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I’ve been on the web for a long time

and a lot has happened in just the past 10 years or so. It has now been about 10 years since I first got started in web development. Why the sudden focus on time? I logged into my Amazon.com account and looked at my wishlist. This was listed in my profile: “Suzanne Middle School.” I’m…Continue Reading…

You might be a CS (or CECS) major if…

I got this from an Upsilon Pi Epsilon website. Goes on a tshirt. You might be a CS (or CECS) major if… You’ve ever sent Microsoft an error report for one of your own projects. You have or are one of 3 girls in your class. When you check out at the grocery store, you…Continue Reading…

Compiling C Programs at USC

My roommate had his Assignment #1 for CompSci 101 (I skipped ahead to 102, in which we use C++). He asked about how to test it, so I decided to help. I considered various options for compilers. Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland, GCC? Finally I decided that the method most likely used by students at the…Continue Reading…

The Web is Becoming Increasingly Overwhelming

The year was 1996. I was creating my first website. It was about Pokemon, games, and programming. Life was simpler back then. The Internet felt like a relatively small community. The number of webmasters was a fraction of what it is today. There was less information. Spam was not a problem, search engines were not…Continue Reading…

Macworld 2006 with Steve Jobs

I just watched the whole hour and a half of Steve Jobs’ presentation at Macworld 2006 (webcast). Some very exciting things going on there. Did you notice that Intel has changed their logo? I’ve known Intel’s old logo for as long as I can remember. And I must say, I liked the old one better….Continue Reading…

An Exercise in PHP

I decided to take a few minutes to stylize the list of the top 503 MP3s hosted on MP3 Shack. I’m going back to college in about an hour, I suspect. It has been a fun break, but it is now coming to an end.