… but I’m relieved at this quiz result: Which OS are You? I mean, really, I’m Ubuntu, but, whatever. Ubuntu’s made out of Debian, so it all works out to the same.
Read more →Some crazy tech application going on here. Text messages from your phone to screen displays in a bunch of places across the States. Can’t message from Korea, though. Digitally, and telephonically, still somewhat of a Hermit Kingdom. I remember while in India seeing my friend Ritu getting txt messages on her phone from senders...
Read more →That’s my guess as to what percent of one of my teeth was drilled out today. The dentist told me it had some “slight decay” a few weeks ago in the second upper left molar. Turned out, once he drilled out the old, crappy amalgam filling, the cavity was very, very deep. He said...
Read more →Some writing about music lately on various blogs brought back a memory from the first week of University. I was enrolled in the Department of Music, and all first-year music students were required to study music theory. My professor, the very theoretical Naida Archer, had this test that everyone had to take. I can’t...
Read more →I rarely draw attention to the photo section on this page, since I’m a horridly slow photo-uploader. I have piles of pics to upload to Flickr, and won’t be getting to any of them for a little while yet. (Though I’ll try to upload Charlie’s wedding pictures, and pics from my visit with Ian,...
Read more →If ever there was a good example of what my students’ writing looked like at ym old University, it’s here: ?지로보틱스 Repeat after me: Machine translation doesn’t work. Machine translation doesn’t work. I’ll let you know when it does work. Till then, keep repeating that phrase to yourselves. (via Culture list)
Read more →Honest. I wanted to respond to a long and thoughtful comment today, but instead, I ended up redrafting an article for the campus English magazine. The kids, their hearts are in the right place, and they do have some interesting things to say, but… well, there’s a lot of rewriting involved. I know more...
Read more →So, I go online searching for any information at all about where to ge a kneeling chair or kneeling stool (like this one) within Korea. I haven’t a clue, and most of the furniture places I’ve been only carry standard chairs. So anyway, what do I happen across? A post (I’m not even going...
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