Archive for November, 2006

Bo Schembechler

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

Former University of Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler died after being taken to Providence Hospital after a medical emergency Friday morning.
Coaching the Wolverines from 1969 until 1990, Schembechler had an impressive 234-65-8 record. When asked about the big game on Saturday vs. rival Ohio State, Shembechler replied:
I’m as excited as you are about this […]

134 Free Academic Podcasts

Saturday, November 11th, 2006

via digg:
These lectures are a great way to keep your mind sharp during your daily commute or while exercising. Some of the lectures lend themselves to this better than others. I’m not sure how much I would get out of Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology I while driving in heavy traffic, […]

OpenDNS makes your Internet work better

Monday, November 6th, 2006

Most people probably don’t even know what DNS is. DNS stands for domain name system. You probably use it every day! Have you ever visited http://64.233.187.99? Go ahead, open it in a new browser tab; I’ll wait. You may notice that it looks an awful lot like google.com. It […]

Firefox overtakes Internet Explorer

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

In the past few weeks, Firefox usage at apacheguide.org has surpassed Internet Explorer usage. Here’s the stats:

Firefox - 46.71%
Internet Explorer - 45.48%
Opera - 4.84%
Mozilla - 1.36%

Torrent vs. Direct Download

Sunday, November 5th, 2006

I’m downloading Ubunto 6.10 Linux to try it out. Instead of downloading from a mirror, I decided to try the torrent link. The difference in download speed is amazing! Instead of 140 Kbps, I’m getting 1.4 Mbps!