Simply awesome. I put together a team including Adam, John, and Rupesh. We’re all freshman living in Marks Hall. Our team was named ‘DeansHalls.com’ (I wonder if anyone visited). It was held at universities across the nation; you can see the final rankings for just USC here. We ranked 5th, having solved five puzzles. Considering…Continue Reading…
I was reading some blogs today, and noticed that the “Related Posts” feature was actually quite handy. I found some related articles that I was actually interested in reading. With that in mind, I decided to add this feature to my blog. There are actually many options available for this type of task. That’s what’s…Continue Reading…
I can’t figure out what’s wrong with this. “Connection was refused when attempting to contact www.googleadservices.com” Nevermind… I’ve found the problem: C:\Documents and Settings\Elliot>tracert googleadservices.com Tracing route to googleadservices.com [127.0.0.1] over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms localhost [127.0.0.1] Trace complete. It’s blocked in my HOSTS file (C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc). I’ve…Continue Reading…
Sometimes, I do wonder. What if I hadn’t left high school early? Was I really enjoying my time there? Was a learning? The changes I made to Walnut High continue to resonate. I never realized how much of an impact I would make. High school was a smaller environment, where you could directly relate with…Continue Reading…
I was looking at the floor in the restroom here in Marks Hall, and I noticed that the drain cover was off. On it was an engraving: “SMITH.” And I wondered: where did it come from? The drain cover must be its own element of the puzzle. Despite there being an entire restroom with many…Continue Reading…
And I’m glad. I am now fully convinced that Yahoo Search is currently superior to Google Search. Personally, I have nothing against Google. In fact, I’m earning more with AdSense than with YPN. And, as you probably know, I run a Google Forum. But from a purely objective point-of-view, for the kinds of searches I…Continue Reading…