I’ve never been an anime/manga person/otaku (minus watching Akira and Ghibli films), but strange things happen during finals season, and one of the strange things that happened during my last finals season of my undergrad career was my introduction to Studio Gainax, and subsequent Gainax trip. And because I love reviewing things, here’s some thoughts [...]
Ever since I’ve gotten back home and don’t have immediate concerns, I’ve been catching up on reading. Here are reviews on the first batch: With A Little Help A collection of short stories by Cory Doctorow. I’ve read most of the stories already in here, but it was a blast reading through them again, and [...]
Okay, I’ve put this off long enough. I’ve been meaning to post something about this for a semester and a half now, so I should just shove this out the door. If you’re interning in the valley, bikes are cool: the culture is bike friendly, and you’re likely not getting paid enough in a short [...]
After I finished Accelerando (yes! it’s free (as in beer)!) I could not stop the thought that sums it all up from cycling over and over through my mind. That was a mindfuck through my eyesockets. And it was awesome. Now, we happen to be on the internet: there’s nigh infinite amount of mindfuckery at [...]
If you are not already acquainted with the works of Edward Tufte, you ought go fix that, especially if you happen to be a younger me that could use a badassery-boost later in life. Basically, Tufte encourages thought about data display beyond the usual “plot and run away” touted by most anyone, chides those that [...]