Archive for April, 2007
A professional writer once again
Okay, maybe not “professional”, more like “semi-pro.” I’ve started writing for the Programming and Development blog at TechRepublic. I’ve signed up to post at least once a week, and yes it’s a paid gig. Not a ton of money per posting but enough to make it interesting.
I don’t know how long I’ll be able to […]
BART ridership is going to spike for a while
Oh boy, a section of the infamous MacArthur Maze in Oakland has collapsed after a tanker fire. That is not going to be pretty for East Bay commuters trying to get to and from downtown San Francisco. I’m guessing the BART will have higher-than-normal ridership along the trans-bay tunnel line. At least until the highways […]
New Fox show yanked after two episodes
Fox has pulled their new series Drive off the air after a mere two episodes aired. It’s amazing to me that these TV networks spend so much time and energy creating a show, and then won’t give it any time to see if it can find an audience. I mean there’s several additional […]
A reminder why kids should not be brought to work
Today was “Bring your kids to work” day, and once again it served as a reminder why kids should not be allowed in the work place. Not because they’re loud and disruptive, but because they’re too honest and direct to fit into a proper workplace.
One of the IT guys was over at a cubicle […]
Chinese math education a wee bit tougher than here in the West
Wow, the BBC posted these two sample questions taken from college entrance exams. The first question is from a Chinese university, the second from an English university. They both start as geometry questions, but the one from the Chinese University requires much more fundamental math knowledge and general reasoning skills. Doesn’t take a math genius […]
Boise, Idaho gets a Telemundo affiliate
I grew up in Boise, my Mom still lives there. When I was growing up it was a fairly small city, but as the center of a major agricultural area it definitely would have a seasonal influx of migrant workers. Apparently enough of those migrant workers, and other Spanish-speaking immigrants, have settled down in Boise that there’s […]
Is it ever okay to key somebody’s car?
I was parking at the Eckstrom Library this morning (on the U of L campus) and some jerk in a shiny new Jeep had parked across two spaces. Now on a Saturday morning this isn’t a huge deal, there’s plenty of parking on campus during non-class days. But still, I found it horribly […]
Alec Baldwin has interesting parenting skills
Alec Baldwin apparently feels comfortable berating his kids with some really harsh language, judging from this leaked voice mail to his daughter. Calling somebody a “thoughtless little pig” is not really going to endear you to that person and make them want to talk to you more often. Yet Alec Baldwin apparently feels that is […]
Should the press mention ethnicity of Virginia Tech killer?
So the Asian American Journalists Association has urged fellow members of the media to avoid mentioning the ethnicity of Cho Seung-Hui in their stories. He is the Virginia Tech student who has been identified as the shooter responsible for the worst mass murder spree in US history.
Now as a fellow Asian (I’m part Filipino, part […]
Spock supports Barack
CNN posted a list of some celebrities who’ve donated to various campaigns. As you’d expect most went to Democrats. One interesting contribution was Leonard Nimoy and his wife, who contributed the maximum $2,300 each to Barack Obama. For you non-Trekkies out there, Mr. Nimoy played Mr. Spock on the original Star Trek series.
So Barack Obama […]