Yes, yes… I have a X300 – and I love it… 😀

(Thanks Nate for the link)

I had a minor hiccup with my Lenovo Thinkpad X300 where the power manager went nuts and I wasn’t able to switch it to a lower power mode when on battery… after some googling, this blog post (and the comments) helped fix my problem:

I am working with a Lenovo Thinkpad T60 and ran into an unexpected problem. The Power Manager refused to start with the error You are not authorized to display the panel for selecting a power scheme though I am using a windows account with administrative rights

Thinkpad Power Manager problem

SEC S1 Filing:

SEC EDGAR Filing Information

Rackspace’s Press Release:

Rackspace, Inc. (Rackspace® Hosting) today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to the proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The shares in the offering will be offered by Rackspace Hosting and certain selling stockholders. The number of shares to be offered and the price range for the offering have not been determined.

Rackspace Hosting Files Registration Statement

The Rackspace IPO site:

http://www.rackspaceipo.com/

Public Press:

Rackspace Inc, which delivers Web sites, Web-based IT systems, and computing as a service, on Friday filed to raise up to $400 million in an initial public offering of common stock.

Rackspace Inc files for $400 million IPO

Managed hosting specialist Rackspace, Inc. confirmed late Friday that it has filed forms with the SEC for an initial public offering (IPO). The shares will be sold through a “dutch auction” process similar to that used by Google in its 2004 IPO.

Rackspace Confirms $400 Million IPO

Web hosting provider Rackspace filed for an initial public offering with the SEC last night, as we predicted it would. The company will try to raise $400 million, and it intends to set the IPO price through an auction, much like Google did. The underwriters are Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse, and WR Hambrecht & Co. (the leading proponent of such IPO pricing). Pricing through an auction is designed to make sure the company raises the most money possible instead of giving up a first-day pop to investors who are allocated shares by the investment banks doing the deal. Shares will still be allocated to such clients, but anyone who bids beforehand in the auction at or above the eventual IPO price will also get shares. All in all, it is a much more efficient way to price an IPO and more companies should do it.

Update: Rackspace Files IPO, Will Set Price Via Auction

Rackspace had raised more than $30 million over the past decade. It was founded in 1996 by three students at Trinity University: Richard Yoo, Dirk Elmendorf and Patrick Condon. Then, in 1998, Graham Weston and Morris Miller invested seed capital into the company and took over management of the company.

Web-hosting service Rackspace files for IPO

My sister just launched BubbleVine! w00t!

Posted by richardyoo on Natuba

As a former pre-med student.. all I can say is…. OUCH! 😀

For students who hope to study medicine, the college years are little more than a time to earn top grades by whatever means necessary. Their mercenary tactics can be tremendously annoying, but that irritating behavior is not entirely their fault.

Top 5 Reasons to Dislike Pre-Med Students

Still think your cellphone calls are private? Not so much…

A web service that will make it easy and inexpensive to crack the GSM A5/1 encryption protocol, quickly enough for a call that is still in progress, is slated to launch at the end of April.

GSM Cracking: Coming Soon to a Computer Near You via a Web Service

Posted by richardyoo on Natuba

This is great!

Posted by richardyoo on Natuba

You can check out the (probable) locations of (some) of the Google datacenters here:

Our friends at Royal Pingdom have put together a nifty little map that shows Google’s various data centers around the world. They say that…

Google Data Centers Mapped