I came across Project 365, which is created by Taylor McKnight. The rules are simple, take one photo everyday for one year and create a photo-blog for an entire year. It looks pretty fun, but unfortunately my digital camera is dead — I dropped it by accident — and I have not gotten a new one. Maybe when I do go out a buy another camera I will try this thing. I love looking at pictures and remembering the story behind the pictures.
Archive for March, 2007
What An Age We Live In
March 17th, 2007
This time that we are currently living in will be the most exciting time for computer scientists. We are living the age where a great number of the fathers of computer science are still living, where the very foundations of computer science are still being laid. Just over a year ago, I was privileged with an opportunity to sit in on a special lecture given by Stephen Cook — who formalized the notion of NP-completeness in his 1971 paper, “The Complexity of Theorem Proving Procedures.” Imagine telling future generations of CSers how you were living in the time when a talented computer scientist proved that “P != NP.” Imagine if one of your professors have a major breakthrough in his field of research in the next few years. Maybe it might be one of your old classmates who becomes immortalized in the field of computer science. Or perhaps it would be your work that generations upon generations of new computer scientists will need to study.
Laughing Baby
March 17th, 2007
I’m usually not a baby person, but this baby is just way too cute and funny. Watch it, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it!
Google is Watching You!
March 15th, 2007
I found stumbled upon this page that shows some super-close zooms on Google Map. Isn’t it kinda freaky how close you can zoom in? In particular, this beach close-up is a bit sketchy. I know you can’t see anyone’s faces, but that seems a little too close for comfort. Are these satellite images?
Spiderman 3 Sneak Peek
March 10th, 2007
Someone posted the Spiderman 3 sneak peek on Youtube! Can’t wait to see the movie in May.
Remember the Spartans!
March 10th, 2007
Last night I went to watch 300 with Peter, Geoff and Joyce. I ordered the tickets before my CS 343 midterm, which was from 7-9 PM — and the midterm was horribly long. The movie was at 10 PM, and we didn’t get there until 9:30 PM. Joyce had gone to the mall before with her roommates, so she was there first. What I should have done is gave her the tickets beforehand so she could have gone in the theater and reserved seats. We ended up having to sit in the very first row, except for Geoff who was able to find a normal seat.
So, aside from the neck cramps it was a great movie! The battle scene were very well done, and narration was excellent. Man, I wished they would just keep fighting because it was so cool! I loved the ending too… so epic! But I won’t give it away for those of you who hasn’t watched 300 yet. Although, if you knew enough about Greek history you would know how 300 turns out. =P
Asian Supremacist: Kenneth Eng
March 9th, 2007
I heard about Kenneth Eng last week. He made big news by write a column in AsianWeek talking about why he hates black people. At first I thought it’s just another case of your typical racism, but as I read more about this guy I have come to the conclusion that he is utterly insane. Not only does he hate black people, but he hates white people as well. In justifying his racism, he often backups it up by saying he — and other asians — are superior to black people and white people. He is also a science-fiction writer and often refers back to his own fictional world, about how dragons are superior to humans. He is very strongly against any kind of religion, particularly Christianity, which is the reason he said he hates white people — since Christianity is (according to Kenneth Eng) a white people’s religion. Oh, and on top of all that he also claims to be the “God of the universe.”
Holy Spam Batman!
March 8th, 2007
I haven’t blogged for a while, nor have I managed my comments. I logged in today only to find more than 500 comments awaiting moderation (spam filter caught them), so I wasted no time in deleting them all with a press of a button. Then I go to view the comments that did go through, and had to manually delete 100 or so comments that the spam filter did not catch. It sure was a pain, and now I think I should install another spam filter, maybe one with Bayesian inferencing.
So school has been pretty busy. (more…)
