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Cards have doubled

Many things have happened over the past couple days, but I usually don’t have time to write about them. Today, I opened my Savings and Checking accounts with the USC Credit Union. The cards I carry has doubled from two – my USCard and driver’s license, to four – adding the Trojan Checkmate and Web…Continue Reading…

Gattaca (1997)

I did a wash for my second time here at USC. When the clothes come out of the dryer, they’re very hot. I’m pretty sure the metal zipper on my jacket could have burned me, if I’d held it longer. Doing the wash is fun. It feels like things are getting clean. Of course, it’ll…Continue Reading…

USC Chess Club

Just a little while ago, I got back from the USC Chess Club meeting. It was awesome. Not only did I get to play a game of chess (despite showing up late), I also got to talk with Nick Matelli, President of club, and Hendrick (not sure if that’s how his name is spelled), who…Continue Reading…

Norton Internet Securiity Blccks Without Notice

I was helping my roommate connect to the USC FTP server, bones.usc.edu, and we found that it didn’t work in either Internet Explorer nor SmartFTP, no matter what login info we used. (By the way, Internet Explorer is terribly vague and cryptic when it comes to FTP error messages. Use a real FTP client, please.)…Continue Reading…

Designing an Authentication System

I read through housing.usc.edu/htp/dialogue.htm. It’s very interesting. If you haven’t read it already, I recommend that you do. What follows are my comments and ideas, just things that popped into my head while reading: Why can’t Charon just keep granting new tickets without asking for a password again? A ticket is not required to maintain…Continue Reading…

College Advice (USC)

Today, I did laundry for the first time here. I couldn’t find the quarters I thought I brought, so I bought $1 of quarters from John. Then, I started the machine before putting my clothes in (I didn’t realize it started right after the type of load was selected). Luckily, it allows you to open…Continue Reading…