Optimus awesome-us

It’s Latin for optimal awesomeness, and it
describes what I’d like to do in college and beyond.
As mentioned on my “About” page, I want to go to MIT. Not mentioned in my about page (until now, just updated) is that I also want to work at Google.

Why Google?
Location
For one, their offices in Cambridge are less than [...]

The end of commercials, a proposition.

My dad is one of those people. You probably know
a couple. They never watch commercials. Never. They switch between channels, often missing a lot of the show (unless they have PiP).
It annoys me. I miss so much of the show when I watch television with him. I also hate commercials. I’ll watch ‘em, but I [...]

My thoughts on the OLPC project.

Yes, I’m late, but I really do think sometimes (the
horror!) and I couldn’t find a better topic for my post today.
There’s a project called One Laptop Per Child. It aims to bring 3rd world countries laptops for their kids. One per kid. Absolutely free. It’s nice but a bit…well, just read on.
Sometimes called the $100 [...]

A usability standard proposal and a rule for forum owners.

You know how the nice people put
a warning when they link to a PDF? I like that. You know what else should have a warning associated with it?
JAVA!!! I cannot stand this: osphp.net’s 404 page includes an applet. It’s like punishing you for a 404. Do you know how LONG it takes for an applet [...]

The XML power of CSS

Over at Tizag Tutorials, I
was fooling around with CSS and figured something out. It’s probably well-known, but CSS can allow you to declare your own tags.
Example: highlighted text has a yellow background. So,
highlight { background-color: yellow; }
Then <highlight> and </highlight> are how you use the tag. Incorporate that into a template stylesheet and BOOM! semi-xml! [...]

Harry Potter is here! What’s my reaction?

No spoilers, don’t worry, I haven’t
even got my copy yet. I ordered it at Whimsic Alley, it’s in the mail.
I’m not sure whether to be happy or sad. I’ll finally learn what happens, but tell me, pottermaniacs, do we really want to know?
The series has often relied on false suspense (cause the main character will [...]

Thought my fellow penguin freaks might like to check this out.

Kudos to the great, helpful blogger over at
PimpYourLinux. He has lots of interesting articles, all of which help you have the Mac [OS X] Daddy of Linux.
Many of his tutorials are to make your Linux distro look more like Mac OS X, but there are other great ones too.
Sorry I haven’t
posted people (for like a [...]

What I want to do before I graduate high school…

The biggest thing I want to do before I graduate high school,
for my school, is to set them up with a high-end, dedicated server network. I couple for backups, one for network programs, and one or two to host their website without bandwidth or space limitations!
Once I move out into the big world, I’ll do [...]

Alyson Stoner, what have you done? A star in serious need of a good nerd.

 
IT BURNS! Alyson Stoner’s website is a site
to make sore eyes. Using a remotely hosted blogging platform (who uses Blogger on their site anyway?) and too much Flash (not even a Low-Fi version available) and little to no scripting, it makes a mockery of a website….but, I don’t blame her.
I blame the de-de-de behind the [...]

YouOS, my new solution?

It may just be perfect. YouOS, a
web-based operating system, is my dream come true. It’s very easy to use, has a *nix-like filesystem, and can be used from any internet connected computer.
With a plethora of available apps, great customization, and obvious portability, it’s amazing.
I’m using “YouBrowser” to post here. Behaving well for a web-based browser. [...]