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From the “Cool Things I Didn’t Know Existed” Department

Posted on 14 May 2006
( Business andMatt's Posts andScience and Technology )

A friend from Korea told me that Korean airlines offer WiFi in-flight on their flights to/from America. He said the cost is about $30/flight and the bitrate is about 1-2 Mbps. Evidently, the connectivity is good too. Plus, they have plug-ins for each seat so you can work on your laptop the entire trip. I [...]

Site Updates

Posted on 13 May 2006
( Matt's Posts )

I made some updates to the site (which explains why the site was inaccessible earlier today). I think everything is working OK, but please let me know if you run into any problems. The changes are largely to the backend, so you probably won’t notice much difference at the frontend. There are RSS feeds for [...]

Random Tidbits from the Web

Posted on 13 May 2006
( Business andMatt's Posts andNews and Politics andScience and Technology )

Amidst the MySpace hysteria, Congress proposes banning access to the site from libraries and schools. Isn’t telling teenagers “No” the most effective way of ensuring that they will do the activity? In other news, I think I’ll change my career track to be a “MySpace Pedophile Bounty Hunter”. Seems like that’s the hottest career there [...]

Links for 2006-05-12

Posted on 12 May 2006
( Cool Sites )

Home prices are less affordable than ever – Jan. 23, 2006 Comparison of current values to fair values for various US markets. (tags: housing realestate) MyNewPlace Rental listings with $100 rebate for new leases. (tags: housing realestate) Bay Area Housing Crash Continues, Bubble Pops List of articles about housing bubbles. (tags: blog housing realestate) Apartment [...]

Links for 2006-05-07

Posted on 7 May 2006
( Cool Sites )

Printable Maps – Reference (tags: maps reference)

Favorite Lyrics of All-Time

Posted on 2 May 2006
( Entertainment andMatt's Posts )

Here’s a list of a survey VH1 did to find out people’s favorite lyrics of all-time. 1. U2 – One “One Life, With Each Other Sisters, Brothers” 2. The Smiths – How soon is Now “So You Go, And You Stand On Your Own, And You Leave On Your Own, And You Go Home, And [...]

Links for 2006-05-02

Posted on 2 May 2006
( Cool Sites )

Lyrics from LyricWiki (tags: free lyrics music search)

Our Trip to Barcelona

Posted on 1 May 2006
( Matt's Posts )

We just finished up our trip to Barcelona, Spain. Matt went there to present a paper at a conference and Leigh Ann tagged along on a vacation. We left from Champaign’s airport around 5 pm on Saturday evening (April 22) and flew to Detroit where we caught the long flight to Amsterdam. Thanks to Leigh [...]

Videos from Spain

Posted on 1 May 2006
( Matt's Posts andOur Life )

A complete recap of our trip will follow shortly. Here are some of the videos that we took in Barcelona.

Links for 2006-05-01

Posted on 1 May 2006
( Cool Sites )

Boing Boing: Stephen Colbert at White House press corps dinner (tags: humor media politics video) Anonymous Proxy Lists (tags: lists privacy)

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