May
15
2008
This is a heartbreaking story about a couple trying to find their son and parents after the earthquake in Sichuan Province. So many similar stories are still happening there. My heart is with the people in my home country.... Read more >>
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Apr
28
2008
A new study featured by the Onion Radio News. Yes, the Onion. Warning: You will be directed to a podcast, which will start playing immediately. Be sure to turn down the volume.... Read more >>
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Apr
22
2008
Encyclopedia Britannica has launched a program named Britannica Webshare. It offers free access to web publishers, who are loosely defined as "anyone who publishes regularly on the Internet--bloggers, webmaster, and writers who publish on the Web." This offer is worth... Read more >>
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Apr
6
2008
American Heart Association recommends hands-only CPR. NPR's talk of the nation has a story on this. When an adult suddenly collapses, trained or untrained bystanders - that means a person near the victim - should: 1) Call 911 2) Push... Read more >>
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Jan
12
2008
It's w00t! Facebook is the runner-up.... Read more >>
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Sep
12
2007
A list of ten cities that are most polluted. Two are Chinese cities: Linfei and Tianjin.... Read more >>
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Sep
11
2007
Studies have proposed a number of reasons behind yawning contagion. Some suggest contagious yawn is a sign of social empathy. Some consider it a protective mechanism to make a group more alert. Some regard it as a social signal signifying... Read more >>
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Aug
15
2007
Via Lifehacker, A picture is worth 1000 words.... Read more >>
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Jul
18
2007
I came across this on the popular list of del.icio.us. Don't know how to get it from the U.S. though. It's from nobody&co in Italy. Isn't it exciting [or overwhelming] to sit on it?... Read more >>
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Jun
2
2007
Lee LeFever's video explains how Wikis work. Very straightforward and interesting. Click To Play... Read more >>
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May
28
2007
This sounds crazy. But maybe a blessing for anthropologists? Know more about MyLifeBits Project here.... Read more >>
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May
7
2007
Pew Internet's latest report proposes a typology of Information and Communication Technology users. The typology is developed based on three dimensions of people's relationship to ICT: assets, actions, and attitudes. Want to know what type of Internet user you are?... Read more >>
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May
5
2007
Forrester Research released a report on consumers' participation in social technologies. This is based on surveys of 4,475 US adults in December 2006 and 4,556 youth in October 2006. Forrester categorizes Social Computing behaviors into a ladder with six levels... Read more >>
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May
4
2007
Via Cynical-C Blog via Waxy. I do like the crowdsourcing idea. Researchers should adopt the idea and consider involving the interested public in such labor-intensive projects, of course, in a fun way. NASA has one. White Glove Tracking: Creating a... Read more >>
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May
4
2007
Hey Katherine, here is something special for you: a great great great Web design. No one belongs here more than you. Stories by Miranda July... Read more >>
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Apr
30
2007
Via Kottke, Bread is dangerous. Here are some frightening stats: "More than 90 percent of violent crimes are committed within 24 hours of eating bread" and "Bread is made from a substance called 'dough.' It has been proven that as... Read more >>
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Apr
18
2007
This is a note from Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora. Spread the word, please. Hi, it's Tim from Pandora, I'm writing today to ask for your help. The survival of Pandora and all of Internet radio is in jeopardy... Read more >>
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Mar
31
2007
This is the darkest day on my favorite comics, Piled Higher and Deeper. Cecilia and her nameless boyfriend are breaking up!!! Jorge, please stop it [though I know you are the one who plans that]!... Read more >>
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Mar
7
2007
Via the BBC, French sociologist and philosopher Jean Baudrillard has died aged 77 at his home in Paris following a long illness. Baudrillard, a leading post-modernist thinker, is perhaps best known for his concept of hyper-reality. He argued that spectacle... Read more >>
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Mar
7
2007
I obtained the data from Wikipedia Statistics English. Those are the top 10 Wikipedia users ordered by numbers of contributions. The numbers of edits exclude edits on discussion pages. So who are they? Out of curiosity, I looked up those... Read more >>
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Mar
2
2007
