The Higher Education Opportunity Act is Coming!

Cinematographically speaking, this is probably the best video I’ve ever done (maybe that doesn’t say much for my camera skills). The editing on it was actually fairly simple, but the actual filming took forever.
As for the content, the video is about a a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the Higher Education Act for the first [...]

Richard Simmons on Capitol Hill

There’s been quite the buzz on Capitol Hill today.  Richard Simmons came to testify about physical fitness for America’s children.  You really should check this out.

Twitter Raises API Limit to 100 Requests Per Hour

I didn’t have the chance to blog about it, but I noticed the other day that Twitter set their API limit back to 70 requests per hour without mentioning it on their status blog.  I just checked the blog again, and they’ve actually raised the limit to 100 requests per hour.  I’ve been quite disenchanted [...]

Sports and Student Loans

Being .8 short in sports can be the difference between winning and losing, and .8 can make a big difference on your student loans as well. On July 1, 2008, the interest rate on subsidized federal student loans dropped from 6.8% to 6%. This .8% cut, when combined with the interest rate cuts being made over the next 3 years, will save an average of $2570 for borrowers starting school in 2008.