Monthly Archives: March 2008

Last Suppers

Posted on 28 March 2008 by tychay

I was browsing hulu yesterday, when I saw this promotional ad for the upcoming restart of Battlestar Galactica.

The full image is very impressive and instantly recognizable:

Battlestar Galactica Season 4 (2008)
The image is normally a center figure with flanked by four … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, television | 4 Comments

This shocking article, especially in light of their tactical PR moves, makes a number of people theorize that WalMart would be advocates of a Single-payer health care system.
No. Just the opposite.
In 2004, WalMart spent $650k to defeat Proposition 72. … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, religion and politics | 2 Comments

YUI cookies

Posted on 18 March 2008 by tychay

Every time I talked about web cookies, my ex-girlfriend would say, “Mmmm, cookies.”
Besides messing with my train of thought, it also gave me an unhealthy obsession with cookie implementations in web development. Today, I was taking apart how YUI implements … Continue reading →

Posted in web development | 4 Comments

Bailout

Posted on 17 March 2008 by tychay

I was pointed to this Paul Krugman article, which is a sequel to this piece. The Bear Stearns buyout is what touched it off. To which, someone wrote:
“Ahh, GOP capitalism—where profits are privatized and losses are socialized.
Conservative blogs start quoting … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, society and culture | 7 Comments

I’m stalking you

Posted on 14 March 2008 by tychay

A classmate from college, Dr. Frank Ling, is giving an internal talk at CNET:
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Frank works as a PostDoc at Berkeley on green technology, guest blogs on Cleantech, and does the radio program, Berkeley Groks, with another classmate … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, Science | 5 Comments

Reading George Orwell

Posted on 14 March 2008 by tychay

In my seventh grade English class, I got an opportunity to read Animal Farm by George Orwell.
My mom had read it once as a little girl during the brief occupation of Seoul in the Korean War.
“One day Ohma brought home … Continue reading →

Posted in books, religion and politics, wordplay | 8 Comments

nik Color Efex Pro 3.0 (and panoramic landscapes)

Posted on 13 March 2008 by tychay

I finally upgraded my copy of nik Color Efex Pro.1 It has this new feature called “u-point” which allows you to do zone system tone masking a lot like LightZone. This means I can finally edit without masks. The … Continue reading →

Posted in photography, photos | 8 Comments

Obama’s 2002 speech

Posted on 11 March 2008 by tychay

“Those are the battles that we need to fight. Those are the battles that we willingly join. The battles against ignorance and intolerance. Corruption and greed. Poverty and despair.
“The consequences of war are dire, the sacrifices immeasurable. We may have … Continue reading →

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Home alone (or not)

Posted on 11 March 2008 by tychay

I’ve been writing lately about the three P’s: programming, photography, and politics. Many of you must be bored out of your mind and are thinking, Damn! Terry.TMI.
Time to break it up a bit.
A friend is in the process of moving … Continue reading →