I probably broke a bunch of hiking rules today when I went exploring in one of the state parks in my hometown. It was a nice hike until I decided to head back and about half hour into the return trip and lost in thought, it occurred to me that I had no idea where — Continue reading »
Pac-Man on Google
📆 May 21, 2010
This shows how often I actually Visit Google's homepage, as often as never. In honor of the 30th anniversary of the popular video game, Pac-Man, Google had a fully functioning game running on its homepage. And I had no idea about this until late tonight when I saw the news on a tech site. With — Continue reading »
Gold to $800/oz
📆 May 19, 2010
Just read this article on Fortune about predictions of gold prices falling to $800-$900/oz in the next 1-2 years. The justification being that with the world markets stabilizing, investment in gold will no longer be viewed as a prudent choice and investors will abandon the metal for more rewarding bets. I don't see these predictions — Continue reading »
0% Balance Transfer? Not Quite
📆 May 18, 2010
They're back from their welcome hiatus. I've already received a couple of offers to open credit card and bank card accounts with full year 0% interest on balance transfers. Why is it that you only get these great offers when you need them the least? But I digress, and on second look they're not great — Continue reading »
Blocking Referrer (Referer) Header in Chrome
📆 May 17, 2010
I have been using the Google Chrome browser for quite a while now but the inability to block the Referrer header in Chrome has been a concern. Well, it was a concern until this past weekend when I got tired of waiting and wrote a Chrome extension to suppress it. I don't think Referer can — Continue reading »
Amazon Associates Account Suspension
📆 May 16, 2010
The email came at night, but it wasn't completely unexpected. In a terse missive, Amazon accused me of violating their Terms of Service (TOS) and terminated my account. Reasons given: copying pages and links to other sites and search engines. In other words spamming other sites with specific Amazon links tagged with my id to — Continue reading »
Time Travel
📆 May 11, 2010
People may find Stephen Hawking's ideas of alien encounters humorous, but it'll be silly not to give it any possibility that intelligent life exists outside our boundaries. There's a chance, even if a small one. But what recently captured my attention was Hawking's latest musings about time travel, wormholes, and speed of light. I think — Continue reading »
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