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Act Three: Supreme Irony
After the amazing first act matched by an equally entertaining second act, I could hardly wait to see what my latest trip had in store. This one was to San Antonio. The first leg of the flight was Champaign to Chicago on American. Then, there was a twist where I had to [...]
Best Joke I’ve Heard in a While
The CIA is looking to hire a new assassin for their department. After going through the initial screening, they narrow the field to three candidates: two guys and a woman. The CIA invites each of the applicants to their facility for one final test before they are offered the job.
The first guy shows [...]
Links for 2006-04-18
( Cool Sites )
Bad ISPs – AzureusWiki
List of ISPs that block torrent traffic.
(tags: bittorrent lists)
Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors — 2005
(tags: business lists)
Mentos + Coke = Crazy Explosion!
( Matt's Posts )
To surprise Leigh Ann upon her return to Champaign from Lisa and Eric’s wedding shower, I wanted to reenact a science experiment that I saw videos of on the Internet. So, now I’ve added my own video of what happens when you mix Mentos and Coke.
I’d highly recommend trying this at home! A [...]
Links for 2006-04-17
( Cool Sites )
Orangoo Spell Check – Online spell checking
(tags: online tools utilities web)
How To Encrypt BitTorrent Traffic
(tags: bittorrent p2p security)
Top 15 Security/Hacking Tools and Utilities
(tags: research security)
This Too Shall Pass
(tags: advice article)
The CEO Work Day
I found this article absolutely fascinating.
It has people like Bill Gates and other CEOs essentially walk you through their work day. Of particular interest to me was the way people use email. Basically for the two tech people (Gates and the Google VP) and two law people (the law firm partner and Posner [...]
Apple Pwns Little Girl
Before Steve Jobs starts running Disney, he might want to figure out how corporations should deal with those little rug rats that we call kids.
When 9-year-old Shea O’Gorman and her third-grade class began learning about writing business and formal letters, she thought who better to write to than the chief executive of the company that [...]
MySpace…More Like Waste of Space
With MySpace cracking the Top 10 most visited sites last month, it seems like a good time to offer my thoughts on this waste of Internet space. If this is supposed to be Web 2.0, it definitely uses Web Design 0.1. Some may be worried about sexual predators lurking in MySpace. I’m [...]
Bush Must Be a Lame Duck
As if sub-40 approval ratings aren’t enough, I think you can pretty much say the nail’s in the coffin for the Bush Administration’s legislative visions when the following is written in The National Review, the flagship conservative publication:
I’ve never voted for a Democrat in a general election in my life, and I don’t expect to [...]
Links for 2006-04-14
( Cool Sites )
Top 100 – Google Video
(tags: google lists video)
Dosize: Resize digital photo images online – Free!
(tags: email free images)
The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences
(tags: algorithms database math reference)
Tax Freedom Day Celebration
The Tax Foundation has released their annual report celebrating Tax Freedom Day. One of the most interesting aspects of the report is their table that compares the local and state tax burdens of the fifty states (in what is the most gratuitous use of Flash I’ve ever seen). Here’s a PDF of [...]
From the “Crap! I’m Supposed to Be the Commander-in-Chief?!” Department
It can’t be a good sign when questions from first year college students are helping the president with his military planning three years after the start of a war.
Can Iran please behave until 2009 and we get a new commander-in-chief? One that at least tries strategic planning. I guess you have to really [...]
Links for 2006-04-10
( Cool Sites )
Making the Switch from Microsoft to FREE!
List of Linux apps for various tasks for which people typically use Windows.
(tags: freeware linux lists opensource)
How to Buy a House – WikiHow
(tags: housing howto realestate)
iSubwayMaps
Subway maps from various cities for your iPod.
(tags: ipod maps travel)
Are Software Patents Evil?
(tags: article business software technology toread)
Is Iran Next?
Fresh of the resounding success of an “undeclared civil war” in Iraq, it looks like the US is increasingly leaning towards a sequel involving Iran:
A government consultant with close ties to the civilian leadership in the Pentagon said that Bush was “absolutely convinced that Iran is going to get the bomb” if it is not [...]
The Beginning of Crash 2.0
According to BusinessWeek, Facebook turned down $750 million because they want $2 billion.
Facebook, the Web site where students around the world socialize and swap information, has put itself on the block, BusinessWeek Online has learned. The owners of the privately held company have turned down a $750 million offer and hope to fetch as much [...]
The Societal Impact of Polygamy
I find it interesting to reason about the correlations and consequences of polygamous marriage versus gay marriage. If you’re interested in the topic, I found this article by Jonathan Rauch to be very well-written and informative regardless of your opinion on the matter. Most articles on the topic end up with more an [...]
American Airlines’ Encore
After American’s last performance, I was in eager anticipation of seeing what they do for an encore. As an addendum to my last blog, American did send me an unsolicited email (I guess they correlated my frequent flyer number to the delays) and told me that they were crediting 7000 miles to my account. [...]
Links for 2006-04-08
( Cool Sites )
Ask reddit: Your favorite programming books
List of people’s favorite programming books.
(tags: books lists programming reference)
CS Faculty Placement
Matrices of how schools do at placing faculty at top schools.
(tags: reference research statistics)
Ten video sharing services compared – DV Guru
(tags: blog comparison lists video)
Links for 2006-04-04
( Cool Sites )
Debian GNU/Linux Reference Card
(tags: linux reference ubuntu)
Master List of Federally Funded R&D Centers
(tags: research work)
Links for 2006-04-02
( Cool Sites )
DriverPacks.net > Projects > DriverPacks > Intro
Centralized location for many Windows drivers.
(tags: directory software windows)
The Top 100 sites on the web. (://URLFAN)
Real-time ranking of the most linked sites on blogs.
(tags: lists reference statistics web zeitgeist)