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How to Separate the Touch Book Magnets
11/8/2009Today, I managed to separate the three magnets that come with the Touch Book. These are provided for the purpose of attaching the Touch Book to a fridge (or some other magnetic surface). I felt like I practically had to … Continue reading →
Hooray, No Gmail Spam
5/2/2004When I checked my Spam folder in Gmail today, I got a nice “Hooray, no spam here!” message. And it’s true – no spam has yet been sent to my account. In addition, I’m told, “You are currently using 0 … Continue reading →
What does “intelliot” mean?
4/25/2004Originally, I thought of it as the words “intelligent” and “elliot” combined. Someone later suggested INTELliot, “Intel” and “elliot”. And yet another possible meaning is: int elliot; … declaring an integer variable called elliot in C/C++/Java/etc. It’s kind of amusing … Continue reading →
Elliot’s Short Updates for 2008-11-02 via Twitter
11/2/2008In 2004, Ken Brown wrote a report, funded in part by Microsoft, claiming that Linus stole Linux from MINIX. This is complete garbage. # Both the Constitution Party and Libertarian Party claim to be the largest 3rd party, and they’re … Continue reading →
The Web Guy Recap #1
9/29/2007I’ve started a new blog called The Web Guy, the place where I talk about everything technology-related. I decided to do this because my personal blog– what you’re reading right now– was getting too cluttered with computer and technology stuff. … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Daily Trojan
Not everyone agrees with SCALE
For the past week or so, a lot of students and professors have been up in arms over the issue of the school’s administration reportedly ignoring the SCALE student group. They’re the Student Coalition Against Labor Exploitation. While I don’t … Continue reading
U.S. empire going way of the Romans?
In response to an article in the Daily Trojan, U.S. empire going way of the Romans. What made the USA into the superpower that it is? Military spending. Where did most of the nation’s major technological advances in the past … Continue reading
USC beats UCLA in Men’s Tennis
It was the first time we beat UCLA in over two years. Since 1997, we won just four of twenty-two matches (source). Last season we finished 8-14 overall, 1-6 Pac-10. But we regrouped, and this year we’re having an amazing … Continue reading
Wearing rivals’ colors detracts from USC
While having breakfast at EVK, I read an excellent article in the Daily Trojan by my friend Blessing Waung. The premise is that USC students wear other schools’ paraphernalia. She believes this is a bad thing, instead preferring that USC … Continue reading
USC Wins the Rose Bowl
I watched the start of the game, with George Lucas and the kickoff. It was 3-3 at halftime, and we watched the Michigan band play. My dad was siding with the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree. … Continue reading
George Lucas Donates $175 Million to USC
I don’t have much personal opinion to say about this, so I’ll pull a few quotes from news articles. George Lucas made a public announcement today, September 20, saying that his Lucasfilm Foundation will give $175 million to the University … Continue reading
DT: Are we moving backward or forward?
This article in the Daily Trojan is about the gas situation. I have two major points to make here. Using gasoline is economically beneficial. No other form of energy packs such a tremendously huge amount of power in a small … Continue reading
DT: New Facebook just caters to our use of site
I’ve decided to start posting some short comments on articles in the Daily Trojan, USC’s student newspaper. This particular article is interesting because it tries to advocate the view that people should stop worrying about Facebook’s changes. Here’s one sentence … Continue reading