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Hooray, No Gmail Spam

When 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 MB (0%) of your 1000 MB.” So fill ‘er up (and I’ll make it a…Continue Reading…

Gmail

I’ve gotten a Gmail account. It’s far better than any other free email service out there. I’m surprised by the speed – it doesn’t always actually access the server when you go to a different page – very clever. If possible, it seems to cache all the data you’ll need at your fingertips, such as…Continue Reading…

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This post is rather interesting. There’s no real stuff discussed in it, which makes it all the more interestinger.

Most Polluted Cities

Most Smog 1. Los Angeles, California 2. Visalia-Porterville, California 3. Bakersfield, California 4. Fresno, California 5. Houston, Texas 6. Merced, California 7. Sacramento, California 8. Hanford, California 9. Knoxville, Tennessee 10. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Most Particle Pollution 1. Los Angeles, California 2. Visalia-Porterville, California 3. Bakersfield, California 4. Fresno, California 5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6. Detroit,…Continue Reading…

Book Exercise

Via Ted Leung: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. From The Maltese Falcon: Spade looked up at him and smiled, holding the finished cigarette in one hand, his lighter in…Continue Reading…

What does “intelliot” mean?

Originally, 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 how the nickname has grown on me. My old nickname, which I still use occasionally,…Continue Reading…