Solar Eclipse, 7/22/09, ~9:40am, Taipei, Taiwan (via *dans)
Mind Over Matter
Jul 24
Jun 18
Jun 04
» SnagFilms
Watch documentaries free and legally.
Jun 02
daily water usage (via Good magazine)
May 19
Taiwan’s new fully solar-powered stadium — the first in the world.
May 18
Rockwell
May 16
May 15
» Will BigLaw Slash Hiring by 90 Percent? - Wall Street Journal
Not a good time to be coming out of law school, is it?
It’s not. But it’s really not a good time to be a 2L. They’re going to get hit the worst, I think.
May 13
» Car-Free in America?
I hope I live to see the day when New York City is car free. It cannot happen soon enough.
Apr 30
» DOS AND DON'TS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Do: Nature photographers …
Don’ts: Nan Goldin …
— I’m glad someone finally said it.
» The Supreme Court takes aim at the Voting Rights Act.
“[Justice Scalia] insists that the judgment of Congress is not to be trusted because when it came to reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act, ‘they get elected under this system. Why should they take it away?’ Oh. My. God. You mean legislators are self-interested!?! That must mean the court is free to substitute its judgment for that of Congress.”
Apr 27
» Money for Nothing
“From the 1930s until around 1980 banking was a staid, rather boring business that paid no better, on average, than other industries, yet kept the economy’s wheels turning.
“So why did some bankers suddenly begin making vast fortunes? It was, we were told, a reward for their creativity — for financial innovation. At this point, however, it’s hard to think of any major recent financial innovations that actually aided society, as opposed to being new, improved ways to blow bubbles, evade regulations and implement de facto Ponzi schemes.”
Apr 06
“ I play scales, but with the accents totally disconnected from the time signature and arrangment of the notes. For example, I might play groups of five notes, but accent every seventh note, so my right hand is thinking one way and my left hand is thinking another. I’ll choose a scale, such as harmonic minor, and run through it playing just the first five notes, then go back to the second note of the scale and play the next five notes, then go back to the third, etc. I’ll run through that scale from low to high, and then from high to low, and once my left hand knows what to do, I’ll take my mind off my left hand, and focus on playing the accents on every sixth or seventh beat. Determining where you are going to place your accents by conscious choice - rather than just playing them in predictable ways based on how the notes are grouped - frees you up and allows you to play more expressively.
— JF
Mar 24
The new Taipei Performing Arts Center (rear view).
I worked on the construction contract for this last summer. It was my first front-page project.
More images here.
Mar 23
