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Wii on Amazon

We decided we want a Wii. As of yesterday, Amazon was saying: Wii Available for Purchase 12/29: The Nintendo Wii will again be available for purchase on Amazon.com on 12/29, Friday morning, at some point between 7am and 11am PST. We will be limiting purchases to one per household. We anticipate that we will sell…Continue Reading…

5 or more computers?

Looks like a number of people on the ThinkPad forums have more than 5 computers. Ah, I love computers, and I could easily use the capabilities of faster ones, and with Synergy, use more than one at a time. But I really only have one working computer, mainly because I’m saving money. I’ve been taught…Continue Reading…

Defeating spam with a question

I just upgraded Google Community vBulletin. I thought they had better ways to fight spam, but not so: they use image verification, no matter how complex it is. The more weird-looking the images get, the harder it is for real humans to read them. Sometimes, computers can even read images (using OCR) better than humans…Continue Reading…

Dream: Falling behind in just the first week

This is part two in my series on dreams I’ve had this Christmas break. I had my first dream while I was still at school, in Marks Hall. This one I had just last night, here in the comfort of my home. In particular, I slept on the lower bunk of my bunk bed, while…Continue Reading…

Dream: USC Housing

Now that the stress of the school year has been lifted, I’ve been having more dreams at night. Here’s one I had a few days ago, while I was still at school. Janice, Theo, and I were sitting around a small table. A mail courier carrying a bag of envelopes came up to us, handed…Continue Reading…

End of the Fall 2006 semester

I have just one final remaining. I really should study all of today and tomorrow until the exam, especially since my grade is on the borderline. For Christmas break, there are a number of things I’m looking forward to: Spending time with family Getting my new ThinkPad Playing DDR: Mario Mix Working on Google Community…Continue Reading…