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Disney Imagineering and Geoffrey Fox

Midnight Message time. I wonder what people who find my blog via search engines think of these. One thing that really amazes me is that a post I wrote about 2 weeks ago, Chuck Norris Jokes, now ranks #4 in Google for the search “Chuck Norris Jokes”, and people are leaving comments with more jokes….Continue Reading…

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 excellent alternative, it’s not perfect. It’s targetted toward college students, and it doesn’t support blogging….Continue Reading…

Google Presentation at USC

It’s 12:04. Time for a Midnight Message. Overview of the day. Awoke, had breakfast at EVK, took my last Econ Quiz, had lunch with Sam, went to Physics, went to Minors Workshop, went to Google presentation, and then went to Mark Study. Mostly a full day. What I’m going to write about in this post…Continue Reading…

12″ PowerBook Assembly

This is just insane. This guy assembles a 12″ PowerBook; he has upgraded the hard drive, optical drive, and colored the Apple logo. Don’t try this at home.

101010

The ultimate answer to life, the universe, and everything is not 42, but rather, 101010b. At least, I like it better: 101010. It can’t be a coincidence. some more info on 42 From Wikipedia Douglas Adams was asked many times during his career why he chose the number forty-two. Many theories were proposed, but he…Continue Reading…

There are some amazing hackers out there

512 bytes is a very small amount of code (it fits on a single sheet of paper!), compared to the megabytes of code contained in software like Windows, Internet Explorer or Internet Information Server. Three bugs within these 512 bytes compromised the security completely – a bunch of hackers found them within days after first…Continue Reading…