December 2010
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Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with... →
I have been a pro-calculator since I was in high school and was often annoyed by those who faithfully believe that calculators make students incompetent with math. Here is a good argument for incorporating technology in math education.
October 2010
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How To Convince The Client That Your Design Is... →
From Smashing Magazine. This could come in handy one day.
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Becker on School System →
August 2010
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“The horror of the Twentieth Century was the size of each new event, and the...”
– Norman Mailer, Of a Fire on the Moon.
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Wikipedia’s Lamest Edit Wars →
From Information is Beautiful.
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“To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on...”
– Primo Levi
July 2010
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Study Rethinks Importance of Kindergarten Teachers →
From The New York Times. Related to my reflections on Freakonomics.
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Isaac Tobin →
Book designs.
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The Creative vs. The Marketing Team →
From Smashing Magazine. Long but worth reading.
On Nudge
If I have a high expectation of a book due to hearing many praises of the book, would I end up liking the book more or less? The authors of Nudge may suggest that due to our tendency to conform to what other people do, I would value the book more highly for reasons involving the information conveyed by other people’s judgments and the peer pressure. Well, I don’t have much peer...
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On Freakonomics
It is slightly embarrassing to confess that I have not read Freakonomic until recently, but on the other hand I am somewhat glad that I delayed reading until I had at least some exposure to economics. I believe having some knowledge in economics allowed me to appreciate the book more than I would have otherwise. Many thoughts came to my mind while reading the book, and I’ve been intending to...
June 2010
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This same experiment appeared in the last three books I read, The Drunkard’s Walk, Freaknonomics, and Nudge.
May 2010
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Chris Jordan →
On consumerism.
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What type are you? →
From Pentagram. I’m Perpetua Titling Light.
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Dan Meyer: Math class needs a makeover →
From TED. Another good Ted video worth tumblring, on the education of mathematics.
April 2010
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So you need a typeface? →
From Julian Hansen.
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WatchSVA Dot Dot Dot Lectures: Jason Santa Maria (by MFA Interaction Design)
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And we thought we are done with the apartment search.
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Found THE apartment.
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Going to bed / getting up late again.
March 2010
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Spring break is over, but the weather is very nice.
Someone, perhaps in Hong Kong, tried to use my credit card, so I’m getting a new card. A random guy on the other side of the glob can change your day.
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Japan, the Strange Country →
From Fast Company.
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One more down. One more to go.
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Math exam tomorrow. How can you ever be ready for a math exam?
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Welcome back, Daylight Saving Time.
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My new bedtime reading: Linear Algebra Done Right by Sheldon Axler.
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Had Japanese oral exam. Tomorrow’s the last (non-optional) class.
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Olly Moss →
You’ve seen.
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I ordered some stationary stuff from Tokyo Pen Shop and received them yesterday. I love Kuru Toga, but Mono Zero doesn’t erase as well as I hoped. I guess they had to make it hard enough to maintain the fineness.
Started playing Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story. A bad idea, since I’m spending so much time on it.
Jacky’s coming to Chicago over spring break. Quite...
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How to Save $148 On an iPod Touch →
From Gizmodo. Comments are funny.
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100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top... →
From Best Colleges Online.
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Sky’s blue, grass is green, roses are red, violets are violet, and the social science class is cancelled.
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200 Free Online Classes →
From Online Education Database.
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Paul Tebbott →
Nice poster designs.
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“A person who derives all his instruction from teachers or books, even if he...”
– John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
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I was so tired today I even took a nap.
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Saturday was Crystal’s birthday, so we went out to have a dinner, supposedly at TGIF, but because they couldn’t let us sit together, at Indian Garden. Watched Shutter Island after, which was much like Memento, although not quite as good I would say.
Sunday was do-your-math-homework-day, so I did my math homework.
Today was laundry day and I got bit by Chief the cat.
It’s...
February 2010
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Since every Korean is talking about her, I should mention her today. Kim Yuna (‘yun’ rhymes with ‘sun’ and ‘a’ is said like ‘ah’) is a wonder.
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Home Hacks 2010 →
In preparation for moving to an apartment.
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Went to Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert to hear Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3 and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1. The performance was superb. I should more often take advantage of student privileges.
Now back to Kant paper.
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I heard today that some people are calling me Yu-Gi-Oh. How charming.
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Why couldn’t Hegel make The Phenomenology of Spirit as understandable as his lecture notes?
I searched up biographies of few philosophers to check whether they ever got married (I was thinking, who would every marry these guys?). Here is the result of this wasteful activity.
Married: Marx, Hegel, Heidegger, Mill, Bacon
Never Married: Kant, Locke, Hume, Hobbes, Descartes, Nietzsche,...
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Math midterm tomorrow. I’m not ready for it.
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We went to The Big Easy for dinner. To say the conclusion first, it wasn’t all that great. First, the menu was all in Comic Sans. Second, the place was surprisingly crowded, so it took over 1 hour to get food. Third, I never got the drink I ordered. Fourth, I don’t think I heard any “Thank-you” or “Sorry”. The food was decent, but not exceptional. And I heard...
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Life is boring. It is only through the change of the current state that boredom ceases. Change is tiring, but out of boredom I seek for change. Change occurs, but the new state becomes the current state. I seek for another change, only to find life still boring. At some point, I don’t change; I am tired.
I want to be nice to others but I am not, so I need to put effort to be nice. Putting...
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Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity →
From TED. Every points he makes I have to agree with!
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The Economics of Porn →
From GOOD.
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So, I tried to attend Sitglitz’s speech that was held on campus today, but I was too late and missed it (we were not allowed to get in, because “all seats are taken”). Moral of the story: be early.
I saw a guy wearing a red shirt, green skirt and really weird hat. I also saw a guy costumed like Flash.