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eBay with Video

Why doesn’t someone make eBay with video? I’d like to see a ~1 minute demo of whatever it is I’m buying, giving me a sense of its condition, size, and what it looks like from different angles. Plus in the audio, the seller could do a little narration. Everyone has a video camera these days,…Continue Reading…

The Time Machine and other Science Fiction

Slashdot recently ran a story saying that the human species may soon split in two. The interesting thing is not the article, which is ridiculous, but the comments that people have left on Slashdot. I read through all the Score: 5 ones (and a few others with interesting titles), and they are excellent. Of course,…Continue Reading…

For the first time, married households no longer the majority

Yahoo News says that marriage is losing its edge. A new survey has shown that traditional marriage has ceased to be the preferred living arrangement in the majority of US households. The findings were released in August. Nearly 55.8 million American family households, or 50.2%, were unmarried. More than 14 million single women 5 million…Continue Reading…

Google mentions USC in their blog

…in a post about the ASU Sun Devils. Well, they lost the game despite having Google Apps for Education, but that got me thinking– why doesn’t USC do the same? The USC email system sucks in comparison with Gmail.

Instant caching with PHP

Instant caching with PHP. Still the best simple caching technique I know of.

My First Football Experience: USC vs. Washington

I haven’t posted for nearly two weeks. So much happens every day that I just don’t find the time to write =]. Let’s see what I might want to write about: Building government meetings Google pizza party TCF Builders meetings The Invisible Computer USC vs. Washington VSC Funding Board Engineering Career Fair Parkside/Southside Game Night…Continue Reading…