I thought this day would never come, but it has. As of now, anyone can sign up for a free Gmail account. It is, quite simply, the best email in existence. Plus, Google’s put together a hilarious 4-act video series on why to use Gmail. Valentine’s Day is a fine holiday. It’s especially cool to…Continue Reading…
Unfortunately, USC gives each email account only 75 MB storage space. I feel like I’m living in the dark ages of the Internet, when hard disks were expensive and bandwidth even more so. I quickly maxed out the space limit, but it’s not a problem thanks to Google Gmail. For my own curiosity, I shall…Continue Reading…
Yesterday I helped Jenny Zha submit her CSCI 101 homework. Most people do not understand FTP and SSH. Here at USC, we use CoreFTP for file transfers, but it’s actually over SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol), which works the same way as FTP. She had written her homework using Notepad, so in order to use…Continue Reading…
This was a great season. Though I’m not a huge football fan, and I went to only one of the games, I really enjoyed watching USC football. My roommate was part of the inspiration; he’s a junior and has gone to nearly all of the home games since his freshman year. Here are some great…Continue Reading…
I just read some interesting stuff which was written before the Rose Bowl game. For pre-game hype, it’s really intriguing. It’s CSTV’s Battle of the Blogs, where they have a daily question and call in a blogger from each side (Michigan and USC) to write a response. It’s good to see blogs going mainstream. Day…Continue Reading…
I watched the start of the game, with George Lucas and the kickoff. It was 3-3 at halftime, and we watched the Michigan band play. My dad was siding with the University of Michigan, where he earned his undergraduate degree. =) Then we went out and attempted to find two geocaches, which we couldn’t find….Continue Reading…