Wednesday WTF #5: cuil

So the hottest (or not) new search engine is cuil (pronounced cool), and let me just say my first impression of cuil is terrible. As with most search engines I usually type in my name to see the results. Well I guess cuil tries to add images with their search …

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Google: Week 5

After just finishing my post on F8 I’m going to keep this one pretty short.

I actually was only at Google 3 days last week because of F8 and I took Friday off to head down to Santa Barbara for a wedding. Anyway since I use IRC at work …

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F8 08 - The Facebook Developers Conference

The following is a detailed description of last Wednesday, 2008-07-23.

I started the morning by driving to a park and ride next to the San Antonio Cal Train station. I was aware that parking was $2 but I didn’t have the common sense to break my twenty prior to …

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Google: Week 4

If you are visiting looking for information on Jaymie Darrow please see my previous entry:
A Loss — RIP Jaymie Darrow

Lately I have been writing my Google updates on Sunday, unfortunately after hearing of Jaymie’s death, I didn’t feel like writing about my week, and it still feels …

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A Loss — RIP Jaymie Darrow

As a twenty-two year old, I am fortunate to have not lost any close loved ones, however there have been four people who I was moderately close to that passed away. The first, whose name is escaping me, was in seventh grade when a fellow student who I shared classes …

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Wednesday WTF #3: moo!

This one isn’t really a surprise to me, but I couldn’t really find anything better. Someone posted this nearly two year old unresolved Ubuntu bug to digg.

The bug filer complains that the current cow displayed when someone types apt-get moo does not look like an actual cow …

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Google: Week 3

First I would like to acknowledge my mother’s coworkers who started reading following last week’s bidet story. I hate to set the bar low, however I do not think I will be able to keep up to par with that level of humor. Anyway thanks for reading and …

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Google: Week 2

On Monday, I discovered pancake breakfast is pretty standard at the Moma Cafe and oh so delicious. Tuesday I had an awesome time playing volleyball. Lots happened Wednesday. I had my first experience with a modern bidet and I believe it went something like the following.

I went into the …

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