Something just came to my mind.
The Harry Potter series gave birth to a whole generation of readers. Now that the series is over, what are they reading now? What kind of books in what genre?
The moving is going smoothly, albeit a little hectic. The integrated heating/ac system in these new buildings are quite charming.
I haven,'t had much time to hone my syn bio studies, with all the school works converging on me during this transition period and all. Considering that I plan to be in Hong Kong this October for SB 4.0, this is a rather pathetic state of affairs. I hope I can make some substantial progress by the end of this week.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
The days
I've been just a little too tired to make a decent post lately. I've been pushing myself at the lab, working out some models.
There are a few things I've been thinking about writing, and probably will do so by the end of the week.... Eric Drexler's predicament and future of nanoassember concept, or the nature of information and its relation with the practice of art? Hmm.
There are a few things I've been thinking about writing, and probably will do so by the end of the week.... Eric Drexler's predicament and future of nanoassember concept, or the nature of information and its relation with the practice of art? Hmm.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Inkos white tea.
Have I ever mentioned that I'm really particular about teas? I usually don't go for those instant stuff. I mean the premium stuff, the tea leaves with pedigree. Of course, such teas are usually somewhere between somewhat and very expensive, and I can't often afford such teas with my budget, especially considering my equal love of good red wines. I try to make do with what I can find in this mass produced society, by filling up my diet with all things tea related. It goes without mentioning that my favorite ice cream flavor is green tea (why aren't there any other tea tasting ice creams? Hmm. Synthetic receptor issues?).
I've recently come across the white tea line from Inkos, and I must say that these thing are probably the best instant-packaged teas I've ever drank in my life. It's quite refreshing without being too sweet or having bitter aftertaste. Their taste is 'light' compared to similar sugar water being sold by, say, Nastea, which I consider to be a simple sugarwater compound/leftover coke with tea additives. The worse of the instant, packaged teas usually leave terrible aftertaste and bad breath. This white tea doesn't do that. Even better, they actually sell their products online by the box, at a cheaper price compared to what you would have to pay at a local convey.... I might get the full box later on, once I get my new apartment which should be by next week.
I've recently come across the white tea line from Inkos, and I must say that these thing are probably the best instant-packaged teas I've ever drank in my life. It's quite refreshing without being too sweet or having bitter aftertaste. Their taste is 'light' compared to similar sugar water being sold by, say, Nastea, which I consider to be a simple sugarwater compound/leftover coke with tea additives. The worse of the instant, packaged teas usually leave terrible aftertaste and bad breath. This white tea doesn't do that. Even better, they actually sell their products online by the box, at a cheaper price compared to what you would have to pay at a local convey.... I might get the full box later on, once I get my new apartment which should be by next week.
Friday, June 20, 2008
The evening.
A good Friday evening must be spent outside under the beautiful twilight and cool wind. Although I have to go back in to finish things up at the lab soon, being able to take a breather like this is like a blessing to me. With a good music in my ear, the wind caressing my mind, and the veil of twilight spreading across the sky in clearest blue and most subtle shades of red and violet, the day's stress seem to just melt away.
I think I just saw a firefly disappearing into the bushes. The summer really is here.
For some strange reason, I find it that I think and concentrate best in natural settings, like a garden in twilight, or a long walk through a forest. It is much easier to calm my nerves and come up with new things in such settings, and I must say that being able to do so really saved my hide in more than a few occasions. Is it psychological? If that is so, we are wasting away tremendous amount of time and men/womenpower shoving them into little partitions and welfare housing.
The world I see in front of me is far too beautiful to contemplate those matters however. For today, I will leave them be.
It's been a while since I wrote something like this. And recently I haven't been getting any time to write anything longer/deeper than this, which is a bit of concern for me.
I think I just saw a firefly disappearing into the bushes. The summer really is here.
For some strange reason, I find it that I think and concentrate best in natural settings, like a garden in twilight, or a long walk through a forest. It is much easier to calm my nerves and come up with new things in such settings, and I must say that being able to do so really saved my hide in more than a few occasions. Is it psychological? If that is so, we are wasting away tremendous amount of time and men/womenpower shoving them into little partitions and welfare housing.
The world I see in front of me is far too beautiful to contemplate those matters however. For today, I will leave them be.
It's been a while since I wrote something like this. And recently I haven't been getting any time to write anything longer/deeper than this, which is a bit of concern for me.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Name to the moon
Apparently the guys at NASA are sending participating people's names along with the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter vehicle. All you have to do is to visit the website and click on the 'Send Your Name to the Moon' link, after which you'll be prompted to enter your own name. You can also print/save a certificate of participation as a pdf file.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Blog
I posted something on my other blog and tagged it with iPhone and Apple following the wake of the iPhone 2.0 announcement. The article itself was about possible market appeal of Apple products to scientific community, which might be integrated with the iPhone to provide high quality and high speed scientific computing on mobile devices.
My blog usually gets about 6 or 10 hits a day, 20 or 30 at the most. However, since I've posted about the iPhone I've been getting 400 to 500 hits a day... This is very peculiar, and perhaps reveals the vulnerability of the net based newsreadership... Any quack site can come up with bunch of popular terms and tag their advertisements with those terms... Flooding popular inventory services in the process. Though I guess google's method of counting links to a specific website when determining its query might prove impervious to such methods, what if the spammers create a 'microcosm' of websites where they link to each other centering on certain automatically retrieved popular tags?
My blog usually gets about 6 or 10 hits a day, 20 or 30 at the most. However, since I've posted about the iPhone I've been getting 400 to 500 hits a day... This is very peculiar, and perhaps reveals the vulnerability of the net based newsreadership... Any quack site can come up with bunch of popular terms and tag their advertisements with those terms... Flooding popular inventory services in the process. Though I guess google's method of counting links to a specific website when determining its query might prove impervious to such methods, what if the spammers create a 'microcosm' of websites where they link to each other centering on certain automatically retrieved popular tags?
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