Via Northwestern Technology News: eCommunicator Winter 07. NU Blog, a new service from NUIT Academic Technologies, was designed with collaboration and extension in mind. Exclusively available through Northwestern's Course Management System, NU Blog offers faculty and students a more convenient... Read more >>
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Feb
6
2007
I'm wondering why people are still using the word "weblog" despite the prevalence of "blog." According to my rough research on Google Scholar, researchers have stopped using the term "weblog" since 2004. If you google "blog," you'll get 1,170,000,000 results... Read more >>
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Dec
12
2006
Ladies and gentlemen, Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year 2006 goes to... truthiness! The 182-year-old word was brought to life by Stephen Colbert, the sexiest man living picked by Salon. The word is based on votes from M-W's Web site... Read more >>
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Dec
7
2006
Undo in real life is exactly what I want. To be greedy, I want a redo for all the things/people that make me laugh. Oh, did I ever mention I want to google my keys when they are out... Read more >>
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Nov
17
2006
Can't believe this is the third entry I post today...Sorry for the awkwardly-worded title. Sigh. Five weeks ago I switched to Google reader because of the mishap of Bloglines. So far so good. I was wondering why Google toolbar does... Read more >>
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Oct
11
2006
Via Bitch Ph.D. Today is National Coming Out Day. Here is the Straight Guide to GLBT Americans.... Read more >>
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Oct
5
2006
If you stopped by here before 2006, you might have noticed the cute line-drawn mood icons on the right sidebar. I used to change it from time to time to reflect my moods. The service has been down for about... Read more >>
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Sep
15
2006
Via MSNBC, A widening, multistate out break of E. coli bacterium has prompted the FDA to caution consumers nationwide not to eat raw, packaged spinach. There is still a huge bag of spinach in my fridge but it has to... Read more >>
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Aug
23
2006
When I was in middle school, I found I have the talent to speak without moving lips. The only flaw is I have to keep my lips seperated a little bit to let the airflow out. Nevertheless, the pseud-ventriloquism is... Read more >>
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Jun
6
2006
Via Blog on 27th Floor. Now I know how to pronounce them all. I used to know those in bold only [ blush ]. α.Α.alpha β.Β.beta γ.Γ.gamma 多年来收看电视广告伽玛刀的结果 δ.Δ.delta 三角洲！三角洲！ ε.Ε.epsilon ζ.Ζ.zeta η.Η.eta 瘸了腿的n θ.Θ.theta ι.Ι.iota κ.Κ.kappa 兄弟会姐妹会太喜欢用这个字了 λ.Λ.lambda 念成人就太丢脸了，好歹也要读成入... Read more >>
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Apr
7
2006
TALES OF MERE EXISTENCE: PROCRASTINATION See? You have to get things done before you get THE thing done. Nice. Stay away from this unless you want a time sink.... Read more >>
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Feb
12
2006
It might be very obvious but just in case you can't find it. At the bottom of the Gmail window is a link that says "standard without chat." Click that, and the embedded chat feature goes byebye.... Read more >>
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Feb
8
2006
Want some free icons for UI or Web design? Iconbuffet is giving out free icons every month. All you need to do is to sign up to get your own download. Also, you can share the icons with five friends.... Read more >>
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Feb
7
2006
I've had too much. Let's call it a day. So far the Quick Contacts box hasn't rolled out to my Gmail. But I've got the Chats icon in the sidebar. Will you chat in Gmail? Gmail learned to Talk.... Read more >>
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Feb
6
2006
Yesterday I found coComment and gave it a shot. So far so good. And the diligent coComment team has released a bug fix version. Keep going! I am impressed by Brian Benzinger's Greasemonkey script for coComment: Automatic coComment. It can... Read more >>
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Feb
5
2006
I am so excited that coComment is up! A service I've been dreaming of for so long that I can track all the comments I make on others' blogs and follow the dialogues. I did come up with a... Read more >>
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Jan
26
2006
Via Lifehacker via Phone Phun Tell Me at (800) 555-TELL delivers all sorts of useful information rolled up into a nifty voice-recognition system. Say "news center" for business or sports news, "weather" for your local weather and forecast, or "entertainment"... Read more >>
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Jan
22
2006
No wonder my Greasemonkey Gmail Delete Button for Firefox stopped working yesterday. Now Gmail has its official delete button right on top. Just wondering why it takes such a long time.... Read more >>
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Jan
18
2006
When I was a kid, I was told the story of "The King's Got Donkey Ears" by Mom. For those who have no idea what it is about, this is an Irish folklore about a king who has a pair... Read more >>
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Jan
12
2006
