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.
2009.04.2811:23:22 EDTAre we putting too much faith in the savior?Hypothetically speaking, would it have been better for President Obama if, instead of the Democratic landslide of 2008, he was elected to face an adversarial congress dominated by Republican majoritie
2005.12.1923:28:29 ESTKing George is "confused"(This is in reference to this article and this one. Sorry for the lack of organization of my thoughts and the constant change between narrative and apostrophe. I am not particularly proud to be an Ame
2005.12.0417:57:59 ESTNews from Far East: Taiwanese election, Chinese dog in spaceTaiwanese Election w00t! The KMT (國民黨) and its "Blue Coalition" Won Big (link in Chinese) in the local election on December 3rd. Of the 23 administrative seats up for grabs in cou
2005.11.0522:10:34 ESTA big political mess in TaiwanA summary of what happened thus far, courtesy of Mom: The Taiwanese government has been involved in construction projects. One of which is the High Speed Rail system (高速鐵路
2005.09.0212:59:10 EDTUnprepared for Disaster: KatrinaBack in early 2001, "the Federal Emergency Management Agency ranked the potential damage to New Orleans as among the three likeliest, most castastrophic disasters facing this country.". The other two
2005.08.2318:49:14 EDTThe decline of science in AmericaHarold Evans writes in the BBC about the decline of Science in the United States. If America were to continue on the present trend of catering to the lobbyists of large conglomerates, it will soon los
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
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 (12) 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.
Japanese (1) Posts written in Japanese. It will be sparse until my Japanese becomes better.
Linky! (55) Boing-boing-like entries which links to fun stuff I found on the web (many of them through boing-boing).
Linux (22) Things related to the Linux operating systems. Particularly prominent on things about Gentoo, my preferred flavor.
Mathematics (59) 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 (7) 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.