The guy above is Wang Jian Shuo, and so far his blog is the only one I’ve come across that’s written by a native Chinese speaker in English so that 外国人 (foreigners) can get some insight into China’s history, culture, and current events. What a cool idea! It gives westerners a chance to see [...]

I came across this video on Youtube, and when I first saw that it was a guy with his shirt off singing an original song of his, I thought, “This is gonna be painful to listen to.” But it’s actually a really good song. I really admire people who feel free enough to [...]

I’m such a Linguaphile. I think I’d really like having a job where all I did was learn new languages 8 hours a day.　I love the thought of being able to communicate with anybody I want to, no matter where I happen to be. Of course, that’s not something I can [...]

Would somebody explain to me what in the world this girl “Magibon” is all about? I was on Youtube the other day and clicked on a few of the “Videos being watched right now” and came across her videos. It was absolutely pointless, just 40-or-so seconds of her staring into the camera and saying [...]

F-Secure.com just published the resulting maps from their study of the shifts in Internet crime trends since 1986. The results are pretty interesting. The map below illustrates that up to the year 2003, criminals from the United States and Europe have been the creators of most malware. According to F-Secure, the time [...]