Rateyourstudents vs. Ratemyprofessors. Rateyourstudents is way more than a vent for frustrated professors. Students can also learn a lot here. Your professor is HUMAN. Treat them fair. It's not obedience but knowing what s/he expects from students is extremly helpful.... Read more >>
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Jan
6
2006
What characteristic do those folks have in common? Jackie Chan, Scarlett Johansson, Katie Holmes, Cate Blanchett, Shirley Temple, Meg Ryan, Carie-Anne Moss, Jodie Foster, Jeanne Moreau, and Nigel Short. The answer is... they all look like Dan Li [ blush... Read more >>
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Nov
19
2005
In case you don't know it: Baidu (百度) (NASDAQ: BIDU) is a popular Chinese search engine. Its design resembles that of Google and features the capability to search news and images, among other functionalities. Baidu claims itself the biggest search... Read more >>
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Nov
19
2005
Just in case you haven't noticed it. My new Frappr! map has been up and running for 2 weeks but... so far I'm still the only one who signed on it [ I added the three cities I have lived/... Read more >>
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Nov
17
2005
You might have helped Cameron Marlow get his Ph.D. [ He got it! Congrats, Cameron! ] Now you can give a hand again. Jiali Ye is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at Georgia State University. She's conducting... Read more >>
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Nov
16
2005
Megger...Megger...Megger... Can you hear my voice? Can you look into my eyes? Can you read my mind? You can't. I know it. All those can't stop me from loving you. You are the one I've been dreaming of since childhood.... Read more >>
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Nov
4
2005
I've been using Time Tracker for a while. It claims to be "a simple tool to keep track of the time you spend on any given task." Or you can "think of it as a to-do-list with a clock." The... Read more >>
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Nov
2
2005
Pew Internet & American Life Project released its latest report on U.S. teens' online behavior in terms of content creation and consumption. Half of all teens have contributed to the proliferation of WWW: they create a blog; create or work... Read more >>
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Oct
30
2005
Here is another new study on blogs. Tommy Xie, a Ph.D. student at Southern Illinois University, aims to "focus on different uses of weblogs in mainland China and the United States and is a first step to investigating the increasing... Read more >>
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Oct
26
2005
If I just throw it into bookmarks, I might never finish reading it. You know I haven't finished Free Culture yet... About the book "Digital History" by Daniel J. Cohen and Roy Rosenzweig This book provides a plainspoken and thorough... Read more >>
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Oct
25
2005
She refused to stand up on the bus, so the whole nation stood up. Everyone can make a history. Read Rosa Parks's story here, here and here.... Read more >>
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Oct
23
2005
Via Born on June 6 Things other people accomplished when they were my age. No time to procrastinate. The future mythologist Joseph Campbell decided to move to Woodstock to read the classics for five years, nine hours a day. Living... Read more >>
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Oct
23
2005
Just a quick post. Still 300 pages of reading to go and haven't started on my lit review assignment yet. Stanford University just launched Stanford on Itunes, which offers free access to faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports news. So... Read more >>
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Oct
12
2005
Hopefully I'm not making a fuss. Just now I noticed the following lines on my bloglines homepage: You can now navigate through Bloglines with hotkeys! You will find this legend at the bottom of each feed display page. Hotkeys: j... Read more >>
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Oct
12
2005
Something to bring up: 1. My class was dismissed one hour earlier than usual for those who observe Yom Kippur. 2. My newly ordered Lee Oskar 10 Hole Diatonic Harmonicas arrived today. One for myself and one for Oscar [... Read more >>
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Sep
28
2005
How many times do you rack your brains to make up an excuse to end a terribly loooooooong phone talk? Now you've got some sound helpers to make your excuses sound more "sound". Check this out. Be sure to practice... Read more >>
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Aug
31
2005
Via bliss that worldings can't understand, A must-have for J-school students and those who are interested in news media of U.S.A. The State of the News Media 2005 is the 2nd annual report by the Project for Excellence in Journalism,... Read more >>
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Aug
8
2005
John Resig offers a super-cool delicious bookmarklet. By typing "d tag1 tag2..." on the location bar, one can add a URL to his/her del.icio.us collection directly. Click here for the bookmarklet and a mini tutorial to use it. Some other... Read more >>
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Aug
7
2005
