Op-Ed Columnist – 3 Days of the Sotomayor – NYTimes.com.
Read it, and you just summarized ~35 hours. Hilarious. I only watched part of Day 1, but definitely on the spot.
Op-Ed Columnist – 3 Days of the Sotomayor – NYTimes.com
Published July 16, 2009 current events , politics Leave a CommentTags: confirmation hearing, Congress, current events, judges, politics, Senate, Sotomayor, Supreme court, United States
Office Movie! :)
Published July 14, 2009 Work Leave a CommentTags: happy things, microsoft, seattle, Work
I really enjoy that movie trailer. lol
Though on a far more unusual note, Mini-Microsoft has posted a not so critical post:
http://minimsft.blogspot.com/2009/07/microsoft-has-turned-corner.html
Tufts wins at something…
Published June 23, 2009 asides , current events Leave a CommentTags: being the best ISP is cool, tufts, who am I kidding, winning
Comparison of ISPs in Mass
Iran election — fast counting?
Published June 16, 2009 current events , politics Leave a CommentTags: current events, Iran, iran election, politics
How do you count almost 40 million handwritten paper ballots in a matter of hours and declare a winner?
via The Associated Press: AP Top News at 9:03 p.m. EDT.
A very good point.
I always like photographic stories: here is a great one about the election by Boston.com:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/06/irans_disputed_election.html
Twitterfall | Iran election
Published June 16, 2009 cool tech , current events Leave a CommentTags: cool stuff, iran election, obscure references, twitter, twitterfall
I know I’ve been lacking in posts for a while, but here’s a cool way to track current events: Twitterfall. This is tracking the twitter tag #iranelection.
Almost remiscent of Neo, scanning news articles about Morpheus in the beginning of The Matrix
BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft promises 'search 2.0'
Published May 29, 2009 cool tech , current events Leave a CommentTags: bing, cool tech, i'm sick of 10 blue links on a white page, microsoft, search, underdogs, who knows-maybe microsoft will actually get it right?
Microsoft promises ’search 2.0′
via BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft promises ’search 2.0′.
…except I can’t see it, because its a U.S. limited role out.
at least I’m going back in 2 weeks. Sucks for the people who are here all the time. 
ext3 in windows….
Published May 24, 2009 cool tech Leave a CommentTags: computer science, cool tech, ext, ext2fsd, ext2ifs, ext3, file systems, linux, linux file systems, ubuntu, using ext in windows, vista, Windows
I currently have 3 boots–Windows 7 RC1, Windows Vista and Ubuntu.
Because I’m in exams, I haven’t really had the patience to use Windows 7. However, in Vista, I was using Ext2 IFS for access my Ext3 partitions. However, I would semi-frequently get a message from Windows that the “device needed to be formatted” before I could access it.
Annoying, especially as I have 2 internal ext3 partitions as well as my external hard drive. Hence, I moved over to Ext2Fsd.
There are 3 ways to mount with Ext2FSD:
- DefineDosDevice, which will expire at next reboot;
- Auto-mount via MountMgr, which is what the designer suggests for removable hard drives. I’ve been using it for my external, and it works perfectly. It takes an extra 2-5 seconds to recognize the drive, and Ext2 Volume Manager must be open for it to recognize the drive. As an added bonus, you can flush the cache before removing the drive by right clicking on the icon in the corner–not easily possible with Ext2IFS.
- Finally: create registry entries to permanently mount the drives. This is what I’ve done for my internal Ext3 partitions, and it works perfectly.
In short, if you are looking for some way to use Ext3 in Windows, I’d strongly recommend Ext2FSD. In coming weeks I’ll test it with Windows 7 as well. Will update at that point!
Feel free to ask any questions. I’m always looking for a break from exams. 
Metric – Gimme Sympathy (live) – Electric Ballroom – Camden
Published May 21, 2009 current events , music Leave a CommentTags: camdentown, happy things, london, metric, music, sometimes we live in a beautiful world
I was at this show!!! I love Emily Haines. I was so happy when she was talking before this song.
Something about being around people who are doing what they love makes me really happy.
BBC NEWS | Politics | The Full Story: PM's questions
Published May 21, 2009 current events 2 CommentsTags: an exciting time in parliament, david cameron, debate about elections, gordon brown, i wonder if lib dems would win come an election, liberal democrats, london, Parliament, what is going to happen to britain
BBC NEWS | Politics | The Full Story: PM’s questions.
Check out this video of PMQs yesterday–David Cameron challenges Gordon Brown on not calling an election. Actually, all of the questions are quite good. If you don’t have much time, just look at the first 15 minutes or so.
I always hope that Mike Hancock (the MP I work for in Parliament) will ask a question. Unfortunately, its unlikely (there are 640+ MPs) and only 15 minutes of questions.
I can’t help but note that there are almost NO allegations about Lib Dem MPs expenses. Maybe this will help them, come an election? My bets are on one before the end of the year.
text to donate money for crisis
Published May 20, 2009 cool tech , current events Leave a CommentTags: cool stuff, cool tech, humanitarian crisis, it feels like all my life there has been endless series of wars/crises., new innovation, pakistan, ways to help without leaving your house
The United States has a program by which you can text SWAT to 20222 to donate $5 for the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan.
It’ll result in a charge on your cell phone bill. Deductible, I assume.
Here’s a link which explains the program, and has a video of Sec. Clinton announcing the program and what other things the United States is doing to help.
Edit: the money goes to “help the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees provide tents, clothing, food, and medicine to hundreds of thousands of affected people”
Also, note what she talks about in terms of the cell phone information broadcast system at 5 min or so. Sounds interesting…will be more interesting after we can see how it gets implemented.
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