Space Warfare
For various reasons, I’ve been reading up on Space Warfare, with an emphasis on the more realistic kind. While doing some research I came across some great...
January 7, 2010
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The Future of Facebook
I was listening today to a great episode of This Week in Tech wherein the main topic of discussion was Facebook and how it’s tricked it’s users...
The Heat of the Moment- Spacecraft and Heat
Recently I was having an e-mail exchange with people who know far more about science than I do (which isn’t hard to find…) and an interesting tidbit...
Escapism
My friend MadUnkieG has posted a great article on Escapism over on his blog, if you have the chance go check it out!
Why aren’t there more women in…
As someone who is getting really tired of “why aren’t there more women in artform X” discussions on blogs like Io9, I decided to answer that question....
A Slave’s Revenge
Today I was discussing a piece in a TOEFL prep-book about the American Civil War with a student, and one the points that the article suggested was...
The Numercy of Caring
Today I was listening to NPR’s On the Media, a great show that I sum up as “how is the media lying to us this week?”. It...
Rights and Responsibilities
As many know, I’m a teacher at a college, and this morning I marked 60-odd final essays as part of the communal marking system our school uses...
Written Chinese (full)
Yesterday during my Chinese Language class an interesting topic came up: why do the Chinese people keep using their traditional writing system. Currently, as I’m sure almost...