Some of us might be thinking about how to get things done, while someone has been doing one thing for 24 years. And it's never gonna be done. I came across Rion Nakaya's photoblog [one of my favorites] and found... Read more >>
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Aug
4
2005
Can PowerBook or iBook before 2005 scroll with two fingers on touchpad? With iScroll2, yes! image©apple.com... Read more >>
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Jul
31
2005
What's a Ph.D student's life like? Dull? Frustrating? Despairing? Kind of, 'coz s/he has to deal with homework grading, dating odds, qualifying exam, grad student etiquette, job hunting, beating over-enthusiastic new master's students, and the terrible [but very normal] idea... Read more >>
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Jul
30
2005
100 Photographs that Changed the World by LIFE [28 pics are available online]. The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century by Random House & The Modern Library. The 100 World's Most Powerful Women by Forbes. They are businesswomen, humanitarians,... Read more >>
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Jul
29
2005
Rebecca MacKinnon introduces the University Channel, "a collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world -- for you to view, listen to, stream or download." The University Channel reminds me of another online... Read more >>
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Jul
21
2005
Via digg [thanks to Kevin for telling me the website! ]: I Like You Color: Type the URI of a page below and submit it to see what colors it uses Some people complained the idea is lame. Well, it's... Read more >>
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Jul
15
2005
In a rush for the coming oral defense on 18th. But can't help stopping to blog about the amazing Optimus Keyboard. Can't wait to have my hands on it.... Read more >>
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Jul
10
2005
Dr. Halavais's very drafty link survey. I do like the latter part on link uses. Just wonder how he will draw random links from repondents' blogs. Some technical concerns.... Read more >>
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Jul
7
2005
Via del.icio.us / popular: Animated Atlas: Growth of a Nation. The animated timeline of the U.S. history is such a vivid and impressive instructional applicaiton that I wish I had watched it ten years earlier. Anyway, not too late for... Read more >>
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Jul
1
2005
Spent an hour on sixflags.com to get the exact addresses of all the theme parks. There are a bunch of water parks but I'm not interested in that. I'm a big fan of rollercoasters so Six Flags Theme Parks only!!!... Read more >>
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Jun
25
2005
Are you ready? There is a visual feast of genuine Chinese food! Now you know Chinese restaurants all over the States are nothing. Food channel at poco.cn used to be a collection of numerous pictures of Chinese food, whether dishes... Read more >>
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Jun
17
2005
I questioned the reports on MSN Spaces censorship in China and tested it myself. Seems like my test blog was not among those being watched. Bennett Haselton came across my post and offered a possible explanation [ Thanks a lot,... Read more >>
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Jun
15
2005
One month ago, I made a wild guess that BROG, The (We)blog Research on Genre Project, might be the "cool" buyer of blo.gs. Yesterday, it turned out to be Yahoo!. I prove myself a bad predictor but also a naive... Read more >>
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Jun
15
2005
Cameron Marlow is gathering data for his dissertation on "how people use their weblogs and their general communication behavior." Sounds interesting! I just can't wait to read it so took the survey in fifteen minutes. Honestly, it was a little... Read more >>
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Jun
9
2005
Just found three WP-based blogging hosts. Weblogs.us used to use MT as platform but then switched to WP since MT started to charge. Free signups are temporarily shut down for some reason. Blogsome and Blogthing are the twos suggested by... Read more >>
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Jun
8
2005
Flickr is giving away free buttons and stickers. Send your self addressed envelope to the following address to get them: Flickr P.O.Box 3816 Sunnyvale, CA 94088 Don't forget to "thrill" them by attaching a photo or postcard of your home... Read more >>
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Jun
2
2005
No, it has nothing to do with porn. Deep Throat is the alias given to the secret source in Watergate scandal. William Mark Felt, Sr. revealed his identy in a Vanity Fair magazine article. This has been confirmed by Washington... Read more >>
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May
28
2005
I was going to hit the sack when I happened to find the killer trick in Firefox via Jan's Tech Blog. The original post was from Lifehacker. From Firefox’s Tools menu, Options, General, enter the addresses of sites separated by... Read more >>
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May
27
2005
$206,000 is the median price of single-family home in the U.S. What kind of house you can buy with the money? NPR made an interesting comparison on house sale between Milwaukee and San Diego. In South Milwaukee, you can buy... Read more >>
