Archive for August 2007

Then why did you buy the book???

In the effort to recoup the massive amount of money I have poured into textbooks over the past four years, I’ve been selling books on half.com. It’s really easy – just type in the ISBN of each book, set a price, and that’s it! No need to monitor a bidding war like on [...]

Freaking WHOIS

So during winter break of my Sophomore year, Harry, who is in China, IM’s me and tells me that he can’t register harryzhong.com, because China’s firewall prevents him from going through with the transaction. Since I’m a nice guy, I register the domain name for him, and fill our the appropriate information so he [...]

After 4 year’s at Stanford

I’m at a lost on how to spend my weekend. There’s so much going on around the Bay Area, but I’m so lazy to go out and find things to do.

Want music?

If you’re trying to find music online, take advantage of some of Google’s search parameters, along with your knowledge that some people will temporarily host music on directories, which Google crawls.
Try this search parameter and see what you find:
-inurl:(htm|html|php) intitle:”index of” +”last modified” +”parent directory” +description +size +(wma|mp3) “ARTIST/SONG”
Fill in what song or artist you’re [...]

Remember what the correct title of a book is when you’re recommending it to a friend

J had raved to me about reading “The Inheritance of Loss.” In an effort to be erudite, I had purchased the book and started to read it last week. I unfortunately had trouble getting through it, ending up on around page 100 after a few hours of half-hearted reading. So, talking to [...]