Archive for March 18th, 2006

Moore’s paradox

Moore’s paradox is fascinating. Belief and knowledge are funny things!

Giant magnetoresistive effect

Giant magnetoresistive effect just sounds too cool. It’s the explanation behind why we’re able to have giant-capacity hard drives.

One-Click Spam Removal

This is something I wish WordPress had. I’m going through 220+ comments on one of my entries, just clicking the little edit button, selecting the Spam option, and then clicking Edit Comment. This is taking a lot of time, but I’m doing it because I don’t like spam. There should be an easier and/or faster way. WordPress, one-click spam removal when viewing entries, please?!

How a cat always lands on its feet

I was trying to start my physics homework when I read this in my textbook:

These experiments explain how a cat always manages to land on its feet. When dropped toward the floor from an upside-down position, the cat turns its body by means of very quick swinging motions of its hind legs and tail.

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Home Sweet Marks Hall

So I climb up to the second floor carrying all of my luggage, open the stairwell door, and then open my room door — but it doesn’t work. The door’s still locked, and the key won’t budge. John Shook starts yelling down the hall in his typical fashion, and reveals that Housing has changed all the locks. Gosh darn it.

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What’s New in iTunes 6.0.4?

I hate when software programs ask me if I’d like to update, but don’t say anything about what’s coming in the next version. Maybe I’m just paranoid, but I have no idea what’s going to happen, and so I think of the worst. Being unable to revert back to the old version would be terrible. I hope oldversion.com stays updated. I always try to find a changelog when upgrading, and today’s upgrade is iTunes 6. It wants to upgrade to 6.0.4, but what has changed? I’ll update this post when I find out.

Disneyland with Builders

I just got back from Disneyland. It was awesome.

Ah, the joys of using dual monitors. I’m blogging on one screen and editing the photos from the day with Picasa2 (the latest version) on the other screen. Speaking of which, I updated the version of Picasa on my laptop: Picasa Version 2.0.0 (Build 18.84…) to Picasa Version 2.2.0 (Build 28.08, 0).

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