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I finally got around to installing Windows XP through Boot Camp and will document my experience here. I am running a 2007 Mac Book Pro 2.4GHz with 4GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT on OS X Leopard. The point is to have a computer on which my wife can play [...]

To “burn” a .iso or .img file to a USB device, type:
sudo dd if=bt4-pre-final.iso of=/dev/disk1 bs=1m
where /dev/disk1 is your particular disk. In OS X you can find out by going to the Disk Utility and selecting information on your target drive. In linux, type `dmesg` and that should give you the drive name.
I [...]

We’re all kids at heart. It’s no secret that my wife and I enjoy waving our Wiimotes at the TV, driving the Warthog through alien-infested marshlands, or jumping around in giant, inflatable castles. A while ago, we were playing various ticket-rewarding games at our local arcade — basketball, whack-a-mole, skee-ball, etc. But [...]

Here is the video that killed my camera A85:

RIP my little Canon A85. You went out like a true champion.
Taken at the Prescott Rally, Prescott, AZ, October 6th, 2007.

Today, I think I finally picked out my Master’s project, with the help of Dr. Michael Shafae. I will be working towards the Netflix $1 Million prize. Yeah, I am probably late given that the contest went live in 2006, but a winning solution (one that beats the Netflix current system by 10%) [...]

Gobble Gobble!
P.S. I’m looking for a video of a bunch of turkeys that my cousin Ana had posted on her Myspace account a while back. Now I can’t find her page nor the video. Anyone?

Last week, we went to an open house in our townhouse complex. The price was $389,000 for a 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath townhouse with a “stream” view (read: pipe with flowing water). The seller was nice enough to us despite knowing that we are not in the market to buy but rather just [...]

I am getting a lot of questions about the post titled “Rejection.” In it, I talked about squandering a chance I had with “the hottest girl on the planet.”
To clarify, I am happily married. Back then, I was in the process of finding a new job, so the “hot girl” was Google. I [...]

Three weeks ago I acquired a brand new MacBook Pro. This is my first Apple product after having been a Windows and Linux user and developer since I can remember.
I will try to document my switching experience as objectively as possible. I will review the hardware, software, and the GUI experience as it [...]

Today is the big day I go under the knife. I’m a little nervous, but I know everything will be fine. The surgeon is about 150 years old, so I know he has the experience. I just hope that I didn’t crush his hand when I shook it. Anyway, thanks to all [...]