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May
27
2005
I've never read The Wall Street Journal before. I was somewhat intimidated by what’s suggested by the Wall Street—stocks, finance, and any other business-related stuff of no great interest to me. Anyway, it’s good to dig out something really interesting... Read more >>
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May
15
2005
Blo.gs, the most widely used sampling tool in blog studies, has been on sale for some time. Now, Jim Winstead has made it--the website will be handed over to a new owner on or after June 13, 2005. Jim doesn't... Read more >>
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May
4
2005
Thanks God I'm going to do my Ph.d in U.S.! Chapter 5: The Ph.D. Defense, in, Research Genres: Explorations and Applications, by John M. Swales of The University of Michigan. Cambridge University Press. Published by the Press Syndicate of the... Read more >>
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May
1
2005
Lock, currently a graduate student at Yuan Ze University in Taiwan, is working on his thesis. The topic is enticing--[Chinese] bloggers and their using behavior [Chinese was added by me since the questionnaire is written in Chinese]. It is great... Read more >>
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Apr
1
2005
I use Google. I wear Google. I talk Google. Now I (will) gulp it! The slogan of Google Gulp (BETA)™ with Auto-Drink™ (LIMITED RELEASE) is "Quench your thirst for knowledge". Simply put, it will make you smarter. Sounds cliche? Hey,... Read more >>
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Mar
9
2005
Gee, that's so cool! Now you are granted more power to tweak your Google News. The newly added option "Edit this customized page" on the right upper corner of the main page provides a way to build up your own... Read more >>
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Jan
14
2005
Kamiel Proost's originally miniature-painted on one Dollar-bills. The Party... Read more >>
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Jan
5
2005
I had a wonderful dinner with Tianyi and Xuying on Mon at P.F. Chang China Bistro. Delicate interior design, good food and a little question. Who is P.F. Chang? So I wrote to P.F. Chang out of curiosity. Hi, I`m... Read more >>
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Dec
2
2004
Blog is the most looked-up word on Merriam-Webster's website this year. More and more people noticed blog and tried to figure the four-letter-word out. The blogosphere is gonna explode. I'm looking forward to that. Blog noun [short for Weblog] (1999)... Read more >>
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Dec
1
2004
The more we know about AIDS, the better we know how to protect ourselves and people around us. Even if you think you are an expert about AIDS, please be patient enough to read through and tell what you... Read more >>
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Nov
21
2004
Communication is a young subject. That partly explains why no ranking in Communication field is available in U.S. News rankings of graduate programs. National Communication Associate has conducted a Communication Doctoral Program Reputational studies, which is the opening of a... Read more >>
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Nov
18
2004
Good news for grad students! "Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research." -- from about Google Scholar... Read more >>
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Oct
26
2004
"She didn't expose a boob, she wasn't doing drugs, she isn't anorexic and she didn't get married in Vegas", Joe Simpson, father and manager of recording artists Jessica and Ashlee Simpson, said Tuesday. Yes! She just lip-synced! In China almost... Read more >>
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Oct
26
2004
From vnunet.com, A fairly interesting poll concerning gender difference in search pattern. Half of men surveyed would turn to search engines when they seek advice, while the proportion of women is not revealed but can be estimated no more than... Read more >>
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Oct
17
2004
Via del.icio.us / popular [330 websites have bookmarked it]: Dropload is a place for you to drop your files off and have them picked up by someone else at a later time. Recipients you specify are sent an email with... Read more >>
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Oct
14
2004
Finally our long-held dream comes true -- now start to search your own computer with Google's quietly launched Goole Desktop Search beta. Having achieved great success on the Internet and marketplace, Google has set off to encroach our local files... Read more >>
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Oct
8
2004
Yin Yin in her watching while being watched mentions about the virtual reality in cyberspace by citing "nobody knows if you are a person or a dog when you are online". I happened to locate a show on NPR about... Read more >>
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Oct
7
2004
I'm not a professional web designer. Web design is simply a personal hobby to release my creativity out and feed my vanity [ you guys' compliments did cheer me up ]. That's why I design in a completely amateur way... Read more >>
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Oct
1
2004
