Crime In Haiti
I need everyone’s opinion on this question. What do you think causes crime in Haiti?
Please leave a comment.
10 CommentsToshiba Gigabeat: iPod Killer?
While I’m waiting for the prices on music phones to go down, I’ve found an mp3 player that I’m really interested in buying.
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Google Fusion
Yesterday, Google unveiled a new feature named “Google Personalized Homepage” or Google Fusion.
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Xbox 360 Special On MTV
I just finished watching the Xbox 360 special on MTV. The special was lackluster.
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Going Back To Haiti?
Recently, a friend of mine asked me what I was going to do after I graduate. This got me to do a little thinking.
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My (Poor) Health
A couple of weeks ago, I took at blood test at the University to have my cholesterol, glucose level and other things tested. Today I got the results in the mail. There was a scale from 0 to 100 and my score was 10, meaning “Caution, High Risk.” I started laughing because surely there was something. Well, turns out there was in deed something wrong. These weren’t my test results but the test results of someone who, in my opinion, isn’t doing very well health-wise. Oh well, I can’t wait to get my test results.
Living Longer
Some interesting ways to live longer. They listed oversleeping as one of the things that cause you to die younger. This is a problem for me because I constantly oversleep on days that I don’t have classes. Anyway, it’s an interesting article to read and click on the links for an explanation. But ever since I’ve been reading Freakonomics by Levitt and Dubner, I’m starting to doubt any research I read because experts tend to exagerrate the facts so that they can get people’s attention. Also, I’m doubting conventional wisdom.
Irrelevant
Today’s post is a complete waste of space and a complete waste of your time if you happen to be reading it. I just thought it’d be cool if I post an entry on 05/05/05.
Runaway Bride
If you’ve watched the news this past week, then you’ve probably heard the story of Jennifer Wilbanks.
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Learning C++
Since I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, I’m reading a C++ tutorial. While I have an idea of programming in C++, I have never really sat down to learn all the basics. In reading the tutorial, I’ve noticed that in C++ there are 10 ways to do everything. My favorite examples are:
int a (5) is the same as int a = 5
a = 2 + (b = 5); is the same as
b = 5;
a = 2 + b;
I think that this is one of the reasons C++ code is always so much harder for me to read than Java. I personally think that Java’s syntax seems more consistant, but they do have their inconsistancies also. For example:
word.length(); //Checks the size of the String word.
array.length; //Checks the size of array.
arrayList.size(); //Checks the size of the ArrayList arrayList.
The Future Of Cellphones
The future of cellphones seems to be music phones.
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Things Are Hot In Haiti
Unfortunately, things have been very hot in Haiti these past weeks. My mom has been in numorous shootings and “kouri”, and now my sister has witnessed shootings today.
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Google Maps
Google introduced Google Maps a couple of weeks ago. It was sleek and fast. Recently, they added a satellite view to Google Maps, which is extremely cool. Someone even took the time of linking to some of the most popular places.
Anyway, here is Port-au-Prince, Haiti. That long strip in the top right corner is the airport. Something I’ve noticed is that there are more clouds over the Dominican Republic than there are over Haiti, that seems weird, but it might just because of that day. This isn’t a live view afterall.
Filing Taxes
This year is my first year filing taxes and, in the spirit of being a good American (I’m not American), I filed taxes 5 days before they are due. I haven’t sent the form yet, I’ll do that tomorrow, so technically, I filed taxes 4 days before they are due.
This reminds me of that “The Simpsons” episode where Homer noticed that taxes were due in a couple of hours, He filled everything up real quickly, tapped everything together in a ball-type shape. When it got to the IRS Center, his package accidentally fell in the place for extreme cases. You can kinda guess the rest. Homer gets in deep trouble with the IRS.