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Taiwan Trip – part 2

Posted on March 11, 2008 by admin

This is out of chronological order, but I thought I would talk a little about my adventure in getting to the conference. I left on Jan. 11, and my itinerary was to fly to San Fransisco, then fly to Taipei, … Continue reading →

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Taiwan Trip – part 1

Posted on March 7, 2008 by admin

So, I’m going to try and get back up a bit with my blog again. Back in January I had the opportunity to go to Kenting, Taiwan for a conference/symposium called Beyond Moore’s Law. There were about 100 students from … Continue reading →

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Hiatus

Posted on March 5, 2008 by admin

Well, it’s been about 3 months since I posted anything here. I had lost the password to log on, so I had to get my friend Mitch (who provides the webspace here for me and is the general administrator to … Continue reading →

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Genetic Super Mice

Posted on November 3, 2007 by admin

Since it was on major news and aggregate sites yesterday, I can pretty much assume that all of the internet has seen yesterday’s story on the super mouse. Basically, researchers have found a way to genetically alter mice so that … Continue reading →

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i ^ i ^ i ^ … ?

Posted on October 25, 2007 by admin

Today on the internet I saw the calculation for i^i, where i is the square root of -1. It can be solved pretty easily using Euler’s formula, where any number z in the complex plane can be expressed as \(\textstyle{}\) … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction Movies

Posted on October 20, 2007 by admin

Over at Cracked they have an article called The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films Never Made. It’s a good read for anyone that enjoys sci-fi and has been regularly disappointed over the last decade or so as the likes of George … Continue reading →

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An Unfortunate Summer

Posted on August 1, 2007 by admin

This summer has been pretty eventful for me an my family, but unfortunately not in a good way. It started off pretty well, although lonely for me. Ryoko and the kids went to Japan back in mid-April for two months … Continue reading →

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Almost meeting the Prime Minister… but not quite

Posted on July 13, 2007 by admin

Last month I was in Japan for two weeks, finally being reunited with my family after a 6-week seperation. This is simply because Ryoko wanted to go home for 2 months, but I of course could only get 2 weeks … Continue reading →

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On the foundation of new styles

Posted on May 26, 2007 by admin

I’ve written several posts in the past about the fractionalization of a martial arts style when students leave their masters and go form their own style. My thinking on the subject was sparked again by a discussion I had with … Continue reading →

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Oldies but goodies

Posted on March 17, 2007 by admin

This conversation a week or so ago on sakeriver brought on some nostalgia for great games of the past. So I dug through some of my old CD roms, and found some goodies. I have the CD for Dark Forces, … Continue reading →

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