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An eclectic mix of thoughts and views on life both in meat-space and in cyber-space, focusing more on the informal observational/inspirational aspect than academic rigour.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

La Isla Bonita

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Mmm... Alizée covers this Madonna piece. And why am I watching all these clips instead of doing work? No bloody clue. And here are the lyr...

I Should Be So Lucky That I Can't Get You Out of My Head

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Kylie Minogue, active in 1987? Holy crap... Compare it with this: Holy crap! I should be so lucky that I can't get you out of my head.
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Monday, January 26, 2009

Synchronised Swimming

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Check this out. It is a clip from ``Bathing Beauty'' starring Esther Williams: Interesting charm there.
Thursday, January 22, 2009

Reminiscence

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Looking at some of my old class mates on facebook evokes some rather strange thoughts. These people, whom I had once rubbed shoulders with ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

This Week...

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Roughly 3--4 days since I last wrote something here. With justifiable cause too, I might add. Considering the fact that this semester requ...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Blatant Misuse of Words

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Blatant misuse of words. People, you do not have a ``facebook'' or an ``internet''---these are not the correct terms for t...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Drifting Off To Sleep

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It does feel sort of strange to be writing here now, considering the fact that in reality, I don't really have much that I want to say h...
Monday, January 05, 2009

Safe Touchdown

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Touched down, safe and sound. And now, to enjoy the sights and sounds of Austin. That said, the flight over was not easy. The plane from P...
Sunday, January 04, 2009

Radio Silence Again

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So at this instant, I'm sitting in the Pittsburgh International Airport, waiting for my flight out to Austin, Texas. It is rather inter...
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Saturday, January 03, 2009

風をうけて

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Damn, I'm hooked to this now, 風をうけて by 上戸彩: And here are the lyrics in Japanese: 《風をうけて》——上戸彩 人ごとのような Rainy Day いつも 曲がりきれないカーブで わけもわからず ...

Cheat Sheet to Life

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Here's a cheat sheet to life: Live it. Do what you ought to do, not what you can do. Never regret. Look forward with anticipation, and l...
Friday, January 02, 2009

Quick Summary

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So, a quick summary of what I had written for 2008: 126 poems posted here 186 essays/rants posted here 17 prose/stories posted here 2 storie...

Countdown!

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Okay, I know that this is sort of late, even by Eastern Time standards (i.e. it is almost the end of the day). 2008 passed by without much ...

[One Year Late] Task

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While clearing up the stuff that I had accumulated over the last 2+ years, I rediscovered these that should have been up one whole year ago...

The Final Countdown

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Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Minor Edits

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Some minor edits for my information portal . These include: Removing the hairspace surrounding the emdash Tweaking the solidus to hug to th...
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Monday, December 29, 2008

I Lament

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Optimism. I never believed in it. Never did, never do, and never will. Optimisim is something that I find to be among the most unnatural ...
Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Science Paper Generator

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Something fun before I sleep: generate your own science paper . Alright, off to bed I go.

Years Ago Today

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Two years ago today, I was literally a broken man. One year ago today, I was on the mend, and seeking salvation. Today, I feel like all of...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

ImageMagick

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ImageMagick is a very useful command line program that can be used to do batch processing of graphics. Here's a useful incantation: co...
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