August 2007 Entries
Profound thought of the day:
The teacher decides what is taught.
The student decides what is learned.
Technorati tags: Thoughtful, Teaching
I often end up fielding questions from non-technical friends and family about anything that has to do with computers. While I do my best, there are times when I am simply unable to help them. One frequent topic for questions is email delivery, particularly for lists and such. Well, the helpful people at Google have finally produced an explanatory video that explains email delivery once and for all. Here it is. Technorati tags: Google, Email, video
When I was born, the most popular baby name in the United States* was Michael. Indeed, with the exception of 1960 (when David briefly took the number one spot), Michael was the number one baby name from 1954 to 1998.
When I was born, my own name, Jacob, was pretty rare. That year, it broke into the top 300 at number 297 (with a bullet, as it turns out). I bring this up because it meant that I rarely met anyone else named Jacob. As a result, I never gained any real filter for my name—no double check to make...