go to Home Builders Association meetings. Really.
What are the hardest languages to learn?
What are the hardest languages to learn?
“The Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. Department of State compiles learning expectations for many languages based on the amount of time it takes a native english speaker to achieve speaking and reading proficiency.”
I Learned to Speak Four Languages in a Few Years: Here’s How
The Political Awakening of a Republican: ‘I Had Viewed Whole Swaths of the Country and the World as Second-Class People’ | Alternet
“No one wants to feel like a dupe. It is embarrassing to come out in public and admit that I was so miseducated when so much reality is out there in plain sight in neighborhoods I avoided, in journals I hadn’t heard of, in books by authors I had refused to read. “
Ruby, Ruby on Rails, and _why: The disappearance of one of the worlds most beloved computer programmers. – Slate Magazine
New Currency Frontiers: Critical to expand perception of Currencies
New Currency Frontiers: Critical to expand perception of Currencies
“Consider how many hundreds of millions of people are freely participating in currencies like five-star product ratings, eBay reputation, user participation metrics, certifications, college degrees, performance reviews, stocks, stamps, movie tickets, etc. in contrast to how few are participating in general purpose money substitutes (LETS, Berks, local currencies, and even commercial barter).”
Homegrown Evolution: Meet My Chickens: the continuing story of Chickenzilla
Super Memory
Controlled Tango Into Terrain
A Partial List of Tango Mistakes I Have Made…