Author Archives: enj
new year new semester
Next week starts Spring ’07. Had I stuck with the four year plan it should have been my last semester. Thank god that’s not the plan. It looks like I’ll probably be here for 4 more semesters, including this one. … Continue reading
LMJ in clay
This Xmas I spent a week in Ellicotville, NY with my awesome family. Among family activities and snowboarding, we also played with some clay. This post is to showcase the work of my lil sister, Laura. She has a creative … Continue reading
major changes
Here we go again. I have decided to stop pursuing my Communications major in Mass Media Studies. Last semester I signed up for a double major in Math, and this coming semester will be my second without communications classes. When … Continue reading
serenity, courage and wisdom
Living life is funny. One second you are giving advice, and the next you realize you are the one that should be listening. It’s funny how it seems like the same advice keeps coming up, in slightly different words and … Continue reading
illathonian
This is a more mundane blog than my other one at enja. It will be more frequently updated. I think blogs have a quality to time relationship, where quality is the dependent variable and time is the independent variable. I … Continue reading
Chinese is hard?
Are you for cereal? I found this hilarious and somewhat inspiring article that breaks down exactly why Chinese is hard. While several things in the article are true, and funny because they are true I think the overall tone of … Continue reading
Ever get the feeling you were being…watched?
This essay was conceived after reading about the recent AOL search data leak. A comment about the tragedy of people making light of such a privacy violation lead me to think deeper on the subject. The tragedy. The comedy. If … Continue reading
wikiwiki wild wild west
I just posted a mini essay on slashdot in response to some poor fool’s post bashing wikipedia‘s reliability. The poster argued on a false premise so I decided to inform them. What resulted was a rather lengthy prediction of the … Continue reading
mytube
I’m really starting to appreciate YouTube.com! They are on the forefront in a cultural revolution that is shaking up the establishment. No longer do you have to have insane amounts of money or contacts to express yourself, in video no … Continue reading
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