Thought

2004 Post Election Thoughts

Last year, I did not feel that the Democrats could even come close to winning the presidency and it has...
November 03, 2004 - 19:52 PST

Mutation, Alignment, and Philosophy

If I were to describe my general perspective on life in terms of a Dungeons & Dragons alignment, I would...
October 23, 2004 - 18:35 PST

To Continue Resolutely On

At times of weakness, sometimes I feel that a choice I make is a lonely one to which no other...
October 11, 2004 - 00:26 PST

Writing Process

This entry is an exploration of how I go about writing. In my "Introduction to Technical Writing" class, we have...
October 06, 2004 - 00:47 PST

A Quality to Writing

Rather than watch the death of an unborn blog entry countless more times, I've decided to examine the process and hopefully provide a remedy.

September 14, 2004 - 11:01 PST

Sitting on the Fence

For some reason, something a few days ago reminded me of a time in middle school where—I think Mr. Johnson...
May 19, 2004 - 23:56 PST

Reading Music

I was sight-reading some Debussy in Minh-An's room when I started thinking about how I read music. Sometimes people ask me, "How can you read all those notes so quickly?" And the answer is: I don't. Not even all the ones I play correctly, heh. There's more to reading music than reading notes.
May 02, 2004 - 21:00 PST

A Glance at FOSS

I mentioned in Internet Explorer Alternatives that one of Mozilla Firefox's pluses is that it is open source. I actually...
April 13, 2004 - 18:43 PST

Abandoning Postel's Law

To me, this situation [Nader's run for presidency] reminds me somewhat tangentially to much of the debate surrounding Postel's Law applied to web browsing. Postel's Law, to be phrased a different way, is: be pragmatic in what you expect from other people, but adhere as strictly as possible to your own ideals.
February 23, 2004 - 15:12 PST

What Price Inclusiveness?

"No Child Left Behind", to borrow the words from Bush's campaign, is an admirable goal, but I really have to disagree with one of the ways of achieving it. There is the hard way; helping those behind get up. And then there's the easy way; not letting the others get ahead. It seems to be sort of the trend, towards what people term "equal education". Mr. Schooler and Mrs. Stuckey from OHS(Olympia High School) mentioned it.
January 28, 2004 - 00:58 PST

Response to genius = crazy

Joel, I was going to post a counter-argument to your entry genius = crazy, except in the huge mess of...
January 25, 2004 - 23:28 PST

Finding Oneself

I have never been very comfortable with the notion of finding oneself. It's the concept that perhaps you have been living some sort of a fake life, or that hidden beneath layers of something there is the real you, just waiting to get out. It does make a pretty good expression, though, because it does seem like there is a sort of discovery process that goes on about figuring out what one enjoys doing and values most.
December 13, 2003 - 03:14 PST

Autumn

Autumn is my favorite season, though not because my birthday lies within its grasp. The birthday does make it better, though, and I thank the people who made mine so good. I like autumn for the return of rain, the briskness in the air, All Hallow's Eve, and most of all, its elegant acceptance of death. It is often easy to enjoy growth, life, progress—but I believe it just as important to find comfort in the receding of things.
October 01, 2003 - 23:56 PST

Procedural Programming Analogy

I have always found it somewhat difficult to really describe to non-programming people the difference between object-oriented and procedural programming. Specifically, I never thought of a clear way to explain the disadvantage of procedural code. In An Introduction to Programming and Object Oriented Design Using Java by Jaime Niño, they use the analogy of a Rube Goldberg device.
September 30, 2003 - 19:53 PST

Creative Commons and MP3.com

I don't know how many of you have looked through the Blog Preferences section. If you have, you might have noticed the options for a Creative Commons license. It's a Cool Thing(tm).

August 08, 2003 - 09:24 PST

The Abuse of Intellectual Property

This is an essay for a "scholarship I am applying for":http://www.halfpricecomputerbooks.com/scholarship.php, regarding the freedom of information. Luckily, it's a topic I was thinking of writing about anyway.

July 31, 2003 - 00:17 PST

…and it is over.

School, that is. Except, I still have to write two concert critiques and return a tuxedo and a physics book. Also, collect a few more teacher signatures.

June 11, 2003 - 15:49 PST

Miscellaneous

I have complained about the RIAA(Recording Industry Association of America) before, but do not mistake that for support of rampant...
May 10, 2003 - 23:13 PST

Yet Another Essay

Two essays, in fact. I doubt you would be very interested in reading them, but might as well post it....
January 01, 2003 - 19:00 PST

Stillborn Essay

So, I was applying online to Caltech. They require two 500 word essays plus something "interesting" and "creative". The prompt...
December 23, 2002 - 18:28 PST

Hypocrisy Regarding Commercialism

People might have heard about the school board attempting to reduce the amount of commercialism in school. It has been...
November 12, 2002 - 23:22 PST

Personal Statement Essay

A lot of colleges require essays. This is one for University of Washington. It is merely a rough draft and...
October 07, 2002 - 23:05 PST

9-11

Tiana's entry spurred me to write about this topic. The media is definitely biased; however, there are many different biases,...
September 10, 2002 - 22:00 PST

Improving the Speed of Thinking?

Although it does not directly relate, Jeff Collamore's post reminded me of this tidbit that I once thought about. You...
August 25, 2002 - 15:58 PST

The Right to Our Own Beliefs... and Body

We've discussed aspects of this issue on the blogs before, though briefly. Legalization of drugs and different legal treatment regarding...
July 17, 2002 - 12:36 PST

Circa Roleplaying II

I wrote about roleplaying a while ago, here. RPGs. A great majority of people actually do not know what they...
July 16, 2002 - 11:20 PST

Sex

Ah, the bait and switch tactic. Not very original, considering that Lauren just did it, but I think I might...
May 20, 2002 - 00:12 PST

Circa Roleplaying

Forgive my rambling, if you do not like rambling. Roleplaying has been a love of mine since... I do not...
May 12, 2002 - 21:12 PST

Theory of Faith

My dependence on faith is, or I would like to think it is, less than the average person. I follow...
April 28, 2002 - 23:36 PST

Time

Time is a fleeting creature. Ever changing its colors from moment to moment, it hides, elusive and blends into the...
April 09, 2002 - 21:35 PST