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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 they knew about the problem and were working to fix it. I wonder why it…Continue Reading…

USC Ranks as Top 10 Dream College by Princeton Review

Most importantly, we ranked above UCLA :) The schools students most named were: 1. Harvard 2. Stanford 3. Princeton 4. New York Univ. (previously #1 for 3 consecutive years) 5. Yale 6. Brown 7. Columbia 8. Cornell 9. Univ. of Southern California 10. UCLA USC News Princeton Review

Walmart’s Hours and a Lesson Learned

I am clumsy. I attempted to bring some delicious food to school in a tupperware, but it spilled in the trunk of my car. As I see it, about four things went wrong which caused this to happen. First, the food container itself was completely stuffed. This would be okay by itself. It was sealed…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 other people were smarter. Well, it’s usually me who’s the dumb one. At the same…Continue Reading…

USC ITS Sucks

Computer science at USC is dying, and half of it is ITS’s fault. ITS is Information Technology Services here at the University of Southern California. I don’t know their history, but what I do know is: They are one of the most crucial organizations at USC. They manage USC Wireless, the on-campus 802.11g wireless network….Continue Reading…