codyg1985’s Think Tank

My laptop has served me well since I have had it. Although it is a hand-me-down from eBay with a Intel Celeron running at 600 MHz and 128 MB of RAM, it has ran Windows XP Professional fairly well. However, I have always wanted to try Linux without it interfering with Windows, so […]

Ah, back on campus.  Ugh, not really feeling so well.  I have had some stomach problems recently.  I think those have been due to drinking water directly from a stream on my camping trip.
I am beginning to wonder whether I will get an offer for a co-op job interview for the summer.  There aren’t a […]

Economists say that the game show “Deal or No Deal” is an excellent demonstration of the principal of risk aversion.  A paper (PDF) has been written that discusses the economic ramifications of the Italian version of the show, called “Affari Tuoi”.

After the first day in the wilderness, our group decided to cut the trip short. The rain began earlier that we expected, and as a result the safety of the trail was questioned. Moreover, especially in my case where I have never done anything like this before, we were tired and uncomfortable out on the trail in the cold and damp conditions.

Presdient Bush stands behind his decision to invade Iraq, and he backed up this decision on Thursday by reaffirming his first-strike policy against terrorists and rogue nations. Bush believes that threats should be met before they evolve into terrorist acts against Americans. Bush also believes that “we may face no greater challenge from […]

An interesting explanation of the age-old tradition of yelling “Geronimo!” when jumping from one place to another. I guess there is just a good explanation of everything if you know where to look.

Courtesy of this Digg submission:
Shuttle has released a new chassis that packs all the computing components into a paper-sized case that resembles an external hard drive. And the computer has some power behind it:
The X100 packs an Intel Core Duo T2400 processor, ATI Mobility Radeon X1400 3D-graphics accelerator on upgradable MXM module, SATA II […]

For the largest part of my Spring Break, I will be going on a 50 mile hiking trip on the Pinhoti Trail in eastern Alabama in the Talladega National Forest from Saturday to Thursday.  I am excited about this trip; I have never been camping or hiking before in my life.  I will be going […]

First it was the major networks of ABC, NBC, and CBS to lose viewers as people’s need were more catered by cable news networks. Now the internet is catering to people’s thirst for news more than any TV network could. Many news outlets are using the internet as a way to get any […]

Google News is a service that grabs news stories from many different sources and displays them to users. Unfortunately, some of those sources are not authentic, and what’s worse is that some of those sources are prank websites that posts fake news stories for humor.
A blogger noticed that the news aggregator was displaying links […]