Commentary | Jason E. Shao

New Macbook Pro

Apr

16

2007

Got a new Macbook Pro (gotta add the pro at the end) at work, and have literally spent the whole day adding in all the stuff I “need” to make it my own development box. It’s amazing how much stuff you end up with that you quickly come to rely on. My short list seems ...

YouTube Obeys Fake Takedown Request From 15 Year Old

Apr

15

2007

YouTube Obeys Fake Takedown Request From 15 Year Old : “Want a video removed from YouTube? Send along a fake takedown notice pretending to be from the copyright holder. At least, it’s a prank that worked for a 15 year old from Perth, Australia, who sent a signed form to YouTube pretending to be from ...

Ballmer says Google’s hiring pace is ‘insane’

Mar

16

2007

Ballmer says Google’s hiring pace is ‘insane’ Google also is reliant on a single source of revenue, Ballmer said. The company made almost all of its revenue last year from advertising sales. “They’re still really one business, and it’s a search and advertising business,” he said. Google’s other efforts have been “cute,” he said. I’m ...

IIT Internet 22.5/7

Mar

13

2007

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/12/indian_students_told_to_talk/ The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Mumbai (Bombay) will turn off hostel students’ free internet access from 11pm until 12.30pm. Authorities hope the decision will get students talking to each other again. Mumbai has 13 undergraduate hostels. The really interesting part of this for me is that they’ve decided that 11PM – 12:30PM ...

Joey Day : Syzygy Â» The machine is us

Mar

9

2007

Joey Day : Syzygy Â» The machine is us This is the second time I’ve seen this video in the past 2 days. First Bart showed it at our internal meeting yesterday, and then it showed up randomly in a Technorati tag link. It *is* cool though.