There was a giant email toolbar that appeared in my instance of Microsoft Word 2002 (correction: Microsoft Word 2003), and turning off all of the toolbars would not remove it. It’s not immediately obvious how to do it. I searched Google, but there were no good answers on the first page of results. Luckily, it…Continue Reading…
So I’m the official Google Ambassador for USC. Today I received another package containing a Google visor, bag, notepad, and 7 cards promoting the Google Gadget Awards. She also threw in an FAQ for the Google Ambassador program. Google is awesome.
IE 7 was released earlier this week. Firefox 2 was just released. Sam Park suggests www.ie7.com ;)
18 months ago, Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert comic strip, permanently lost his voice due to a disorder known as Spasmodic Dysphonia. Nobody has ever recovered from it. But yesterday, he did. Read his story. He ends by asking what the happiest moment of your life is. One of my happiest moments was getting…Continue Reading…
This morning, I thought to myself that I was very dissatisfied with my classes. CS 499 is boring. Math 226 is explained terribly. ITP 477 is cool (ask me about this if you’re interested). I still need to start writing for the Core 103 midterm Thursday. EE 101 is the one class that’s going well…Continue Reading…
There’s an article in Yahoo Business today that says it takes hard work to become great. I agree. There’s also mention of something researchers call the ten-year rule. Reinforcing that no-free-lunch finding is vast evidence that even the most accomplished people need around ten years of hard work before becoming world-class, a pattern so well…Continue Reading…