If you're at a computer right now, check out Hulu's live coverage of the Michael Jackson Memorial. The memorial service, taking place just down the road from USC at the Staples Center, will provide a public farewell for the King of Pop, with performances from Stevie Wonder and Mariah Carey and appearances by Martin Luther King, Jr's children and Brooke Shields. The memorial is following a private funeral that was held this morning for friends and family at the Forest Lawn cemetery.

USC's Association of Computing Machinery kicked off their first Mobile Hackathon yesterday afternoon. The Mobile Hackathon is a week long programming content that is primarily focused on Apple's iPhone. The week includes information session from USC professors and Apple engineers.

Starting on Saturday, April 11, Hackathon teams will start programming a mobile application with the to-be-announced content theme. The contest continues through the night until 5pm on Sunday. ACM will judge the different mobile applications, and award prizes to the best ones!

If you are a USC student, it is not too late to register! Head over to the Mobile Hackathon website to learn more.

One of the most distinguishing features about Mozilla's Firefox web browser is it's vast library of add-ons. Add-ons extend the functionality of Firefox, which makes for a more personalized web browsing experience. What follows is a list of my top 5 favorite Firefox Add-ons. Hopefully you will find some of these useful too.

5. Tab to Window by Sogame

Tab to Window is a simple add-on that lets you move a tab to a new window. This can be handy if you need to view two web pages at once, and both of the pages you need to view are already open. Tab to Window can be invoked by right clicking on a tab and selecting "Move to New Window," or by using a keyboard shortcut. Tabs can also be copied to a new window.

4. Tryagain by Mathijs Lagerberg

Tryagain is awesome - especially if you use a laptop, and frequently hop around wireless networks. Tryagain simply continues to try to load a page when a connection cannot be established. This add-on is most useful to me right after I open my Macbook and try to load a website, when my Macbook is still connecting to WiFi. Tryagain can be configured to have a maximum number of retries. The time between each retry can also be adjusted.

Hello blog readers! It has come time for me to part with my Sony Vaio laptop. I am looking to sell it to someone without having to resort to eBay. Below are the specifications, and a little more information about the laptop. Please let me know if you are interested!

Specifications

• Sony Vaio VGN-FZ190
• 2.20 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo T7500 processor with 4 MB shared L2 Cache
• 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
• 160 GB 5400 rpm Serial ATA hard drive; DVD-RW Optical Disk Drive
• One FireWire 400, three USB 2.0 ports, and VGA, S-video, and HDMI display outputs
• 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet; Wireless b/g/n; Bluetooth 2.0+EDR
• Built-in webcam w/ microphone
• NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT GPU
• 15.4" XBRITE-HiColor Display, 1280 x 800 resolution
• Built-in Memory Stick Pro, and SD Card readers
• Windows Vista Business (currently partitioned with Ubuntu - will these this on if buyer chooses)
• Sony's Specification PDF

For those of you who don't know, I joined the Univeristy of Southern California's Marching Band this Semester. I had always been a part of the drumline during high school, but didn't join the band during my first year in college. My idea was to make sure I could handle classes before committing to the band. So, after weighing all of my other commitments for the semester, I decided that trying out for the USC drumline was a go.

Joining the Spirit of Troy has consumed a lot of my time, but being part of this band is also very rewarding. One such reward is regularly being on TV. This time, the band is going to be on ESPN in a battle of the Bands contest. We filmed this a couple of months ago after a Saturday morning practice, and we are pretty happy to finally see the result. You can see the video of us playing the theme to the Raiders of the Lost Arc online at ESPN's website. You can also vote for the best band at the website. So, if you are so inclined, please vote for USC! The winning band will be announced on College Gameday on October 11.

If you want to see more of the Trojan Marching Band, check out a USC football game, or come on campus any Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday afternoon in the Fall to hear us practice.

Fight on!