Have you ever had an error in Microsoft Word pertaining to the Normal.dot template? Ever wonder what Normal.dot was, or why you got an error? This article contains everything you always wanted to know about Normal.dot, but were afraid to ask!

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Ok, so I came across this on Digg. Originally, it was an mp3 of a guy trying to cancel his AOL account. It started out simple enough… he called up John at AOL Customer Service and asked to cancel the account. Somewhere along the line, John thought it would be a good idea to try to convince Vincent to keep the account because it was still in use. Check out the MP3 or the transcript below.

<<BEGIN CALL>>
Customer Service Representative: Hi, this is John at AOL. How may I help you today?
Vincent: I want to cancel my account.
CSR: Sorry to hear that. Let’s pull your account up here real quick, can I have your name please?
Vincent: Vincent Ferrari
CSR: K Vincent, and as privacy and security, can I have the last four digits of your payment method please?
Vincent: <>
CSR: Alright, thank you very much. Ok. You’ve had this account for a long time.
Vincent: Yep.
CSR: This is quite a bit. What was the cause of you want to turn this off today?
Vincent: I just don’t use it anymore.
CSR: Do you have a high speed connection like the DSL or cable? Read the rest of this entry »

Dude!! This is wicked sweet! MIT undergrads made tiny satellites, about the size and shape of a volleyball and sent them into space. The satellites, called SPHERES, will be dummys for developing multi-satellite manuevering software. Damn, that’s some hardcore stuff.

I wish I could work on sweet robot projects like that. I’m takin’ an Artificial Intelligence class next semester, but we’re definitely not going to do anything cool like that. We’ll probably just mess around with the oversized coffee can that the CS department has now. GRRR!

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