Adventures in China: Strange Expat Jobs
Ahh, the fun of being a foreign Jack of All Trades! This is where some of the adventure of living in a foreign country comes from! This...
Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? | Video on TED.com
Yasheng Huang: Does democracy stifle economic growth? | Video on TED.com.
Why Project Wonderful both Fascinates me and Depresses me.
My friend Brushmen recently sent me to check out a somewhat new-ish site called Project Wonderful. (Note- if you have adblock on, the site will require you...
Michael S. Hart – Gutenberg’s Founder Dies
Michael S. Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg died recently. While I didn’t know much about him before, I have in recent years become quite the fan of...
ART by STOWE: DND for 8 year olds
Illustrator James Stowe was asked to run D&D for his son’s 8th birthday party, so he simplified it and produced what have to be the coolest character...
A History of Japanese Clothing and Accessories
A History of Japanese Clothing and Accessories is another great site for learning about the clothes worn by people throughout Japan’s history. Includes lots of images.
Split-Minded about Smoking — Risk Science Blog
Fasincating stuff. Cigarette smoking is actually a form of self-medicating for some people with mental illnesses. I wonder if the whole chemical mess is required, or just...
We’re out of Ideas!
Recently, the Taiwanese publisher of Tong Li Comics lamented on the lack of ideas in the Anime industry. He complained that right now if a manga has...
Huxley vs. Orwell
Found on Dancarlin.com: What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for...
Chinese Muslims
So today I came across an interesting bit of information I didn’t know. It seems that in the Yuan Dynasty the Mongolian rulers didn’t trust the Han...