When I set my mind to focus, I am amazed at the things I can accomplish! The non-regular blogger in me has written 19 new posts for February, which wa ... [Read]

I am further thinking about some issues which we discussed at the recent entry Ben-Zvi on geometric function theory (see nLab: geometric function theo ... [Read]

I had difficult time figuring out what to prepare for dessert for Christmas dinner last year. But thanks to Jason that I did not have to crack my head ... [Read]

Justin Lieberman’s The Corrector in the High Castle, his latest solo exhibition at Zach Feuer Gallery, is a den of resin-encased pop-culture trash and ... [Read]

First, let's set the mood with a video from the Keisei Skyliner: Now, a few things we learned along the way: If, like us, you're coming from a lo ... [Read]

Anilao (in Mabini, Batangas) has always been my family's go-to spot for diving, ever since my parents' scuba heyday in the 1960s. When I was a kid we ... [Read]

Yinsi Yat would like to wish all my friends and readers a very Happy Chinese New Year 2009. It is the year of the Ox. Lunar New Year or the Spring ... [Read]

Over the course of a lifetime of studying peoples’ interactions with me I had figured out when and how to play my blonde card. But that was in the Wes ... [Read]

I recently made a preview of my new web application viewable to a select number of friends, family, and associates. (Don't worry readers; you'll get ... [Read]

This post is part of the L.A.M.Blog-thon Chapter 3 regarding remakes.There are lots of movies that have sequels that are really remakes (Hulk (2003) a ... [Read]

HBO and Starz had free previews over parts of the holidays and I've been catching up on lots of really random movies I'd never seen. The list I've cu ... [Read]

vacillate waver (in opinion); fluctuate; sway to and fro; N. vacillationvacuous empty; lacking in ideas; inane; stupid; Ex. vacuous expression; N. vac ... [Read]

An epic final which was like a blockbuster movie. And in the end, a deserving winner. That is what the Wimbledon 2008 final proved to be. It was show ... [Read]

Life after the apocalypse What if the doomsayers are right ... what if society, as we know it, really is about to collapse? Do you have ... [Read]

요즘 여러가지 사정으로 정신이 좀 없습니다. 덕분에 환경 관련 소식을 따라가는 것도 조금은 버겁네요. 반면 미국에서 시작된 신용위기 소식은 듣고보고 싶지 않더라도 스스로 그 덩치를 드러내더라는 겁니다. 심란하게.  맨하탄에는 National Debt Clock이란 게 ... [Read]

With everyone making grandiose predictions for 2009 I realized I'm a bit behind the curve since I didn't even bother to make any for 2008. I remember ... [Read]