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What’s the happiest moment of your life?

18 months ago, Scott Adams, author of the Dilbert comic strip, permanently lost his voice due to a disorder known as Spasmodic Dysphonia. Nobody has ever recovered from it. But yesterday, he did. Read his story. He ends by asking what the happiest moment of your life is. One of my happiest moments was getting…Continue Reading…

Ming Hsieh Gave Me His T-Shirt

This morning, I thought to myself that I was very dissatisfied with my classes. CS 499 is boring. Math 226 is explained terribly. ITP 477 is cool (ask me about this if you’re interested). I still need to start writing for the Core 103 midterm Thursday. EE 101 is the one class that’s going well…Continue Reading…

The Time Machine and other Science Fiction

Slashdot recently ran a story saying that the human species may soon split in two. The interesting thing is not the article, which is ridiculous, but the comments that people have left on Slashdot. I read through all the Score: 5 ones (and a few others with interesting titles), and they are excellent. Of course,…Continue Reading…

Instant caching with PHP

Instant caching with PHP. Still the best simple caching technique I know of.

My First Football Experience: USC vs. Washington

I haven’t posted for nearly two weeks. So much happens every day that I just don’t find the time to write =]. Let’s see what I might want to write about: Building government meetings Google pizza party TCF Builders meetings The Invisible Computer USC vs. Washington VSC Funding Board Engineering Career Fair Parkside/Southside Game Night…Continue Reading…

Dog starts car after eating chip

This article on BBC made me smile. Dog starts car after eating chip. Mr Gorman said: “I was glad to get the car started for the member. They will now have to take George [the dog] with them in the car until things take their natural course. It is the first time that I have…Continue Reading…