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When time’s short, there’s only so much you can read. Luckily, the author likes short blog posts as well.

May 26, 2013 at 5:47 pmAugust 14, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

Wonder how your website looks on different-resolution screens?

Let me tell you this: you don’t need to go out and buy an HD monitor to know! With Firefox, it costs absolutely $0 and a single key combo, Ctrl+Shift+M, and you can be looking at your website in any resolution you choose. The more you know…

February 7, 2013 at 10:30 amJuly 11, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

What’s the population of outer space?

As of this post, there are only 6 people in space, all aboard the ISS. How do I know? This website: http://www.howmanypeopleareinspacerightnow.com/ Hopefully, we’ll see this number grow enormously as we start commercializing space travel. Until then, space is only for the highly privileged and rich.

January 17, 2013 at 10:41 amOctober 16, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

Find out anyone’s phone number… if you know their phone number

A lame, but interesting math trick that I found yesterday: What you’ll need: U.S. phone number (area code optional) Calculator Steps Put in the 1st three digits of your number (NOT the area code) Multiply Step 1 by 80 Add 1 to Step 2 Multiply Step 3 by 250 Add the last 4 digits of your number and Step 4 …

December 3, 2012 at 1:30 pmJanuary 31, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

Hello Twitter… er, WordPress?

It seems like just a few hours ago, WordPress put up a homepage that looks uncannily like Twitter’s:

October 22, 2012 at 1:03 pmNovember 6, 2013
Geoffrey Liu

Room escapes: a neglected gaming genre

Online games encompass a huge variety of genres, from FPSes to MMORPGs to Sandbox games, of which my personal favorite, Minecraft, resides. However, all of these big genres over-shadow a small yet important category of games: Room escapes. These sorts of games are excellent for the wanna-be detective, the future FBI agent, or anyone who enjoys a couple hours of …

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