Here at the University of Southern California, we have a workout gym called the Lyon Center. Recently, they’ve been asking students to complete a “Lyon Center Survey” to see what we think about it, and, hopefully, improve it. Here are two questions from the survey which I thought interesting: 9. What facilities do you use…Continue Reading…
As I mentioned a short while ago, today I read Joel Comm’s post called Speaking My Mind. I posted a comment in reply, but it’s being held for moderation, so here it is in the meantime. I completely agree, Joel. I’ve been posting to my blog for nearly 5 years now, but it’s only in…Continue Reading…
My roommate just had this problem with Microsoft Word 2003, and I found the fix using the Google search engine. Here’s what you do: Tools -> Options -> Edit Check “Typing Replaces Selection” That’s all my roommate had to do. For the sake of completeness, the fix also says: Tools -> Options -> General Uncheck…Continue Reading…
Yay, I actually made a good edit to a Wikpedia article that didn’t immediately get reverted. [Update] It’s still there, so all is well. Wikipedia rocks! The statement I edited now reads: Scenes which take place at CalSci, where Eppes and Fleinhardt are on the faculty, are filmed at Caltech and USC. One of the…Continue Reading…
Earlier this week, I had an omelette at EVK which was so good that I said to myself, “I’ve got to blog this.” For those who don’t know, EVK is one of two residential dining halls on the USC campus. In marketing materials, it’s known as “EVerybody’s Kitchen,” but according to the metal sign on…Continue Reading…
Today my friend Tiff had a problem with her Internet connection. She uses Windows XP and Internet Explorer 6. The web browser was unable to access any websites requiring a login, including Gmail (mail.google.com), USC Email (email.usc.edu), Facebook (facebook.com), Yahoo! Mail (mail.yahoo.com), Blackboard (blackboard.usc.edu) and so on. But the strange part was that all other websites worked….Continue Reading…