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Category: Opinion

Thoughts on Netbooks and Jolicloud

Around a month ago, I won an MSI Wind U160 netbook on MSI’s Facebook page. I didn’t have much use for a netbook. Therefore, I listed it on eBay as Buy It Now Or Best Offer. After two weeks of being on eBay, no one had bought it and the best offer I received was [...]

This is the Best!

Do you know what I hate? I hate it when people try to determine what is the “best” without establishing standard by which to measure how good something is. For example, somewhat frequently on Reddit, a person will post something like, “I am going to college and I need a laptop. Here is what I [...]

What Does YouTube’s Logo Mean? [Updated]

I know today is April Fools Day. I just don’t understand YouTube’s logo. It is even called logo_april_fools-vfl157034.png Does anyone know what this is about? Update: It looks like some YouTube videos have an ASCII version in edition to the various resolutions like 420p and 720p. It is very similar to VLC’s ASCII filter.

Someone Loves Copy & Paste

Someone working on Wednesday’s Columbia Daily Spectator must really love copy and paste. Also the editing staff must have been sleeping. Read the first eight paragraphs. Notice anything funny? I can’t believe this was printed on the front page.