Japan’s Feudal-era caste system still causing issues today in ways you wouldn’t expect. This just struck me as interesting. When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn’t expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblock prints have been around for centuries, they were already posted on [...]
I’m actually not sure where I was when Columbine “happened”, although I can remember seeing the footage on television and hearing a lot about the Trench Coat Mafia. Dave Cullen’s Columbine is one of the best-written nonfiction books I’ve read in a long time period, and is an excellent treatment of the subject. With stories [...]
So, I guess I’m officially an expat, or at least have been since late January when we arrived in Australia, and started setting up camp. Between that and work, things have been busy enough that I’ve rarely had time to do much that contributes to the Internet, so I’m trying to catch up. Two years [...]
No, really, I mean it. For a long time, I’ve been one of those rather pragmatic people who dismissed e-Books. They’re expensive, and it’s hard to be much more convienient then paper. Paper is cheap. It is durable. It is pretty easy to read. Ever since Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type, it’s been pretty hard [...]
Perhaps this will change my AdSense ads from anti-anxiety medication. Fun Fact of the day: if you search for “Innertube Maracas” on Youtube, you get only one hit.