Archive for April, 2008
Do Yourself a Favor…Gap Minder
If you click just one link from TWB, please do yourself a favor and click this one. It will take you to one of the coolest, most useful, most educational tools that I have ever discovered. The tool is called Gap Minder, and it was developed by Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor of International Health. [...]
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Tags: gap minder, hans rosling, ted, trendalyzer
OEP trip
I spent this weekend in the Sierra Nevadas (Kit Carson Pass) with my Outdoor Education class. It was an amazing experience, and I’ll need some time to reflect before I can do it any justice. Stay tuned for pictures and videos.
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Tags: kit carson, oep, sierra nevada, stanford
The ProFros are coming!
I thought I’d share my myriad thoughts about Admit Weekend, an annual Stanford event put on for prospective freshman (ProFros). For a while yesterday I thought this year’s event would be a repeat of last year’s, with abnormally dreary weather coinciding perfectly with the one weekend Stanford wants to look good to outsiders. However, the [...]
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Tags: admit weekend, palo alto, profro, profros, roho, rohos, stanford, stanford university
The Expressivness of Pianists
Hello
I just had a random thought while watching a friend play the piano. As many of you know, certain pianist (ahem, Lang Lang) are amazingly expressive when they play. It occurred to me that perhaps the body rocking, head-thrashing motions may in fact have quite utilitarian origins. Here is my thought process. When pianists practice [...]
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Tags: Lang Lang, pianist, pianists, piano
Leaving now! Pictures and stories to come.
http://yurisnightbayarea.net/2008/
Update: Here are some pictures from an amazing day! I’ll elaborate when I’m more awake.
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Tags: ames, moffet field, spore, tesla, tesla roadster, will wright, yuri, yuri's night
No (more) Googles Allowed
The following paragraph comes directly from Stanford’s Residence Agreement
Entrepreneurial Enterprises
Student residences are not intended to serve as centers for private enterprise or personal profit in any form. No business may operate out of or use as its base of support any room/apartment/suite or residence.
Interesting words coming from a university that boasts about its entrepreneurial spirit.
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Tags: business, entrepreneurial spirit, stanford
Thanks to the Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Stanford (ACSSS), a friend and I will be watching the Olympic Torch Relay at San Francisco this Wednesday. Besides providing a free bus ride from Stanford to SF and back, the ACSSS will also be providing “a free lunch and free gift souvenirs.” I have [...]
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The Onion
I recently stumbled upon videos that are made by The Onion (which you may know for their funny satirical news articles and books). In the interest of full disclosure, I have watched every single video they have made, and have enjoyed (most) of them. To whet your appetite, here are a few of my [...]
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The Game
I just came back from an amazing journey around the Bay Area. I am a freshman at Stanford University living in a dorm called Freshman-Sophomore College (FroSoCo for short). FroSoCo annually stages a mysterious event, known only as The Game. Starting last night at 7 PM until around 10 AM today, students living [...]
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