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“Sindy is graduating” (Part 1)
Bill Cosby giving the Keynote Originally uploaded by sindy. That’s what I updated my Facebook status to via Blackberry as I waited in the Processional. So, in additional to being a Cardinal alum, I’m...
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Virtual Goods Summit 2007
Somebody once told me I was one of the realest people she had ever met, so it’s odd that I find myself as one of the sponsors of a conference on virtual goods From the website: The Virtual Goods...
View ArticleStanford’s New DMCA Policy and changing the discussion
On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Stanford announced to its student body a new DMCA complaint policy– specifically, the policy includes implementation of “reconnection fees” and represents a significant change...
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Virtual Beer Pong and Keepin’ It Real
Beer Pong Originally uploaded by sindy I stopped by the CS 194 Senior Project Faire today– for those of you unfamiliar with it, Stanford computer science majors are required to complete a senior...
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Virtual Goods Summit 2007: One Last Plug
I’ve been spending an increasing amount of my time the last couple of weeks helping to pull this thing together, so here’s one last plug for the Virtual Goods Summit 2007, which I mentioned here a few...
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Virtual Goods Summit 2007: Recap & Recovery
DSC_0019 Originally uploaded by jspepper I’m slowly recovering from helping to put on the Virtual Goods Summit yesterday– got up at 5am and was running around all day, helping with everything from...
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Construction guessing game
Construction guessing game Originally uploaded by sindy Driving past the recently renovated Barnum Center, which used to serve as the home of the Career Development Center when I was in school and now...
View ArticleService becomes useful for second time in a decade
After about 10 years since first signing up for Classmates.com, the service has been useful for me a grand total of two times: first, sometime well over five years ago to reconnect briefly with one...
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Weirdest SWAG Ever: Ragtotes Tampon Holder
Ragtotes Tampon Holder Originally uploaded by sindy In the bag full of stuff at GHC, from Northwestern University Female Researchers in EECS– “At the Bleeding Edge.” We jokingly said it was a tampon...
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Stanford Facebook Class: 10 Million in 10 Weeks
Stanford Facebook Course Final – Stanford World Domination Originally uploaded by sindy I’ve been working somewhat with, among others, the instructors (especially BJ Fogg and Dan Ackerman Greenberg)...
View ArticleThe Stanford Copyright Integrity Initiative
If you follow my blog, you’ll know that I’ve commented often on file-sharing, copyright, and universities certainly more than a few times and while my blogging has been sparse lately, today’s...
View ArticleAnother Amusing Google Search: “How to Get into Stanford”
Once again, I’ve made it to the top of an interesting Google search: if you search for “getting into Stanford,” one of the top list of results is my 2005 post on How to Get into Stanford. Makes sense,...
View ArticleHelicopter Parents and Gender-Neutral Housing
Here’s an unfortunate situation: Karin Morin, a Stanford student’s mother, goes to the helicopter parent extreme, writing a National Review article, complaining about her daughter’s gender neutral...
View ArticleUniversity of Phoenix Commencement Speech
It’s really not nice to make fun of University of Phoenix like this, but I can’t help it: Tosh.0 Thurs, 10pm / 9c Congrats, Phoenix Online Graduates www.comedycentral.com Daniel Tosh Miss Teen South...
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Restroom sign/door in the basement of Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford...
Restroom sign/door in the basement of Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University Originally uploaded by sindy Noticed this in the basement of Dinkelspiel Auditorium (or Dink Meeker Auditorium, as I...
View ArticleToggl
During my masters program, we had to keep track of how much time we spent on various tasks– reading, development, testing, team meetings, etc.– and submit weekly “effort logs.” We would either just...
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The Meyer Bridge of Death
Meyer Library Bridge Entrance, Stanford University Originally uploaded by sindy The “bridge” entrance to Meyer Library (awkwardly marked in the photo) is not actually attached to or part of the...
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Coupa Cafe Is Watching You
Coupa Cafe is watching you Originally uploaded by sindy I don’t know when the sign was put up, but apparently, the automatic espresso machine set up by Coupa Cafe on the first floor of Meyer Library...
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Help Wanted: President
Flipping through the March/April issue of Stanford Magazine (the alumni magazine), I came across this strange ad on page 36 (click on the image to view a larger version or flip through the digital...
View ArticleVideo: LSJUMB Impromptu Lunch Concert
A litle while ago (May 25th, to be exact), LSJUMB (aka the Stanford Band) played one of it’s many impromptu concerts in front of the fountain between Meyer and Green Libraries– i.e., the Shumway...
View ArticleThis is why people hate us
This stupid hoax reminded me of a real incident/interaction with a Google employee: Back in September, I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Oddball Comedy Festival when it came to the area,...
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Update on Online Privacy & Security: College Students
I get a fair number of requests to post infographics here, but this one is particularly relevant to me as it pertains to online privacy and security, like this earlier infographic, but this time,...
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tumblr: This year’s alumni holiday card from the CMU CS Department…
This year’s alumni holiday card from the CMU CS Department is amusingly a propos given our latest acquisition at the office (at the other university I attended). Posted via tumblr:...
View Articletumblr: Such a sweet find- THE AMAZING GRACE HOPPER on…
Such a sweet find- THE AMAZING GRACE HOPPER on Letterman! It’s only 10 minutes and definitely worth watching! Some of my favorite bits: On going to bed instead of celebrating when she officially left...
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