Month: October 2009

  • The Memoirs Made the WP.com Front Page

    I got a strange email from a ‘bot telling me that my Polaroid Is Back post made it to the front page of WP.com. Kinda cool, as it wasn’t really intended to be a traffic generating post. I’ve actually stopped writing those years ago¹. Since 2008, monthly traffic has started to grow. As with all…

  • Parachute Kids

    Parachute kids are Asian-born international students who have come to the United States to study unaccompanied by their parents. Usually, they will stay with a family member, like an aunt or grandparent. But sometimes, the parents hire someone to act as their guardian. Children of rich Asian families sent to live in U.S. suburbs known…

  • Polaroid Is Back!

    It looks like Polaroid instant film and cameras are coming back! Polaroid film was discontinued last year. This created quite the uproar. For many people, Polaroid film was reminiscent of a simpler form of instant photography. Polaroid film and cameras will return midway in 2010. Heck, this makes me want to get a Polaroid camera!…

  • Saga Sigurdardottir

    (via bentrovato)

  • The Perfect Home Theater Mouse

    One of the questions that comes up a lot when talking about home theater PCs, is what kind of mouse and/or keyboard to use? Remember that these computers are in the living room, so your gaming mouse won’t look that good. Read More…

  • ShelfSpeaker Combines Furniture and Home Theater

    We usually tend to separate furniture and home theater items, however that didn’t stop an enterprising designer from trying to combine shelves and speakers. We know that your speakers probably have already something on them, but how about using one that was specifically designed to be used that way? Read More…

  • Eastwick S01E01 (ABC)

    This show was made to please viewers of Desperate Housewives. If you like that show, you’ll like this one. It’s kind of a mix between Desperate Housewives and Charmed. Warning: spoilers ahead

  • Polar Bears Have Black Skin

    I didn’t know that polar bears have black skin. Kind of strange, since they live in a mostly white environment and their fur is white. It’s black so that it can soak up as much of the sun’s heat as possible. Actually, their fur is almost transparent. Reflection of the sunlight from the densely packed…

  • Is The Higgs Boson Trying To Sabotage The LHC?

    Two physicists are speculating that the Higgs boson is trying to sabotage the Large Hadron Collider, by going back in time and messing it up so that the Higgs won’t be found. Sounds like science-fiction, but the researchers are quite serious.

  • Measure Theory and Disposable Teachers

    I I’ve been working hard this week at learning more about measure theory. It’s a really interesting research subject and there are quite a few things that I didn’t know about it. In class, we are currently seeing the Lebesgue measure and topics. I’ve read up on the Borel, Haar, Radon, and Daniell measures. I’ve…