At the end of every semester, the University of Southern California has students complete course evaluations. These include reviews of our professors and teaching assistants (TAs). Typically, professors don’t take these seriously at all. They’re passed out in the middle of one of the lectures towards the end of the semester, and then the professor…Continue Reading…
Tonight I went to a midnight showing of Disney’s latest computer animated movie, Meet the Robinsons (G). It was a 3-D showing– with 3-D glasses, dual projectors, etc. I was very impressed, and not just because of the superb presentation. It’s also a compelling storyline, and it’s told in a very entertaining way. Academic types…Continue Reading…
I found a link to the original rules for the game Mafia. It’s really a fascinating game, and amazing to see how it’s a worldwide phenomenon. I’ve seen it played in middle school, high school, church, youth groups, colleges, companies, internship programs, and so on. There’ s literally no place that Mafia hasn’t been. Here’s…Continue Reading…
Yesterday I posted about how great Firefox’s upgrade procedure is. Today, I want to contrast that with an “Update Manager” that’s really terrible. It’s the Adobe Acrobat Update Manager, which for the last few days has wanted to upgrade Acrobat to 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9 Standard. It looks like it could happen all at the…Continue Reading…
Today I realized I’m a fanatic. I have an “irrational enthusiasm” for things I love. At the current stage in my life, that means (1) Google, (2) Firefox, (3) InterVarsity, pretty much in that order. Google is one of the most exciting things in my mind. I actively seek to learn more about Google and…Continue Reading…
OK, I’ve figured it out. I looked through a lot of trash and ended up with two really simple programs: Juice for downloading podcasts to your computer, and Shuffler for transferring from computer to MP3 player, assuming your MP3 player works like mine does (that is, it creates a drive letter, which is pretty typical)….Continue Reading…