Brandon Kraft
Brandon Kraft
@kraft@kraft.blog

My life is an open-source book.

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Austin, TX

Education

B.A., Sociology with a minor in Science, Technology, and Society, 2010, The University of Texas at Austin

M.B.A., Business Analytics, 2024, Midwestern State University (TX)

  • proclamation of the date of easter

    As found in the Sacramentary Supplement, this is the tradtional announcement of the date of Easter to be announced on Epiphany. It comes from a time before calendars but is still important now as a reminder of how central the Easter celebration is in the life of the faithful. Dear brothers and sisters, the glory…

  • please stop for a hotdog

    I was in Kansas this week for the Veritas Conference- a conference of the Big 12 Conference’s Catholic Campus Centers. While I was in the great and glorious state of Kansas, a “grey” state on my hot dog map, I had to find out more about Kansas hotdogs. Also, after the last day of the…

  • pledge for peace

    Since today is the World Day of Peace, below is reprinted the Assisi Pledge for Peace sent by Pope John Paul II in 2002. We commit ourselves to proclaiming our firm conviction that violence and terrorism are incompatible with the authentic spirit of religion, and, as we condemn every recourse to violence and war in…

  • the cell works again?

    Update: I think the cell phone is fully functional again. I was contacted directly by a tech to discuss the situation further and gave me his direct phone number, which I attempted and in fact rang directly to his desk, so if the problem continued, I could go directly past customer service.

  • young people annoy you?

    From a newsbrief in the December 12, 2005 issue of Chemical & Engineering News, the journal of the American Chemical Society, there is now a device that is designed to “shoo away” teenagers. The device, invented by Howard Stapleton, emits a high-frequency pulsing sound that almost everyone under 20 and virtually no one over 30…

  • sts 331 wireless project

    For class, I was asked to have my wireless proposal and report online. They may be accessed here. [This entry is post-dated so it is at the top of the page whenever my instructor visits the site.]