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 […]
Another week, another meta-review. No, I’m not going to do a meta-meta post. A Year in Review I have qualms about using lists as a lazy shortcut for miles of prose: however, I am a programmer, and as such will take lazy shortcuts whenever (including now). Thinking back to the writing of the post, I […]
What did I watch? Why? All these and more will be answered forthwith! Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol I know, I know, I’m giving money to the Scientologists, I’m sorry about that. However, I think I deserved a pass if not on the fact I just enabled the immaterial spirit of Ron L Hubbard to […]
This semester is the first time I felt really panicked about my academics. Well, maybe there was that one time I actually failed a class back in high school, but it was over by the time I realized it, so there wasn’t much to be panicked about. The reason? I tried to not care as […]
It’s about that time of year again, when our culture collectively reflects on the past year. Or gets raging drunk, but I’m not doing that this New Years Eve. So, what happened? Got an internship at a “real” company, instead of applying for research positions like I had done the years previous. I started applying […]
If I don’t review, then there’s really no point in keeping up the writing: hence, a brief look back and attempt at picking apart my writing. The Reluctant Gamer A bit forced: the paragraph containing “all work and no play” could have been cut, but I wanted to include every phrase I thought might be […]