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Great Chess Videos

Greg Dean — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:01:54 GMT

If you're a geek and like math...

Greg Dean — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:44:51 GMT

... you'll prob like this:

Let x = .999... (9's ad infinitum)

10x = 9.999... (9's ad infinitum)

10x - x = 9x

10x - x = 9.999 - .999 = 9

9x = 9

x = 1

Whats in my head...

Greg Dean — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:47:09 GMT

Speed Up - Funkerman

Pavlov's Dog

Greg Dean — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:08:46 GMT

Not sure If this guy's name is Pavlov or if this is even his dog. However It is a good example of classical conditioning.

Live from - what whats that?

Greg Dean — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:46:04 GMT

Reporter In Helicopter Pretty Sure Landslide Down There Somewhere

All your music are belong to us

Greg Dean — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:46:05 GMT

1) Install the downloadhelper firefox add-on
2) Go to www.imeem.com find a song you want
3) Use downloadhelper to download the flv file for the song
4) Use www.flv2mp3.com to convert the flv to mp3

[Update]
Jerome just pointed out you can use it at www.seeqpod.com as well

Who are you what did you do with Comcast?

Greg Dean — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:34:21 GMT

Today, Jerome and I were complaining about how slow the internet was. It ocured to me that it probably should be slow. We have a lot of stuff going on. Up to 5 simultaneous people (3 on avg.) using the web, backups running, software syncing files to remote storage, etc. So I decided I'd call Comcast. Here is how it went down.

Me: I need more bandwidth.
Comcast: It will be $10 extra a month to triple it
Me: I'll take it
Comcast: You're modem will reboot in 30 seconds, and you'll have it.
Me: Ok thanks

Sure enough in a few seconds we were flying again. This is exactly how customer service should work. Can you here me now?

Hi what's your name?

Greg Dean — Wed, 21 May 2008 06:40:02 GMT

No Longer Available? Yea Right

Wealth <> Intelligence

Greg Dean — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:21:04 GMT

It just kills me when someone buys one of these

If you want a convertible, buy a Merc. Whatever you do, don't buy a car with a rear engine. There is no place to put the roof...

Someone with more tme...

Greg Dean — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:05:07 GMT

...needs to build a twitter clone on a real platform.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/20/twitter-something-is-technically-wrong/

They probably have some API's that would allow you to echo tweets to twitter (when its up), to help beat the network effect. If someone came up with a good name I'd consider working on it.