http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/ Copyright 2008 Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:25:52 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype//?v=1.03 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss In this movie on a popular Korean video site (link only works in Internet Explorer), two Korean teenagers engage in a mock "debate" on Dokdo. That is, the Korean presents a couple of maps, while the "Japanese" (referred to as... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/03/news_flash_amer.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/03/news_flash_amer.php Politics Fri, 16 Mar 2007 07:25:52 -0500 The Yomiuri Shimbun picked some great cartoons for its awards this year, though bigger resolutions would have been nice. This one's titled, "Trouble."... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/american_chamel.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/american_chamel.php Media Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:55:41 -0500 Doing nothing to help the current image of copyright alliances as full of huge dickheads, the JASRAC (the Japanese RIAA) has sent a 74-year-old bar owner to jail for 10 months for letting local college students who play classical piano... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/lennon_put_gran.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/lennon_put_gran.php Politics Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:45:26 -0500 The film Web site is here, and it contains a video of the press conference by the director, calling the planned Chinese documentary propaganda based on historical misunderstanding and saying Japan must communicate the correct history to the world. All... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/more_on_the_tru.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/more_on_the_tru.php Politics Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:55:05 -0500 So there's a Japanese right-wing revisionist "documentary" about how the Nanking Massacre never happened coming out. One of Ishihara's buddies. These guys really need a visit from Mr. Peabody or Dr. Who or whoever it is takes you back in... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/ahmadinejads_ja.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/ahmadinejads_ja.php Politics Sat, 27 Jan 2007 05:41:34 -0500 One of their longest-running and most successful TV programs is about a kindly old man who travels through time in a phone booth. The BBC gave the Goons, Monty Python and Douglas Adams money before they had careers and didn't... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/reasons_i_like.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/reasons_i_like.php Media Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:22:59 -0500 Syrian is cool. Maybe I should compose music. Wow. These programs are hard. This oatmeal package emphasizes that the health benefits of oatmeal remain whether it is eaten cooked or uncooked. Hm. This taste must be why horses always look... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/things_i_thinki.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2007/01/things_i_thinki.php Streamofconsciousness Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:10:07 -0500 "What's the word for individual grapes?" "Uh, grape." -a British editor answering a translation question for a Korean writer "Coffee is one of those things that smells better than it tastes. You know, like coal."... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/things_that_wer.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/things_that_wer.php Streamofconsciousness Mon, 25 Dec 2006 10:16:39 -0500 Reviewed "The Host" (괴물) for JoongAng today, and I was surprised to find it's not a bad anti-American action movie but a love letter to the classic monster flick, hitting all the key elements -- sea monster created by government... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/the_host.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/12/the_host.php JoongAng Tue, 12 Dec 2006 09:16:38 -0500 iTunes gave me video credits because they lowered the price of Battlestar Galactica after I bought it. You have redeemed your video credit, valid for 5 free videos priced at $1.99. You must use this credit before Dec. 31, 9999.... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/cryogenic_expir.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/cryogenic_expir.php Streamofconsciousness Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:13:02 -0500 Local council spends 10,000 pounds to find the man who won't stop saying "Baa" during meetings. I love it. It's like a real-life episode of the Goon Show.... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/only_in_england.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/only_in_england.php Tue, 17 Oct 2006 00:10:33 -0500 I was talking to my dad about macroevolution a while back and thought I would collect some links about it. This is a list of observed instances of speciation or failed attempts to induce it, evidence that macroevolution does take... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/evolution_and_s.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/evolution_and_s.php Wed, 11 Oct 2006 04:14:11 -0500 Everyone should buy this shirt with this thing Ben said one time on it. Also I am a copy editor at the business desk now. Moving up (sideways?) in the world. At least I have more leg room under my... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/a_shirt_with_th.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/10/a_shirt_with_th.php Streamofconsciousness Mon, 09 Oct 2006 08:32:03 -0500 Too much work and too many nights make one incredibly sick. Who'd a thought? Unfortunately I'm going to have to work through this as I have too much work to do to take a break from work. Did I mention... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/09/too_much_work_a.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/09/too_much_work_a.php Streamofconsciousness Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:07:04 -0500 Welcome to Gattaca, boys and girls. Encouraged by Britain's ruling on colon cancer, a London hospital is proposing to prevent autism by eliminating male embryos, which are more likely than females to get the disease. Two weeks ago, the New... http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/09/the_slippery_sl.php http://blogs.princeton.edu/pia/personal/b-applegate/2006/09/the_slippery_sl.php Politics Sun, 17 Sep 2006 11:47:20 -0500