Saturday, October 30, 2004

Something from Canada

Not long after Eminem's effort comes another powerful new video; this time from Ms. McLachlan.World on Firehttp://www.sarahmclachlan.c...
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Friday, October 29, 2004

Located prominently in the middle of the UWA website's frontpage is a 'news and events' box that describes what's on in school. I've never known that actually serves much of a purpose...Until today, that is. The frontpage screamed out a note that there's going to be a 1pm talk on clouds at the art gallery located a hundred metres from the last 'abnormal' lecture theatre...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2004

You will do what I say

In the classic Asch conformity experiment, a volunteer sits together with a few other confederates to do a very simple task. Look at three lines of different lengths and decide which one most matches the length of a fourth line. It's straightforward.However, there's a catch. The conferederates will intentionally say the wrong answer, i.e., "oh, I think this line (2cm)...
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Last essay yesterday, last presentation today. It's 7 days to the U.S. election, and 11 days to the exam. May the good Lord help us all...
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I just went to the office to get some staples for the new BIG stapler chained to the table at G25, and I asked Collette how much it cost. "More than a hundred dollars?!" Oh my goodness! This is the most technologically advanced manual stapler I've seen, and probably the most expensive. Please, drop by the room to staple your stuff. It's quite wonderf...
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Monday, October 25, 2004

There's no greater feeling of effortless flying when you've got the wind behind your back. Today, the conditions just fit together like a glove, 10+ knots easterly winds, glaring sunshine, sub-20 degrees, waves pointing in the direction you want.Hitting 30-37km/h for a considerable distance, with that 'no-chains' feeling, when the body is streamlined with the metal to...
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Friday, October 22, 2004

The computer I'm using now at G25 is working. It didn't use to. Or at least it didn't work for weeks and perhaps even months.It's weird because every computer in the room worked, except this one. It won't power up when you press the ON button. As usual, I've tried to see what could be done but I came away with the diagnosis that the power switch was spoilt. It's a reasonable...
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Thursday, October 21, 2004

6000 words down, 2500 words to go! Deadline is Monday morning. Thank y...
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Monday, October 18, 2004

This past weekend I'd the opportunity to read one of the scariest pieces of journalism on the Bush administration in recent months from the New York Times (username: jefftest, password: jefftest). And why should I care? Because this guy has personally affected, and still is affecting, my and our collective lives. If terrorist wants to do something bad in Australia, the...
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Saturday, October 16, 2004

Although I've created my blogger account for quite a while now with the initial purpose of getting a Gmail account, I've never really used it to actually blog stuff. So maybe I'll use it to talk about fluffy stuff.For example, I would like to report that I'm doing my essay now and there're only 1300 words to go. Assuming a speed of 100 words per hour, I'll be able to...
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Sunday, October 10, 2004

I was just reading this comment from someone at the dailykos, the person said something like, 'if Kerry is still unable to capitalise on the utter incompetance of Bush at this stage of the game, he doesn't deserve the presidency', or something to the effect.And I thought to myself, hmm... reminds me a little of Optimus Prime.Optimus is a man (robot) with a huge dilemma....
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Friday, October 1, 2004

Thanks to the live webcast from the BBC, I was able to watch the presidential debates between Bush and Kerry.The bottom line: Kerry totally demolished Bush. The latter was simply out of his league, he was tired, angry, repeated himself repeatedly, and just plain...helpless.Granted, Bush had an inherently much weaker argument for going to war, and that was already bad...
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