Opera Browser = Amazin'!!!

WOW!

I just downloaded the Opera Browser for my Windows Mobile 5 PPC - 6700. I am amazed by how fast and intuitive the software is.

I normally use the WM5 version of Internet Explorer (IE) and have been let down by Mozilla's Mini browser, Minimo. Minimo had the right idea of tabbed browsing and cool buttons. But when I went to a site that Minimo did not like it would randomly close and I would have to start all over again. Also the program ran very slow for a PPC with a 416Mhz processor and 64 MB of RAM.

IE also sucks (not as much as Minimo) since it too does not like certain sites and sometimes freezes.

My device is old but was ahead of its time when it was released (early 2006).

Conclusion: Opera Browser>IE>Minimo.

(Sorry Mozilla, I still love you for your Firefox and Thunderbird)

New stuff

I have not posted in a while. Wow!

A few months ago I was behind a mediocre car that had a purple bumper sticker that said, "Jesus is the Answer." This person was about to turn right to get onto the 101 and head South. When I was sitting patiencently, I noticed that she was smoking and as she was turning she littered her cigarette butt. I honked at her and thought about how her lord and savior Jesus H. Christ would be unhappy.

**Side note (Jesus' middle name = Horace?)

I still have been going to research meetings with Jeff Hester for researching star formation. I am still not being paid. I had my parents fill out the FAFSA to get paid for a work study job. I am also waiting for another key to the workroom since the first key that they gave me did not work.

I will try to post more frequently.

History Months

Practically everyone in America knows that February is Black History Month. Has anyone ever thought about the other months? People don't even seem to care!

	Black History Month February 2007
	Women's History Month March 2007
	Asian Pacific American Heritage Month May 2007

	Hispanic Heritage Month September 15 - October 15, 2006
	American Indian Heritage Month November 2006

IDL > MATLAB 7. . .Plus flowing liquid on Mars in Last 5 years!

Yesterday, Kayla and I went to another research meeting. Prof. Hester helped us create accounts and showed us some features with IDL. He also said that we could purchase the student version of IDL on their site. The version is $90 and he said that we could give him our receipts and that he could figure out a way to get us reimbursed.

Kayla and I also went to the SES 101 review for the final. It was very helpful. I also brought my laptop and found out just in time that their was a conference on the NASA channel about recent water flowing on Mars. I quickly found a link that provided streaming video of the NASA channel and Kayla and I watched it. It was very exciting and we saw our teacher, Dr. Christensen talk among others about the findings on Mars.

Research Meeting

Today I went with my astronomy teacher, Jeff Hester, to a research meeting. Kayla and I will be learning IDL (interactive data language). This is the same software that NASA uses. Today I listened to the grad students ask their questions. One student asked about her project which is on star formation and the magnetic polarity. The other asked about the visible part of the Crab Nebula. I was having a hard time wrapping my head around all this. Next week Kayla and I will get a chance to sit in front of a computer and create IDL accounts and start learning the basics. In the spring we will be setting up our space grants from NASA!

Superman Returns Video Game

My amazing girlfriend Kayla bought me Superman Returns for ps2. The game is amazing. The effects of Superman's superpowers are excellently done. I finished the game and still want more. I wish that games had the ability to load maps from something like Google Earth to play in environments that are real and I could fly as Superman from ASU to anywhere my mind can think of.

Blog

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