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If you're running very fast, say at or near the speed of light, can you see behind you? I am enjoying more and more my classes. I feel that the hard work I've put into physics so far is beginning to take some effect. Things are slowly coming together. All the branches are sort of becoming clearer, and I can see more precisely where the connections are. There's still a long way to go, and it doesn't look any easier, but, steady ho! In relation to physics, the department picnic was this Sunday. Our class was in charge of getting things together, bbq-ing the pounds of burgers and hot dogs (220!) we bought. It was a genuinely fun and good time. I personally enjoyed cooking; I was at the grill all day. Somehow I could feel the chef in me surface. I suppose I may have a potential career as a professional chef! Or at the least, I'm pretty good at bbq. The weather also looked kindly upon us. The downpour began the minute we all finished cleaning up and hopped into our

This is amazing. I saw this photo on chinatimes.com's photo section. The top three runners in the hundred meter men's race in the 2004 Olympics differed by just 0.01 sec! What do you think is the most prestigious competition at the Olympics? I personally think it's the 100 meter for running. The way I see it, running is something most everyone can do by virtue of their being human. Those of us who were born with the capability to walk can naturally quicken the pace to running. Even swimming is not necessarily as instinctive as running. The reason for 100 meters and not something longer has also to do with what I call "the capabilities of the norm." Long distance running requires years of training and preferably, one should be born with the right type of muscle. Not everyone can necessarily do long distance running. But everyone can certainly attempt to sprint 100 meters (whether we do it in less than 10 sec is another issue)! The results of this year's

Taiwan's baseball team at the Olympics is out. Done. No medals this time; at most 5th place. 4-3 loss to Japan in overtime. Aiiiiiii yaaah! Speaking of Taiwan, I read an article on Taiwanese efforts to obtain rights to post advertisements in NY starting on the 23rd with text stating 'Taiwan, ROC' and the following: 'UN Fair.' This is to advertise the fairness of the United Nations, especially to Taiwan, as well as to get the name of that island with 23 million people on it straight. I have sent mail to Taiwan, only to have it routed through half of China before reaching its destination. Something that definitely irks me is the recent and successful efforts by China to remove advertisements supporting Taiwan at the Olympics. I don't understand what this move achieves, other than to show what a bully China is. I also don't have much respect for organizations that cannot exercise the ideals of its charter in the face of extreme political pressure (further r

Get this, bear gets drunk on beer. Not only does he pass out, he makes a choice to get loaded on the good stuff, none of that "mass market" Busch crap! What a bear! 36 bottles! I just bought a TV . With that, I think I am ready for this .

I'm sure this is well known in the community, but I think it deserves mention, at least on my website (since it's so new, lots of stuff on here are bound to be a bit dated). This is an awesome website: Tokyo Plastic . These are the guys responsible for the drum machine, the cute little girls banging their heads on taiko drums.

I totally love flash movies. Just looking around online for them. A good place to start is The Flash Archive . Watching several of the movies, especially the ones using old nintendo/ pc games with really pixelated graphics led me to his is a pretty neat site: www.hazardlabs.com . Just seeing Megaman got me interested enough to spend some time at the site and read some of the comics. Some other interesting stuff I found tonight like missdynamite.com , which has an interactive plot since the viewer helps create the story by voting on what happens in the next episode. There's lots of creative stuff out there!

The Thinker at my Alma Mater, Columbia University. A new sculpture on campus. Columbia's mascot is a lion, and this sculpture was given as a gift in celebration of Columbia's 250th anniversary! It's quite a beautiful work of art. 

The Chapel at Duke University, my current academic institution. Mom has come to visit, so she is taking pictures of the campus. Duke is named after...Duke! Washington Duke, big on Tabako, gave land and $$ to make small liberal arts college Trinity into big conglomerate Duke. The campus really is quite pretty. The joke goes Duke wanted to give money to Princeton, but on condition they renamed it Duke. Well, they couldn't get Princeton, so they built one. But to be honest, Princeton does look prettier, but then to be honest, Princeton can't compare to Cambridge (in England). Next stop: Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Closed from Dusk till Dawn! I walked through the gardens twice every day my first year. Once in the morning to get to the department, once in the afternoon to go home. I like to think of this as my -o?C?1D. Well, it's not that special, cause it's more like a tourist attraction. But the fresh green air every morn was something.

Internet connection at home set up! Yo! I feel whole again. It's been painful these last few days without a solid, good, quick connection within waking's reach. Now I no longer need to spend hours at the office past midnight just so I can look up favourite websites, chat with family and friends, play online games, and sometimes do my research...I can do it all comfortably at home now! Yippee. Speaking of, I should be getting to the office. I don't get paid to wait at home for the cable guy to come install high speed online!

I love food! 

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