school n work

expensive book

can you believe this small 500 page book costs $100 – well that is the book i need to buy for my required abstract algebra course for my math major. good thing i ordered the cheapest used one from amazon. with shipping it’s $72, still cheaper than the used book price at my university book… Continue reading expensive book

news n politics

i like this light

i’m not relieved but i do enjoy the outcome of this case. it’s not only the justice but the fact internet is the major source of influence to help the case obtain the attention of the central gov’t. despite of all the banning and suppression, voices of the crowd can not be 100% muffled. i… Continue reading i like this light

news n politics

censorship got a bit messy

LMAO the infamous internet censorship in China got a bit messed up. apparently it blocked then unblocked duke.edu for some myterious reasons. gotta love the quote! “We don’t know for sure why it got blocked, and we also don’t know how it got unblocked,” said Gilbert Merkx, vice provost for international affairs. maybe someone screwed… Continue reading censorship got a bit messy

news n politics

freedom of speech

some people call for freedom of speech like a person walking in desert yearning for water. it strikes me as many chinese do feel the thirst.. the problem is how many of them will take to make a difference…..at all… wonder when that site will be banned by the gov’t but then they probably won’t… Continue reading freedom of speech

miscellanous

chickens are friends, not food

why does this remind me of “finding nemo”? so what you think about this? qoute “What’s wrong with eating animals? First of all, it’s not cool to the animals. Factory farms – the places where most animals come from before they wind up in Happy Meals or disguised as an Oscar Mayer wiener – are… Continue reading chickens are friends, not food

geeky

oriental theme

the new theme “oriental” has an unique look but i can not set it as a default theme due its horrid navigation support. i could have used the normal vertical scrollbar but that would destroy the layout. so i used this scrolling script. it saves the layout but the theme lost major part of its… Continue reading oriental theme

school n work

dig into COM

so my research project for the next semester has started early. i had a couple of options. i chose to learn c# and help building this IE addtion component like google toolbar for a specialized search engine for my professor. he warned me it’s gonna be hard. yes it will be challenging since i have… Continue reading dig into COM

news n politics

mao the heroic murder

yea it angered me when i first found out hu is going to celebrate Mao’s 110th birthday but this article is just wild. i can not imagine myself saying something to that degree. but it is true. esp. after reading wild swans and hungry ghosts. even the author of wild swans never dared to challenge… Continue reading mao the heroic murder

news n politics

gay magazine in china?

wow this is very interesting while some people are desperate about gay rights, someone believed they found the first real gay magazine in china. the only evidence are the photos plus the title “menbox” i think. i’d like to see more of the contents inside. just looking at the name and the photos i can… Continue reading gay magazine in china?

school n work

grades are out

WEB PROGRAMMING A ADV INFO/KNWLDG A CIV OF ASIA: CHINA A PROGRAM LANG CONCEP A- Hrs GPA 12 3.92 so i guess i got A- in that class i hate. not that i hate the material. i just hate the grading. oh whatever, it could have been worse. at least my over all GPA is… Continue reading grades are out