Category Archives: Networking

A Week In San Diego: Apps, Yoga, and Food

My lunch at Rubio’s in San Diego Earlier this month, I went to San Diego for a week. The main purpose of my trip was to attend The App Code seminar. I met some awesome people there, especially Mike and … Continue reading

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Can’t access Gmail, USC Email, Facebook, and other sites requiring a login

Today my friend Tiff had a problem with her Internet connection. She uses Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6. The web browser was unable to access any websites requiring a login, including Gmail (mail.google.com), USC Email (email.usc.edu), Facebook (facebook.com), Yahoo! Mail (mail.yahoo.com), … Continue reading

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ThinkPad Failed to Resume from Standby

I have a new Lenovo/IBM ThinkPad Z61t. I close the lid often when done working, to put the system into standby (suspend) or sleep mode. Recently, the ThinkPad was failing to resume from standby. Instead, I’d just get a blank … Continue reading

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Lenovo IBM ThinkPad Z61t

I just received my ThinkPad Z61t and I’m typing on it right now. It’s really sweet. I’ve had only three hiccups so far: First thing I noticed was that the system is lacking a Windows Vista Capable sticker. I was … Continue reading

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What’s the best thing to do with spam?

I was checking my Gmail Spam folder for false positives when I came across a bounced email from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). It said: This message was created automatically by mail delivery software. A message that you sent could … Continue reading

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Tribe and LinkedIn

I just signed up for Tribe and LinkedIn. My initial impression is that I am very, very impressed. Both are amazingly slick applications. They both have a similar goal, but approach it entirely differently. From what I’ve seen so far, … Continue reading

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I want to work in software engineering

… at Google or Yahoo. But who doesn’t? Hopefully they consider this idea: The other important thing to consider is that most IT folk do their best work young and fresh out of college. They’re not “old hands”, they’re “young … Continue reading

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There’s Space for a MySpace Competitor

I was reading a post at ensight and a lot of thoughts came to mind. I think the conclusion that the entire discussion points to is that there’s an unmet demand for a competitor to MySpace. Although Facebook is an … Continue reading

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I hate toolbardollars scum

I went to my website, Google Community, and read a post about someone who got a virus by visiting the home page of my site. How is that possible? I hadn’t noticed it. Well, they were using Internet Explorer. So … Continue reading

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