tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72205775543001424812011-11-27T19:09:07.059-05:00Exploring tech from a college student's point-of-viewSainoreply@blogger.comBlogger171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-517154134434030472010-08-21T12:33:00.000-04:002010-08-21T12:33:52.260-04:00

It's been a while since I posted on this blog. I just updated the design using the new "Template Designer" on Blogger to keep up with Web 2.0. But since my last post I created a new blog hosted on my laptop, had the laptop crash, and now another one on Posterous. I graduated May 2010 and I'm off to different things. Follow my new blog at take3. I plan on updating take3 with similar things

Sainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-49801236881225374352008-11-15T22:55:00.008-05:002008-11-16T00:30:45.336-05:00

Very often when I’m working, I find my workspace very messy and cluttered. It starts off with one empty water bottle. Then maybe a couple stray papers come join the small gathering. Before I know it, I’m looking at a small country of clutter. However, there a couple small things you can do to prevent this from happening.Why is a messy workspace so bad? You might think that it really doesn’t

Sainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-74718559202656834932008-10-22T15:15:00.017-04:002008-11-16T13:00:54.967-05:00

Ever since I've been living on my own, there's a lot of questions that come up that I've never had to worry about. This especially includes food going bad. Recently, I had orange specks (dots) in my buttermilk. Did my buttermilk go bad and what is this?When I found I had bright orange specks in my buttermilk, I really thought it had gone bad. And me, being a maniac on not wasting stuff,

Sainoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-72544732806107267822008-10-22T13:02:00.015-04:002008-11-16T13:14:54.498-05:00

I'm not even the horror-loving type but this game has a certain appeal that draws you toward it. Dead Space is the most brilliant and awesome-looking sci-fi horror game I have ever seen. The game combines various features of other hits in the genre to produce a nasty and thrilling mix.Unfortunately, I don't have any 3rd-generation game consoles so even though I won't be able to play this game,

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-11459710455348010102008-10-22T12:04:00.011-04:002008-11-16T12:42:55.224-05:00

PageRank is some order for pages that rates them based on how important they are. Since "importance" is such a subjective term, how can you actually rank pages? Search engines have to solve this problem so they know what to display first. Luckily, I learned something interesting in my probability course about Google PageRank.Let's start off with an amazing(ly vague) definition that tells us

Sainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-17926823572040661352008-10-07T21:57:00.008-04:002008-11-16T01:08:44.025-05:00

Are you really sure no one can figure out your Windows password? It turns out Windows doesn't do a really good job of hiding your password.Anyone that has access to your Windows XP/Vista has access to your password. It's almost fun after you learn how to do it. What do you need?SAMInside is a great program that is fairly quick too in figuring out your password. You do need to copy some

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-69950986985051582008-07-17T02:02:00.006-04:002008-11-16T01:10:22.894-05:00

Have you ever wondered how people catch on to trends and new ideas online a long time before they happen? I honestly have no idea but BetaNews and MoMB certainly do a great job of helping out.I've had friends that caught on to Wikipedia ages before it really became something. And Google? I'm not sure about that but I'm sure I knew someone, who knew someone that caught on. Either way, I've

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-20646690385499066902008-07-13T14:26:00.011-04:002008-11-16T13:28:25.673-05:00

For the longest time, I've been wanting to do a lot of push-ups and be able to say, "Yup! I can do [insert big number here] push-ups!" But that devious little exercise always has me beat. Now, I think I may have a plan to beat it.This does seem like the typical post you would find on health and fitness sites but this blog is gonna have it all (but mostly computer-related). But this summer, I

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-79872259089444094722008-07-12T17:58:00.005-04:002008-11-16T01:10:37.213-05:00

I can't believe I hadn't started using this earlier. Digg is amazing at keeping you up to date on new and interesting things happening around you. I really wish I registered to their site much earlier, but now that I've found it, I love it!What's so cool about Digg? Well, it's basically articles from all over the web that people have found interesting. So instead of you having to waste time

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-20060430910646380612008-07-10T13:02:00.004-04:002008-07-10T13:58:36.244-04:00

File-sharing clients have come a long way. The cool clients now are those using the BitTorrent protocol. It wasn't recently that I discovered they existed, but it was recently I discovered a few cool things about them.So, what's so cool that I discovered? Well, I knew that you had to download .torrent files and what not and then use those to download stuff. But I really didn't know what the

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-960629386518128082008-07-09T19:21:00.007-04:002008-11-16T01:09:22.240-05:00

A lot of people know Java. It's one of the easiest programming languages to learn. But it's really different when Sun says you know Java.It's been around for a while: I don't mean the exam, but my wanting to become a SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer). I've been putting it off for about a year now. But I've set a goal that I won't be able to avoid... I've scheduled my exam. In about 10

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-84319081269687732442008-02-04T23:30:00.000-05:002008-02-04T02:37:10.082-05:00

Batch files (and .cmd files) are very useful for automating small tasks on Windows. If you know how to use command line arguments, then this should be simple. Otherwise, it's fairly easy to learn too. This is a small run through of some of the useful command line arguments you can string together and make into .bat (batch) files. Automate your cleanup and defragmenting or a whole bunch of other

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-35739559308179537052008-01-14T18:08:00.000-05:002008-01-14T19:38:25.107-05:00

Many Vista users have been complaining about Vista's compatibility issues, battery life problems, and random other annoying features of Vista. I've come to dislike Vista almost as much as I dislike Macs. However, when I tried making the cookie copying article and some other stuff, I've come to realize maybe it isn't that bad.Right after I wrote the article on secretly stealing cookies (See the

Sainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-41175264582168801392008-01-11T21:08:00.000-05:002008-01-14T20:01:52.839-05:00

Cookies are debated to be a dangerous thing. Website can track what you're doing whereas they also help you keep your cart in order when you shop online. So what are they? In this article, I'll show you one quick hack which will let you use someone elses cookies on your computer.There's a couple things you should know about cookies first. Where they are locatedHow to copy your cookiesWhat is in a

Sainoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-65311031888107981332008-01-08T19:59:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:25:30.208-05:00

All of you PSP users, you're in for a delight. Sony is planning to team up with Skype to develop a version of Skype for PSP users. In about a couple months when the new PSP model, the P-2000, comes out, gamers will be able to install firmware which will allow them to use Skype on their gaming system and talk in WiFi hotspots. (Read original article)I think that's a great move. Adding extra

Sainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-83441317856972193852008-01-07T18:08:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:23:58.494-05:00

This is gonna be the first part of several posts on how to keep your thumb drive encrypted, backed up, and safe from anyone who wants to steal it. This tutorial will teach you how to use TrueCrypt and autorun.inf files to secure your USB drive and automatically ask for a password when you plugin your USB.EncryptionSo the first situation to avoid is letting your "private" information come into

Sainoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7220577554300142481.post-82528737207216898122008-01-06T14:55:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:24:15.254-05:00

So this is my first blog, first post, and first time using the internet (just kidding). I'm not entirely sure where this blog is going to be headed to but I'd love anyone and everyone to leave their comments and help me out. I'll just start off with a bit about me.I'm a CS student at Carnegie Mellon University. I've come to realize that not everyone is meant to be a CS major. Sure you thought you

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