The Brain (Link)

"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say, we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - the ones we don't know we don't know." - Donald Rumsfeld, philospher (on the last page of Time magazine).

The Mystery of Consciousness
You exist, right? Prove it. How 100 billion jabbering neurons create the knowledge - or illusion--that you're here. (Yeah, it really helps my self-esteem knowing that.)

6 Lessons for Handling Stress
Take a deep breath. Now exhale slowly. You've just taken the first step toward managing stress and avoiding burnout. Great!

Time Travel in the Brain
What are you doing when you aren't doing anything at all? Hmm... it's not nothing. If you said nothing, you have passed a test in logic and failed a test in neurology.

Chinese Black Market Copies of Vista on Sale!
oh wow. already. (as you know, there are interesting links [rss feeds] on the column to the right from digg and reddit.)

Make 240 U-turns... while going to NJ - Google Maps
rofl - google maps gets lost and refuses to ask for directions.
*edit* they fixed it but it's still here.

Verizon Fios

Well, my $39.99 10 Mbps /2 Mbps Verizon Fios that I got on Saturday is doing pretty well.


Fastest upload speed: 1837 kb/s.

Fastest download speed: 11747 kb/s.

Best latency: 17 ms.

My home WAMP server is located at http://vma.ath.cx:8090 but it's rarely on... maybe only once per month for a few hours. Just some old websites on there.

School in General

Formerly titled, "School in General".

Here's a tip I received from a friend last week when we were walking the hallway. They conversation went something like this.

: Do you know the one most important thing you need to do to succeed in school?
:: What? Ask questions?
: Listen.
:: Yeah, I'm listening.
: Just listen.
:: Okay... uh...
: Listen. Got it?

And that's it. Listen to your teachers. Listen to your peers. Don't be like Bush because he doesn't listen. Well, it certainly looks like someone can use this little tip.

I almost forgot. Happy new year! School starts tomorrow, so... the best of luck to you all. (stuy.edu is down o.O) As the Stuy PA says, make a strong foundation for your future.