Straight from the Lam's Mouth

Keith Lam has moved

2007-10-19T18:19:00.001-05:00

Find Keith Lam at keithlam.com

No need for IE w/Firefox and IE Tab

2005-11-16T17:04:00.000-05:00

IE Tab lets you use Internet Explorer tabs in Firefox.

$280 Dinner

2005-11-06T23:32:00.000-05:00

I'll tell you what is excessive. Me.

Okcupid.com Slut Test

2005-10-12T00:01:00.000-05:00

Okcupid.com Politics Test

2005-10-11T23:42:00.000-05:00

You are a
Social Moderate
(41% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(38% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Centrist

Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

Rest in Peace Tyler Brown

2005-10-11T22:24:00.000-05:00

I will miss you Tyler. You were a great roommate and friend. I was lucky to have met you. It is sad the world has lost such a great person.

"A Duke University student who recently helped rebuild parts of tsunami-ravaged Sumatra died in a car crash in San Francisco Sunday night, according to the university.

Tyler Brown, a senior who was studying engineering, died when a pickup truck hit the taxi in which he was riding.

The truck's driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter and felony drunk-driving, according to local newspaper reports."
-WRAL.com

"Duke engineering student and humanitarian Tyler Brown, a senior, was killed in an automobile accident in San Francisco late Sunday night.

Brown, 21, was pronounced dead at the scene after the taxicab in which he was traveling was broadsided by a Toyota pickup truck, The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tuesday. The driver of the pickup truck was apparently drunk.

Yellow Cab driver Zareh Soghikian, 76, was also killed in the accident.

The driver of the truck—Kevin McGuinness, 43, of San Francisco—had allegedly been involved in a hit-and-run accident moments before running a stop sign and hitting Soghikian’s cab, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Senior Mike Giedgowd and Brown’s half-brother were seated in the back seat of the cab. Giedgowd suffered a broken leg and a fractured hip. He will remain at San Francisco General Hospital for a few days before returning to school to complete treatment, said senior Brian Johnson, a friend who was also in San Francisco at the time. Johnson said Giedgowd will not have to undergo surgery.

Brown’s half-brother suffered cuts and bruises, according to newspaper reports.

McGuinness has been charged with two counts of vehicular manslaughter and one count of felony drunken driving."
- Duke Chronicle

Instruction for Copying Recordings off iPod

2005-10-01T16:19:00.000-05:00

Make sure to bring your iPod, microphone, and USB cable. Then plug into side of Dell monitor.

1. Before you come to lab make sure to "Enable disk use."
a) Open iTunes
b) Edit->Preferences

c) Click on iPod tab
d) If you have "Manually manage" then disk use is already enabled and should be greyed out like below or if you have "Automatically update" then check "enable disk use."

2. Open My Computer -> Open iPod --> Open Recordings

3. Drag and drop the .wav files onto the desktop.

Send SMS messages through email or AIM

2005-09-22T02:29:00.000-05:00

AIM:
send an IM with your message to +1phonenumber

E-mail:
send an email to
T-Mobile: phonenumber@tmomail.net
Virgin Mobile: phonenumber@vmobl.com
Cingular: phonenumber@cingularme.com
Sprint: phonenumber@messaging.sprintpcs.com
Verizon: phonenumber@vtext.com
Nextel: phonenumber@messaging.nextel.com
If you don't know the provider use: phonenumber@teleflip.com

where phonenumber = your 10 digit phone number
e.g. 5551234567@teleflip.com

from tech-recipes.com

Techconnect 2005

2005-09-20T12:39:00.000-05:00

The panel was great. It was entertaining and funny at times. The best part was Microsoft's panelist who said "I don't read past the first bullet on your resume." And the panelists agreeing that not only do they usually not read cover letters, but "[cover letters] can only hurt you." It's great to be in the technology field. Otherwise, I would probably need to worry about those damn cover letters.

Duke Career Fair 2005

2005-09-19T17:40:00.000-05:00

I talked to Microsoft, IBM, Qualcomm, and TriTek. But the best part about the career fair was this shirt.

Apple + Motorola + Cingular = ROKR?

2005-09-13T16:55:00.000-05:00

The iPod cell phone, or iPhone as I like to call it. Basically, it sucks. It doesn't have the scroll wheel, which is the part about the iPod I like the most. And it only holds 100 songs. But I hate the iPod Shuffle and it sells. So I guess this will be a success too.

Duke University Football Schedule & Results

2005-09-13T14:24:00.000-05:00

Senior = 0 so far, hopefully VMI(tear down goal post?!?)
Junior = 2 wins Citadel and Clemson(tear down goal post)
Sophomore = 4 wins WCU, Rice, GT(tear down goal post), and UNC
Frosh = 2 wins ECU(tear down goal post) and Navy

Me w/Blue Devil

2005-09-12T23:17:00.000-05:00

First game that the Duke Football team was favored in for a long time. I figured I might as well go see one of probably only two wins all season for my senior year. But alas we lost to ECU 24-21. Assuming we beat VMI that would put total football wins at 9 wins for the entire four years I am at Duke. At least I got a picture with the Blue Devil.

iPod is mine!

2005-09-08T15:56:00.000-05:00

I finally got an iPod from Duke, and those snotty Class of 2008 kids can be jealous now because mine is an iPod Color (aka iPod Photo). So haha. Too bad I didn't get an iPod Nano though, so thin.

No inventive DVDs

2005-08-29T16:53:00.000-05:00

Repeat plots, why not repeat covers too?

New title for blog

2005-08-21T18:51:00.000-05:00

My blog needed a new title. So my brother, inspired by "straight from the horse's mouth", came up with this new title. Hope you all enjoy it.

Happy Birthday to Me!

2005-08-20T17:42:00.000-05:00

I am finally 21, and it was a great celebration. Thanks to my brother(Chris), Jamie, Chris Vincent, Andy, Ed, and everyone else who has wished me a happy birthday. The trip down to Tunica was great. Plentiful food, booze, and I actually left with $60 more than I came with.

The Smokealotapotamus

2005-08-19T18:01:00.001-05:00

Disneyland Pictures on Flickr

2005-08-17T03:09:00.000-05:00

Disneyland Slideshow on Flickr

Grass cutting...

2005-08-16T03:06:00.000-05:00

People often wonder why I complain about cutting grass. Look for yourself.

John Erickson = West-Coast

2005-08-15T02:17:00.000-05:00

My FaceBook friends
That lonely dot over by Seattle is John.

My super-asian cousin, Kerri

2005-08-15T00:36:00.000-05:00

Look at this pose...classic

Politically Incorrect Ads?

2005-08-12T23:38:00.000-05:00

Why is it perfectly acceptable for LA Gear to run these ads?
But probably would not be acceptable for Everlast to run an ad like this? I think this is very telling about society today.

Senuti: Transfer music from your iPod to your Mac

2005-08-06T16:38:00.000-05:00

Ditching Windows for a new Mac? Got a new Mac? Just want to transfer the songs that are on your iPod but not on your Mac? iTunes refuses to do it and in fact asks to delete all the songs on your iPod, but Senuti (iTunes in reverse) will do it for you.

Firefox has playboy.com as mirror

2005-08-02T20:51:00.000-05:00

http://mirrors.playboy.com/mozilla/firefox/
My friend Chaz Lever sent me a screenshot of his download of Firefox at 69% no less.