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Colonel Kicked Out of Afghanistan for Anti-PowerPoint...

Sun, 05 Sep 2010 08:58:50 -0700

Colonel Kicked Out of Afghanistan for Anti-PowerPoint Rant

Consider it a new version of death by PowerPoint. The NATO command in Afghanistan has fired a staff officer who publicly criticized its interminable briefings, its over-reliance on Microsoft’s slide-show program, and what he considered its crushing bureaucracy.

How to Opt out of Facebook Places & Hide Location From Friends

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:49:34 -0700

How to Opt out of Facebook Places & Hide Location From Friends:

Don’t let other people check you into places you’re not at. This is just asking for trouble.

Follow this How To and you can breathe free and feel happy about your privacy!

I am thinking about blocking comments on my facebook page. I’m not blocking comments as comments are always welcome on my blog. But I don’t like responding to post in that area.

Work for free or for full price. Never for cheap.

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:23:56 -0700

Work for free or for full price. Never for cheap.

Live from Apple's fall 2010 event

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:23:41 -0700

Live from Apple's fall 2010 event:

Don’t forget to watch Apple’s announcement tomorrow at 10am (Pacific). Also you can watch live from your iPhone/iPad/OS X 10.6 w Safari. Freakn… weird… I’ll just see it from engadget.

Live Requirements from Apple:
“Viewing requires either a Mac running Safari on Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard, an iPhone or iPod touch running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad.”

2010 UC San Diego Data Mining Contest

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:15:56 -0700

2010 UC San Diego Data Mining Contest:

Does anyone want to enter the Data Mining Contest? Its a classifications problem. Our first task is to maximize the AUC of binary classification on a test data set. The second task is similar to task 1, but is on a boolean-transformed data set. $10K in prizes! Lets do this!

The "Pull-Out" Method, does it work?

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00:49 -0700

The "Pull-Out" Method, does it work?:

Interesting… It kind of does. 96% if you use it perfectly according to these results. With typical use (no perfectly pulling out), about 73%. Well, to prevent pregnancy I mean. Wouldn’t recommend for the one-night-stand if you don’t know your partners sexual history.

Seaswarm

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:00:24 -0700

Seaswarm

This should be on a shirt.

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:50:19 -0700

This should be on a shirt.

20 Best Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 20:36:04 -0700

20 Best Google Chrome Extensions for Web Developers:

I’ve talked about Google Chrome before and how I switched over to it. It was still lacking some features for Web Dev, but its getting much better. Check out this list of extensions.

How do I connect to the UCLA_SECURE wireless network?

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:33:46 -0700

How do I connect to the UCLA_SECURE wireless network?:

On the UCLA Campus, you can pick from UCLAWLAN, the new UCLA_WIFI (Same as UCLAWLAN), some lame free WiFi that doesn’t work, OR UCLA_SECURE. Of course you want UCLA_SECURE. Its the best!

But how do you connect to this super awesome powerful wifi? Well… there’s a few steps.
Let’s begin… Its not broadcasting its SSID. So you have to manually type it in.

It uses WPA2 Enterprise security.

Check the Certificate, it should be for auth.ucla.edu.

Use you’re UCLA Logon ID and password to connect.

That should be enough info to get you connected on any OS, but click the link if you need pretty pictures.

Thanks a lot Oracle - Google won't be attending JavaOne Conference

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:33:14 -0700

Thanks a lot Oracle - Google won't be attending JavaOne Conference:

… but Oracle’s recent lawsuit against Google and open source has made it impossible for us to freely share our thoughts about the future of Java and open source generally. This is a painful realization for us, as we’ve participated in every JavaOne since 2004…

Mint Slideshow: Places To Hide Cash These are my favorites....

Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:01:45 -0700

Mint Slideshow: Places To Hide Cash

These are my favorites. Read the post to see them all.

Netflix for iPhone and iPod Touch Finally Here!! And it streams...

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:32:47 -0700

Netflix for iPhone and iPod Touch Finally Here!!

And it streams movies over 3G too. Too bad I just down graded from unlimited data to 2GB of data. Guess I’m sticking to WiFi.. damn you AT&T.

The Top 5 Coolest Futures Of All Time… OF ALL TIME!

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:33:47 -0700

The Top 5 Coolest Futures Of All Time… OF ALL TIME!

Axe Ad I think I need a girlfriend.

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:03:55 -0700

Axe Ad

I think I need a girlfriend.

What different sorting algorithms sound like

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:01:47 -0700

Sounds pretty cool. For some reason I have always liked merge sort. But everyone loves Quick Sort… which I didn’t see here, a little disappointed.

This is my first attempt on making algorithms audible. For some time I was wondering what would it sound like if cpu made different noises for different instructions.

Heapsort audibilization

The Joel Test

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:01:52 -0700

The Joel Test:

A friend from work and me were talking about a good software development process. Even thought the Joel Test is not exactly what we are looking for, its pretty decent.

#1 is always true - Do you use source control?

The Joel Test

Do you use source control?
Can you make a build in one step?
Do you make daily builds?
Do you have a bug database?
Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
Do you have a spec?
Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
Do you use the best tools money can buy?
Do you have testers?
Do new candidates write code during their interview?
Do you do hallway usability testing?

Paying for College — The Rich Are Different Sweet!...

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 10:00:44 -0700

Paying for College — The Rich Are Different

Sweet! I’m bumping up the middle bar with Grants and Scholarships! I don’t think I could go to UCLA without my Fellowship. Gotta keep those grades up!

Students from the richest families have well over half of the costs of going to college paid for by their parents. Students from families earning less than $35,000 annually, on the other hand, are relatively more reliant on grants, scholarships and their own borrowing.

What’s Worse Than Credit Card Debt? Student Loans Parents and...

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:11:44 -0700

What’s Worse Than Credit Card Debt? Student Loans

Parents and advisors need to step up and give their kids, who don’t know any better at 18, a dose of reality about college degrees, which are basically nothing more than an “entry pass” to the bigger job market. You don’t need a fancy five-year degree (and maybe even grad school) that ends up costing you $100,000 in student loans unless there’s real ROI at graduation (law, medicine, nursing …something that pays off and practically guarantees you a job for as long as you want one).

YoYoFactory Present: Jensen Kimmitt 2010 World yoyo Contest 1A...

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:21:48 -0700

YoYoFactory Present: Jensen Kimmitt 2010 World yoyo Contest 1A 1st Place