My dad has been always against the supplements: "It's okay you take them regularly all the time, but the trouble comes when you stop taking any." His theory is based on the balance--taking supplements would increase your body's needs for... Read more >>
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Sep
22
2004
Wow wow wow! See what I found from del.icio.us!!! Does this history of Transformers evoke your dreams in childhood? Even today I can still sing along with the theme song "transformer, more than meets the eye..." Almost every child back... Read more >>
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Sep
17
2004
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics by David M. Lane The little handbook of statistical practice by Gerard E. Dallal Visual statistics with multimedia by David J. Krus of Arizona State University Statistics at square 1 by T. D. V. Swinscow;... Read more >>
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Sep
13
2004
Even when our bus approached the Art Institute of Chicago I hadn't succeeded recalling who Georges Seurat is. Actually it was my very first time to travel around Chicago instead of simply stop by it; I was kind of overwhelmed... Read more >>
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Sep
10
2004
I just finished my COMM 203 Quantative Research Method. Quite overwhelmed by terminologies, I found this list and felt kind of released now. It's from Erich Friedman's website who is working as Associate Professor of Mathematics and ex-Chair of the... Read more >>
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Sep
8
2004
Last week I had noticed that Google News had a few more international editions other than those existing versions. The newly added editions were in Korean and Japanese. Since both languages of the two countries are based on the... Read more >>
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Sep
8
2004
This morning I received an email from Kathy, the budget coordinator in my college. Interestingly, the email contained a link to White House Site. It's a picture taken on Bush's trip to Milwaukee last Friday. Very interesting.... Read more >>
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Sep
7
2004
I've got another 6 Gmail invitations again. Having spreaded it among my friends, now I have no idea whom to send them. If you are interested, just leave a note and I'll send you one. You don't need to swap... Read more >>
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Aug
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2004
I had planned to extend the power nap into a temporary hibernation. But I just couldn't help myself when I saw the MovableType 3.1 had been released this afternoon and had to cheer at the top of my voice. The... Read more >>
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Aug
6
2004
Via Zheng's Klog: Wanna see the picture of your future tombstone? It's okay that you climb out of the coffin to have a look at it yourself, but... this is not recommended. Now you've got a chance to carve your... Read more >>
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Aug
4
2004
The MSN Web Messenger beta will pose a problem before those teachers who stop their students from chatting in class by means of baning the use/installation of instant messengers. Now they have to come up with some other new... Read more >>
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Jul
13
2004
I am very mean. I have an ugly plan to demonize blog.blogchina.com [ I do not even link to it here and won't give it any chance to raise its pagerank from my site]. Why? Coz I do hate this... Read more >>
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Jun
17
2004
Via rebecca, Robert Thouless's "Thirty-eight dishonest tricks which are commonly used in argument, with the methods of overcoming them". Pretty worth reading. Keep them in mind and try to avoid being fooled by those tricks.... Read more >>
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Jun
13
2004
9000 ladybugs for sale?! It is one of the weirdest stuff I've ever seen sold on Amazon. Due to the absence of the product manual, I am wondering how customers will use them? Let them fly all over the house?... Read more >>
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Jun
2
2004
Sorry for not offering the links for downloading. Both of the songs are from Fan Weiqi's latest album "Zui Chu de Meng Xiang" [ 最初的梦想 ]. Yin Wei [ 因为 ] Ke Bu Ke Yi Bu Yong Gan [ 可不可以不勇敢... Read more >>
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May
26
2004
Via namestatistics.com: Dan is the #3817 most common female name. 0.001% of females in the US are named dan. Around 1275 US females are named dan. Li is the #2084 most common last name. 0.006% of last names in the... Read more >>
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May
22
2004
Read through ericfish's Liesure.Time Story and found an interesting post concerning the Gmail Contest in which "the first person who answers them will get an invitation to test Gmail". Ericfish wrote that he just quit at the 3rd question, which... Read more >>
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May
22
2004
The Best Actress Award of this 57th edition of the Festival de Canne went to Maggie Cheung for her role in Clean directed by Olivier Assayas.... Read more >>
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May
20
2004
Have you ever heard the lately released album "Take Me to Your Heart" by Michael Learns to Rock? What do you think of the theme song "Take Me to Your Heart" [ you could watch the music video here]? Now... Read more >>
