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Gmail

I’ve gotten a Gmail account. It’s far better than any other free email service out there. I’m surprised by the speed – it doesn’t always actually access the server when you go to a different page – very clever. If possible, it seems to cache all the data you’ll need at your fingertips, such as…Continue Reading…

Google Bug Skews URL

There’s a little bug with Google where if your search term contains the letter b, the display URL may have broken bold tags. Here’s my post in reply to a topic at another site called Webproworld. Why are you all getting mixed up in checking out spacing, tabs, degree symbols and whatnot? It’s fairly simple…Continue Reading…

New Year 2008: What’s Your Goal?

With 3 days until the New Year, there are 2 obvious things that come to mind: reviewing the year behind us, and looking forward to the year ahead. I think that as I get older, time is passing more quickly. This year certainly went by quickly. From January to May, I was in the Spring…Continue Reading…

Most Polluted Cities

Most Smog 1. Los Angeles, California 2. Visalia-Porterville, California 3. Bakersfield, California 4. Fresno, California 5. Houston, Texas 6. Merced, California 7. Sacramento, California 8. Hanford, California 9. Knoxville, Tennessee 10. Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Most Particle Pollution 1. Los Angeles, California 2. Visalia-Porterville, California 3. Bakersfield, California 4. Fresno, California 5. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 6. Detroit,…Continue Reading…

Book Exercise

Via Ted Leung: 1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 23. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions. From The Maltese Falcon: Spade looked up at him and smiled, holding the finished cigarette in one hand, his lighter in…Continue Reading…

orkut

wow. this is really too much excitement for one day =) i just joined orkut.