Book reviews primarily. Sometimes recommendations of new publications or mentioning of books I really want.
2008.03.1911:12:00 EDTRIP: Arthur C. ClarkeAt Tuesday, March 18, 1:30am local time in Sri Lanka, the world lost a great man. I deeply enjoyed the Space Odyssey books (though I don't have much recollection of 2061, and 3001 is sub-par compared
2007.10.2912:22:32 EDTReview: "Honest Broker" by R.A.Pielke Jr.I just finished reading a wonderful, thought-provoking book last night. The author, Roger A. Pielke, Jr., is Professor in the Environmental Studies Program and Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for
2007.01.1700:43:14 ESTMy "English Education"It was junior year coming up for me, and my advisor noticed that I still hadn't any classes for the Literature and Art category of the basic distribution requirements for the bachelor of arts. I opted
2007.01.1119:04:46 ESTRIP: Robert Anton WilsonCo-author of the Illuminatus! Trilogy (The Eye in the Pyramid, The Golden Apple, and Leviathan), Discordian, and much more. Now the Historical Illuminatus Chronicles will never be finished :( Some lin
2005.10.1021:07:01 EDTJournal: Yellow SaleWheee! Cheaper books! I am still waiting to see if Thierry Aubin's Some Nonlinear Problems in Riemannian Geometry will ever be on the yellow sale (151 dollars is way more than I want to pay for that b
2005.08.1713:51:35 EDTMinistry of ReshelvingJane McGonigal is launching The Ministry of Reshelving project. The goal is to relocate a total of 1984 copies of George Orwell's 1984 from its improperly shelved place at local bookstores (often: fic
2005.05.0922:09:00 EDTStoker's Dracula as a blogSomeone is posting Stoker's Dracula in blog form. It is particularly appropriate since 1) it is out of copyright (legality is always important) 2) it is one of the best representatives of the epistola
Anime/Manga (3) News, reviews, recent purchase, thoughts, and pretty much everything about Anime and Manga.
Books (7) Book reviews primarily. Sometimes recommendations of new publications or mentioning of books I really want.
Chinese (33) Posts written in Chinese, posts about the Chinese language or culture, or posts concerning my experience being of Chinese descent. (以中文寫作, 或是內容有關於中國語言及文化, 和我個人的華人經驗的文章.)
Creations (10) My creations, could be musical, literary, graphical, or in other formats, but generally fall under the category of Art.
German (1) Posts written in German. It will be empty for a while, until I become passable writing in German.
French (1) Posts written in French. (Les entreés écrivées en français.)
Religion (1) My thoughts about religion in general, specific news about the various religions.
Linky! (50) Boing-boing-like entries which links to fun stuff I found on the web (many of them through boing-boing).
Linux (21) Things related to the Linux operating systems. Particularly prominent on things about Gentoo, my preferred flavor.
Mathematics (48) Posts about mathematics. Upcoming conferences, conference descriptions, papers I am reading, papers I am writing, pre-prints, all sorts of goodies. Also some of my thoughts about mathematical education and such.
Movies (1) Movies I saw recently. Reviews. Movies I plan to see in the future. Expectations.
Music (10) Posts about the music I listen to or the music I play. Things about the music industry usually don't go here (they end up, almost always, in the outrageous! category.
Politics (6) Things that, unfortunately, I have to deal with as an American in a democratic republic, but about which I really wish I could just stop caring.