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May
17
2004
Google guys love Easter egg-like stuff. Did you notice the Latin motto on the about dialogue box of Google Toolbar 2? It reads: de parvis grandis acervus erit I googled the sentence for the interpretation. Some geeks have discussed about... Read more >>
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May
15
2004
It's known that spammers employ WWW robots/spiders/wanderers to scan websites to harvest email addresses. We could avoid the vicious scanning by changing the format of emails on web pages, such as change the sign @ with at or some other... Read more >>
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May
6
2004
Just can't wait for the incoming finale of FRIENDS tonight! Every sweet dream has its ending. Let's say farewell to the dacade-long dream. So SWEET. Thanks for the guys smiling with us, weeping with us, sharing their life stories with... Read more >>
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May
5
2004
No time for Chinese restaurant? You could also get your fortune cookie every day. Quoted from cyborgirl-- "All the fortunes in Virtual Fortune Cookie (with a couple glaring exceptions) are actual fortunes my friends and I have received over the... Read more >>
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Apr
29
2004
where have all the flowers gone where the flowers gone where have all the young girls gone where did they all gone where have all the young men gone where the soldiers gone where have all the graveyards gone where... Read more >>
2 comments138 words
Apr
10
2004
The name of the Visual Thesaurus caught my attention on a list of del.icio.us bookmarks. My first impression on the appearance of this dictionary is it looks exactly like a social software. Colorful nodes, solid/dashed lines, and expanding/shrinking animation. In... Read more >>
1 comments178 words
Apr
9
2004
Now I totally understand what is "to look for a needle in a hay". Search for Marilyn Monroe's photo continues. The first step is to try "Marylin Monroe" in Google Images. Yuck! Look at the first one! Is it a... Read more >>
2 comments171 words
Apr
8
2004
It's overjoyed to find the launch of CNBlog English portal, one of my favorite Chinese/English weblogs. Congrats and keep going!!! Before it turns bilingual, CNBlog is a terrific guide for me to sniff up new trends in blogsphere. It is... Read more >>
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Apr
3
2004
What is RSS? Really Simple Syndication Mark Pilgrim's definition of RSS: RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal weblogs. [ What... Read more >>
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Apr
2
2004
Life as Research Assistant is always full of challenges. You never know what the next task would be. Okay, here comes one. I was asked to find out who owns the copyright of a photo of Marilyn Monroe. The most... Read more >>
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Mar
29
2004
You just type google in the address bar as usual. Oops! Feel something different? Google changed its interface!!! Seems Google is promoting its Froogle service. As for me, the new interface loads a little bit faster. But is this simply... Read more >>
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Mar
24
2004
My collection of 80 x 15 banner is still on the way. I've no idea if those designers used Bill Zeller's brilliant button maker application [ can you guys open this page? I can't ] or simply [ simply? ]... Read more >>
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Mar
23
2004
It's cool to find some guys crazy about collecting 80 X 15 stickers like me. As for me, they are so neat and cute! I had planned to collect more before I post my collectics in a coming-soon section. But... Read more >>
1 comments63 words
Mar
22
2004
Hyperdictionary is "a continuation of an educational project to provide free dictionary services to any user on the web". It consists of English Dictionary, Computer Dictionary, Thesaurus, Dream Dictionary and Medical Dictionary. What attracts me most is the Dream Dictionary.... Read more >>
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Mar
20
2004
I searched the Web for a suitable map for my travel log section. National Geographic Society's online geographic course Xpeditions offers a collection of "Hundreds of printer-friendly maps". The most exciting thing is that, as it is claimed in Helpful... Read more >>
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Mar
17
2004
I had planned to appreciate again the green Google logo for St Patrick's Day but happened to find "New! Find stores in your neighborhood. Try Google Local" on the index page of Google [ Oops! Check again, it's gone!! ].... Read more >>
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Mar
12
2004
Hey, guess what? Now you can have your own barcode to identify yourself! The code will be generated by your sex, age, location, height, weight. I don't know if it will be the only one that matches you only, but... Read more >>
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Nov
7
2003
If you are as lazy as I am; If you are as crazy about google as I am; If your monitor is big enough [it occupies too much space on taskbar]; Go get Google Deskbar to search whatever you want... Read more >>
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