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Smallest AdSense Ad Unit

I’m doing a little experment with AdSense. Instead of running a large rectange at the top of the post, which I’ve been doing for the last couple of days, I’ve decided to switch it up a bit. I’m using AdSense’s smallest ad unit for the first time. Another thing I’m going to start doing is…Continue Reading…

Compiling C Programs at USC

My roommate had his Assignment #1 for CompSci 101 (I skipped ahead to 102, in which we use C++). He asked about how to test it, so I decided to help. I considered various options for compilers. Microsoft Visual Studio, Borland, GCC? Finally I decided that the method most likely used by students at the…Continue Reading…

The Web is Becoming Increasingly Overwhelming

The year was 1996. I was creating my first website. It was about Pokemon, games, and programming. Life was simpler back then. The Internet felt like a relatively small community. The number of webmasters was a fraction of what it is today. There was less information. Spam was not a problem, search engines were not…Continue Reading…

Inexplicable AdSense Impressions

It has been a long time since I’ve written in my AdSense journal. In fact, the last time I wrote was on December 26, when I turned off Themed Ad Units. Now that it has been about 2 weeks and 2 days since then, let’s take a look at the results. Since the Themed Ad…Continue Reading…

INROADS, USC, and back

I debated for a few minutes whether to actually put INROADS in all caps. I think that, since it’s not an acronym as far as I can tell, it is more properly stated as Inroads. The capitalization, as far as I can tell, is used only to draw attention to the name. This sort of…Continue Reading…

Post Office, Best Buy, GoDaddy

Tonight’s Midnight Message will be hard to write. Life is getting worse as school is getting closer. Some of it is inevitable. Other parts are just severe trials that are hitting me, and I’m struggling to fight back. Admittedly, they do not seem very crucial on the surface. But imagine all the lost opportunities, people,…Continue Reading…