Author Archives: Mark Egge

About Mark Egge

Transportation planner-adjacent data scientist by day. YIMBY Shoupista on a bicycle by night. Bozeman, MT. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Excited for Firefox 1.0

Firefox 1.0 was released today. Mozilla.org is completely down, which doesn’t surprise me in the least. I downloaded my copy from http://mozilla.ussg.indiana.edu/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0/win32/en-US/ For those of you still using Internet Explorer, Firefox offers a host of features which leaves Internet Explorer … Continue reading

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It’s 1:14AM. Ben’s making pasta. I’m avoiding homework. Needless to say, it’s Monday morning.

As I write this the Northern Lights illuminate the Bozeman sky. Awesome fails as an adequate descriptor of their overwhelming immensity and splendor. The way that they pulse and grow and flash and move– film could never do justice and … Continue reading

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Mystified.

Yeah. So the egg in the upper left hand portion of my page navigation? It’s blue now. How ’bout that. You’re probably wondering why. I am too…(not that I mind it being blue– it makes a subtle suggestion of the … Continue reading

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Pleased

What a pleasant day it’s been! I was awakened this morning by Amy, telling me it was time to get up for the Quads Academic Pentathalon. I drug myself out of bed, grabbed a pop-tart and a shirt, and wandered … Continue reading

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1. I set a new personal record tonight, running six miles in ~47 minutes (5×8.00min, 1×7.00min). Go me. I’m afraid that there’s some competitive element motivating me to do this… but even if that’s the case, so what? I’m running … Continue reading

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Angry.

CNN collected some very interesting statistics to go along with the election which can be found here:http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html I’m thoroughly frustrated. Here’s why: 45% of Americans disapprove of the decision to declare war on Iraq. Of that 45%, however, more than … Continue reading

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A Cheyenne high school teacher I have a lot of respect for challenges students who use the word “progress.” He asks them “where is progress? what IS progress? show me ONE instance of progress in the world and you can … Continue reading

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If you haven’t seen this yet (“Our Land,” from JibJab.com), I’d reccommend it: http://atomfilms.shockwave.com/contentPlay/shockwave.jsp?id=this_land&preplay=1&ratingBar=off Today, being election day, was a MSU holiday, meaning no classes. I really should have capitalized on the day, but that would have involved getting up … Continue reading

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Dismayed

Why did I even get out of bed this morning? I just completely screwed up my Chem141 test. I severely mismanaged my time, spending way too much time on stuff I didn’t know, which in turn meant leaving stuff I … Continue reading

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I just thought I’d share the below link with the world. Although not an especially convincing or compelling article, it still managed to challenge (even if just a little) my stance on pornography. It’s worth a read, in my opinion.

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