It’s Time for a Blogging Break!

Well, I’ve been meaning to write several posts for about a month now and just haven’t had the time, so I decided that I’m way past due in officially declaring that I am taking a blogging break. Let’s say I’ll be back on January 1, 2010, and then if I find time before that, all [...]

The Secret to Headache-Free Windows 7 Setup

After installing Windows 7, you’ll need to download and reinstall all of the programs you had installed before. Let Ninite do the work for you!

The Secret to Optimizing Windows 7 After an Upgrade [Guest Post]

This guest post is from my little brother, Daniel, who recently saved my laptop from almost certain bricking. Check out his other guest posts here. So you took the dive and upgraded to Windows 7, eh? Congratulations! Now what? Let me tell you a dirty little secret about upgrading to Windows 7. If you poke [...]

This I Believe Podcasts 10: Friendship

For the final This I Believe podcasts post, we hear about a topic very important to me: friendship. A normally happy, carefree topic, Hannah, Andreas, and Carolin share times in their lives when they encountered difficulties and friends came through for them or they realized the power of friendship, the power of a smile.

This I Believe Podcasts 9: Balance, Hope, Death

Today, three students share beliefs that influence they way they deal with life’s most difficult times—including failure and success, rape, drugs, and death—and find hopeful and reassuring answers during their searching.

This I Believe Podcasts 8: Optimism, Souls, Sports

Today, three students share three different sources of strength: Karolina finds direction in her positive thinking, student 4 find peace and new friends because of her belief in our souls, and Katharina finds strength for everyday life in the lessons of the heptathlon.

This I Believe Podcasts 7: Hope, Music, Friendship

Today, Charlotte tells us how she–a perfectionist–finally learned that life will go on even when the . Student 2 shares her love for music and making music, and student 3 relates a strong belief in the power of friendship.

This I Believe Podcasts 6: Decisions, Family, Pride/Religion

Today we hear from students who express beliefs that developed as they became adults and looked back on their lives. The beliefs they speak about better equip them to deal with their lives as adults, for Carolin 2 as she learns to make decisions, for Julia as she realizes the value of family, and for Christoph as he finds the right balance of pride in his life.

This I Believe Podcasts 5: Self-confidence, Motivation, Taking Risks, Hope for the Future

Each of these students encountered a situation that made them stretch, grow, and learn about their beliefs and limits. For Jana and Miss Sprengel, it was a goal they had set for themselves. For Katinka, it took pushing herself in an unexpected way to realize what she was capable of, and for Sarah, it was the clash of what her parents had taught her and what she learned in school, and, much later, the election of Barack Obama as United States president.

This I Believe Podcasts 4: Education, Optimism, Change

In today’s podcasts, we’ll hear how these students’ futures were turned around by unexpected life events.