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filter failure

March 6, 2010 – 11:43 am

Many months ago I posted a video (here) by Clay Shirky, a very perceptive commenter on the social effects of technology. Yesterday I found another talk of his on a different topic: the idea that the challenge we face today is not so much “information overload,” but “filter failure.” That is, the problem that the read more »

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tetris

June 4, 2009 – 5:11 pm

I learned today that June 6th is the 25th anniversary of Tetris. It brings back memories… I spent(!) many hours of my youth mastering the subtleties of this simple yet addictive game. Turns out I haven’t completely lost my touch: If you are bored and have a few spare minutes (or hours), click on the read more »

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becoming pastor

November 16, 2008 – 8:41 pm

I guess it’s about time I talked a bit about the major change in my life this school year. Back in September, I accepted a position as pastor of Hyde Park Alliance Church, the church I’ve been attending for the past five years here in Chicago. I must say I feel truly blessed to be read more »

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election polling

September 28, 2008 – 10:43 pm

Despite the fact that I am Canadian, I’ve found the coverage of this year’s U.S. presidential election extremely fascinating. (Even Sherwin is hooked!) In particular, I’m very impressed by the sophistication of a number of websites that have been tracking the plethora of polls and (in some cases) make predictions of what will happen on read more »

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1 Terabyte

June 11, 2008 – 7:42 pm

Here it is… our brand new Western Digital 1 TB external harddrive. We recently got a new laptop, and between that and our old desktop rapidly running out of harddrive space, I thought that it would be useful to have a little more backup and extra storage. 1 TB (1,000,000,000,000 bytes) should last us a read more »

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cognitive surplus

May 11, 2008 – 9:51 pm

Today I came across this fascinating talk on the idea of our society’s “cognitive surplus” by a thinker named Clay Shirky. Here’s one of the many interesting tidbits from his presentation: So if you take Wikipedia as a kind of unit, all of Wikipedia, the whole project–every page, every edit, every talk page, every line read more »

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hong kong family trip (part two)

November 27, 2007 – 9:55 pm

On Wednesday, five of us (my dad, my brother, Priscilla, Jadon, and me) went via speed boat to a restaurant on Lamma Island for seafood dinner. All of us, though, spent some time at the harbor in Tsim Sha Tsui before the boat left: When we got there, the restaurant itself was outdoor (under a read more »

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hong kong family trip (part one)

November 27, 2007 – 9:55 pm

Last week I had the chance to be in Hong Kong with my family: my parents, my brother Derek and his family, and my aunt Agnes. Unfortunately Sherwin wasn’t able to make it, but at least she got to experience a genuine American Thanksgiving dinner in Chicago (see earlier post). Anyways, after a long day read more »

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Jenn and Jason’s wedding

September 24, 2007 – 6:03 pm

Our action-packed weekend began on Saturday with the wedding of Jenn and Jason. I had the chance to be involved with the (elaborate but beautiful) music for the ceremony. Here are a couple of us musicians nervously waiting in anticipation of the big moment: It was great spending a joyous evening with good friends. Congratulations, read more »

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“For the Quest is achieved, and now all is over”

September 12, 2007 – 10:57 pm

So my exams are done now. I wrote my last one earlier today starting at about noon: four essay questions in four hours. It’s hard to say I’m relieved, though, because the reality hasn’t fully sunk in yet. You know that feeling when you’ve put off so many non-essential things for so long to focus read more »

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