Entries from May 2009

May 26, 2009

So…how many shots do I get to call?

Humans have an amazing ability to look into a crowd and pick one, just one person, and get to know them more than you’d ever realize you possibly could know someone. Some say it’s like the “back of one’s hand”. Others suggest that it’s the “experience of a lifetime” understanding someone on such an intimate [...]

May 24, 2009

Mac vs PC – Part 2

So, in case you haven’t been following, yesternight’s reflectable was on why I think Apple beats PC’s. In order to ensure I can deliver the “Linux is best” punchline in a couple days, I’m going to be fair and say why I think some people may prefer to continue (or switch…although I find that profoundly [...]

May 23, 2009

Mac vs PC – Part 1

I really have heard enough of this to be able to make my own argument, one for each side. Tonight, I’m gonna do the Mac side of things first. It’s easier to argue for anyway.
To me, there are two main types of computer users. The techies (me included) – people who are familiar enough with [...]

May 23, 2009

Untitled

Flowers in a field, dancing
day and night—a yearly
ritual where they: roses, tu
lips, camellias red
and white
stand, bow, stir, flutter, whirling in tune with the
gentle music of the wind.
A tarantella of
flora, a promise of
life; moving once, budging
twice, and
fading away as quickly
as they used to sway—
beauty ephemeral.
How can one recreate
the resplendence of a
flower? Golden petals and
silver leaves on [...]

May 22, 2009

Life and tidal bores

A tidal bore is a tide-induced phenomenon that affects rivers at their mouth, where they meet the sea. As the tide rises, it eventually reaches a level higher than the average level of the river that’s flowing into the ocean. Since water always flows to the lowest point available to it, the sea begins to [...]

May 21, 2009

Start of Something New

No, I’m not restarting blogging by posting lyrics to a High School Musical song.
You don’t realize how much you’ve changed in your last year of high school until you finish it. Really. Maybe that’s just an IB thing, as many things are when you’re surround by terms like CAS, EE, Group 4 project, cover sheets [...]