I Miss UVa Math

And I thought I did badly in my math courses…until now!

Quote of the Day

Jim Carrey is one of my favorite comedians, and I find this quote from him to be very interesting.
Sometimes I sit out in my backyard and I look at the birds. The hummingbirds will come by and whack me in the head and fly away. The bird has no respect for my deed to the [...]

Happy TET Everyone!

Vietnamese New Year is just one day away.
Hope this new year will bring you and your loved ones prosperity, good health, and the best of luck.
Here is a little fire pig horoscope for you. Check out more horoscope at www.tuvi.info.
Jan 22, 1947 to Feb 9, 1948
Feb 18, 2007 to Feb 6, 2008
Pig people [...]

Some Interesting Gifts From Microsoft

Microsoft’s Gift to Netscape

Microsoft’s Gift to the Mozilla team for delivering Firefox

Microsoft’s Gift to Apple

Disclaimer: I have collected these photos from different websites that I visited, but I have forgotten their URLs. I found them to be interesting and so I’m sharing with you.

SSL Handshake Protocol

Phase 1: Establish security capabilities
Phase 2: Server authentication and key exchange
Phase 3: Client authentication and key exchange
Phase 4: Finish

YouTube is My American Idol

Here’s a selected list of early YouTube investors and what their investment is now worth based on Google’s stock price as of Wednesday:
Chad Hurley, YouTube co-founder, 694,087 shares*, $326 million
Steve Chen, YouTube co-founder, 625,366 shares*, $294 million
Harvard University, 37,866 shares, $17.8 million
San Francisco Symphony, 1,700 shares, $800,000
Maury Povich, television talk show host, 170 shares, $79,900
*Does [...]

Encryption Techniques

This semester, I’m taking ISA 662, Intro to Information Security, and here are some of the encryption techniques we discuss in class.

Blind Signatures
Blind signatures are used in situations where an author wants to get his or her message signed by a third party without revealing any information about the message to this party. They have [...]