Rocket Science

I’m not sure when I’m going to use these…but I found some great binary and Matrix-esque videos/animations at istockphoto.com. (And really I don’t know why I went there in the first place.)

Source: Brandon/istockphoto.com

Cool Video

Some more 2009 statistics, this time for Slideshare. 3,716 total views (of which I figure 3,000 or so are by the world-at-large), 531 average views per presentation (of which I figure 450 or so are not by me), 7 favorites (none by me), and 3 followers (who are these people?).

Source: Brandon/Slideshare

Sideshare--2009 Overall Statistics

Source: Brandon/Slideshare

Slideshare--2009 Most Viewed

I was surfing around the other day, and saw this job posting (no I’m not looking for a new job).

A dotcom in Inglewood, California?

For those of you that don’t know Inglewood, California:

• The Los Angeles Lakers used to play at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood.
• Hollywood Park is in Inglewood.
• Inglewood is pretty close to Watts and Compton
• My dad grew up in Inglewood, and my grandparents used to run a great plant nursery there (that’s long since closed down).
• But I would never think of running a dotcom there.

MIT OCW actually sent me an email where they didn’t ask for a donation!

Source: Brandon/MIT OCW

Do you believe it?

Whew! Finally a reliable (and fast) network connection.

I’m just back from my 10 day trip to India, and it was nearly impossible to find a reliable, stable and fast network connection in any of the places we stayed.

The specially installed DSL/WiMax link at the conference location was flaky to begin with, had high latency, and worked up until it was dug up.

The GPRS modem the IIHS folks were kind enough to lend us was a lifesaver, if slow.

The wired network connection at IIT-Madras required a really goofy proxy setting to use, when it worked.

And it took me about six times to write the previous post that this one completes.