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File Name Warning
5/9/2004I’m seeing the exact same thing as this person on my computer. I am working on a computer (XP-Pro) that comes up with the following message every time it is booted. “There is a file or folder on your computer … Continue reading →
Vanpool to JPL
8/9/2006Trip Odom: 35.9 mi Moving Time: 47 min 30 sec Stopped: 8 min 23 sec Max Speed: 76 mph Moving Avg: 45.2 mph Overall Avg: 38.5 mph
Germany: First Impressions
8/14/2011Aug 9 – Day 1 While in LHR (London), I picked up 20 GBP from an ATM. I arrived in Berlin via Tegel airport (TXL), where I picked up 20 EUR from an ATM. In both cases, I used my … Continue reading →
ThinkGeek’s Slide Rule Watch is Not New
3/17/2005ThinkGeek sent out their newsletter, in which one of the featured products was a new Pilot Watch with Slide Rule. I thought it was interesting, until Simon pointed out that pilot watches often have slide rules. Apparently this isn’t unusual … Continue reading →
Phoenix Successfully Lands on Mars
5/27/2008I love reading about what JPL is doing, especially since I did my internship with them in Summer 2006. On May 25, the Phoenix lander successfully touched down on Mars. While reading about this, the thing that really struck me … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Google
Happy birthday, Samuel Morse – from Google
Here’s an actual email that I just received: I can use Google perfectly well on my laptop. Except for one thing. The logo for Google, in red nblue and yellow, at the head of the page, comes out just as … Continue reading
Google Bus to take Road Trip to USC
Google is doing a Road Trip to showcase some of the universities using Google Apps. And guess which school is first on the list? That’s right: the University of Southern California. They announced the trip in this post. See the … Continue reading
themiddleclass.org Review
Has anyone heard of the site themiddleclass.org? They advertise with Google AdWords, but their site is bogus. They claim to support the middle class, but the whole thing is a sham. I haven’t looked into it extensively, but it looks … Continue reading
USC Blackboard, Google Apps Down
Today, USC’s Shibbloeth sign-on software wasn’t working for several hours. That meant blackboard, googleapps, my, and mywiki were down. I think they handled it well, though. They responded quickly to emails, and their phone system had a recording saying that … Continue reading
20 Days Until Christmas: A Reflection
Can you believe it? It feels like just yesterday I was working at my summer internship with Google. It was truly an amazing experience, and very humbling to work with such bright people. Recently, I’ve been catching myself wishing that … Continue reading
Financial Hack and Black Friday
Here’s a neat blog I found today called Financial Hack. I read his very interesting post called Screw Black Friday, in which I learned that Black Friday is actually not the biggest shopping day of the year. I tend to … Continue reading
New Year 2008: What’s Your Goal?
With 3 days until the New Year, there are 2 obvious things that come to mind: reviewing the year behind us, and looking forward to the year ahead. I think that as I get older, time is passing more quickly. … Continue reading