Have you noticed lately that YouTube is performing worse? What used to be the most reliable way of seeing videos is now haunted by slow loads, choppy playback, and poor buffering.

I wonder if that has anything to do with Google, which owns YouTube, and its new web browser that's intended to be optimized for Web 2.0 content?

Inspired by dougo, I resolve not to buy any more books for myself in the year 2009. I say for myself, because I'll sure want to buy some children and language books for Ansel.

Here's my current to read pile:


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My acne problem is only visible when either one of the two events occur:

• I run out of Johnson & Johnson Purpose Wash; or
• I run out of Neutrogena On-the-Spot Acne Treatment.

When said breakout occurs, it takes about two weeks of my steady regime for things to get back to normal.

What is my routine?

1. Before you go to bed, wash your face with the ( Read more... )

I have so far applied to 41 schools, and here are the number of schools in each state (or Canada):
California: 6
Connecticut: 1
Indiana: 3
Iowa: 2
Maryland: 1
Massachusetts: 4
Michigan: 1
New Jersey: 1
New York: 4
North Carolina: 3
Ohio: 1
Oregon: 3
Pennsylvania: 3
Tennessee: 1
Texas: 2
Vermont: 1
Washington: 1
Canada: 3
We have a desired area in ( Read more... )

What personality do I use when I blog? Apparently, it's the same as the type I am when I take personality tests:
INTP - The Thinkers ( Read more... )

Maybe this whole time Sarah Palin thinks the phrase "Thanks, but no thanks" means: To thank someone, and then later unthank them.

I can tell when a new semester of Scheme is starting based on the hits I get on my old course web page for problems from SICP. I saw enough that I decided it was time for me to remove the solutions. (That hasn't stopped some from using Google's cached versions.)

Now, apparently, some students from Williams are tasked with writing a Quine in Java:

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In writing, I prefer to use the term "he or she" if the section of the paper doesn't require too many usages. Used sparingly, it feels inclusive and natural. No one in their right mind uses the "gender neutral he" anymore; and it's just as jarring to see the "gender neutral she ( Read more... )

The Republicans actually thought that

• "Drill baby, drill"
• Joe the Plumber
• Joe Lieberman's opinion
• "Sticking it to" community organizers

were things anyone gave a shit about ( Read more... )

Barack Obama's three books are #1, #3, #11, and #12 on Amazon. (#3 and #11 are both Dreams from My Father, I'm unsure if these are different editions or duplicated entries.)

The first anti-Obama book to be ranked is at #21.

Ah, and then The Audacity of Hope is at #24 as well.

Rahm Emanuel and Bruce Reed's book The Plan is back up, now at #41. I ( Read more... )