Author Archives: Keith Lam

Every year there are some great web pranks. Here are a few of my favorite that I have seen so far. ESPN’s Streak for the Cash - Rick Roll on ESPN the Ocho. Opera Browser’s new Face Gestures Gmail Autopilot Google Chrome, browse the web in 3D Google CADIE

First thing: Identify your version Macbook. RAM Type:200-Pin DDR2 SO-DIMM Speed:DDR2 667 [PC2 5300 The first upgrade is to put more RAM in your Macbook). You probably have at least 1GB, but 4GB is so cheap that there is no reason to upgrade. You can buy 2x2GB kit on Amazon for $38. You should know […]

My friend Charlie Suwankosai dressed like a BlackBerry. easiest $125 I have earned in a while… run around outside for an hour before the tampa lightning hockey game promoting blackberry.. then run around inside during the 1st period… then we got seats in the lower section and watched the rest of the game…

In Firefox with the Firebug console open, you probably get “Permission denied to call method Location.toString”. This error will get thrown on any page that has a Flash file inside an iframe. The error is prevalent because many ROS ads (Doubleclick, etc.) are served in this exact way. Adobe has a JIRA bug open that […]

This is a historical graph of the interest rate on my savings account since I opened my ING Direct account on Sept. 13th, 2005 to today. I have since “day-traded” my savings accounts between ING, HSBC, e*Trade, and Capital One. The interest rates vary from a peak of 5.05% to a low of 2.5%. My […]

I work at ESPN, but I’m still surprised when I see myself on TV. I mean it isn’t like I am ever supposed to be on TV… The ad on TV for ESPN’s Sound Off The original photo

I thought that winning the Heisman Trophy was like a curse because Heisman winners lose the national championship game. Apparently I was wrong because Leinart accomplished the feat pretty recently and it has happened 11 times. On the other hand, Jason White laid an egg in 2003 Championship when he won the Heisman, and tonight […]

Facebook has had gifts for sale for a couple years now, but they never really pushed them on users until today. The gifts are just pictures that show up on a user’s profile, but they give them special placement, so people like to pay the $1 to make a friend feel special. Today, Facebook put […]

Every Christmas, ESPN shows the names of every employee in the credits after SportsCenter. This is a screenshot with my name right in the middle.