http://makariolewis.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:09:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday was the beginning of what I have decided to call New Year's Resolution Trial Week (NYRTW). NYRTW starts with Christmas and goes until January 1, and is a week where one can start on his new year's resolutions early for a practice run. This is a good way to ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/12/26/new-years-resolution-trial-week/ I've always wanted to have a conversation with a Nigerian scammer. I've wanted to know just how incredulous these email scams really are, and I've wanted to see just how far a scammer would go to get his money. When one of my roommates received some suspicious emails about a month ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/12/22/conversation-with-a-nigerian-scammer/ [caption id="attachment_189" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Website design for my Georgia Tech account"][/caption] Our computer science homework (lab) for this week is design a website using HTML and CSS. The assignment basically serves to teach people basic HTML skills. Not really such a hard task for me, but definitely a fun one. You ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/11/11/website-practice/ The past couple of weeks have been a bit hectic. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that the days have been overwhelming, but they’ve definitely been stressful for me. Laborious English assignments, major calculus tests, and extra hours at work have all been stretching my brain and wearing ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/10/27/breaking-free-from-the-tyranny-of-the-urgent/ I think I'm having a problem with my site's contact form. I keep getting email notification saying that it has been used, but no information ever makes it to me. I don't even get a name or contact information. The weird thing is that it works whenever I try it, ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/09/21/contact-form/ I had the opportunity today to take part in a Q&A with Ben Drawbaugh and Richard Lawler of Engadget HD. I thoroughly enjoyed myself! Today marks one of the few times where I've had the privilege to sit in the same room with some pretty important people from a pretty ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/09/11/qa-with-engadget-hd/ Good news! Amazon MP3's Twitter account now has over a million followers! Okay, while that may not be exciting news to you, the fact that Amazon is offering everyone a free MP3 to celebrate might be. Just head over to http://snurl.com/firstmil, enter FIRSTMIL as a promotion code, and grab your free ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/09/03/free-amazon-song/ Heheh, so I finally took some time to change the header. Sure, I could do something a bit fancier, but for now this is more than satisfactory. I've been thinking about whether or not I should include my college updates on this website. I've decided to dedicate a separate tumblelog for ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/08/30/updated-the-header-finally/ Today was my first full day at Georgia Tech. I moved in last night around 8pm (still getting used to EST). I was the last one to arrive, so I didn't have any choice in a bunk, but I'm quite happy with the one that I received. The room is ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/08/16/college-day-one/ This morning my Bible reading was John 13-17. Jesus’ last supper. It’s neat how my day for reading this passage ended up on the day of my own last supper. I wonder how Jesus felt, knowing that it was time for him to leave his friends. If it felt anything like ... http://makariolewis.com/2009/08/14/last-breakfast/