February 2008
22 posts
A chat with Vajira
The Universe in a grain of sand by Vajira Fernando The Buddha basically said that various components get together; some of them physical, some of them metaphysical, and at a certain point that combination acquires a consciousness and says “Hey, I exist. There is me”. The concept of “me” comes up, and the whole thing in Buddhism is to dissolve the self. That is what...
More to Fear!
I’m glad you liked the last one, Leigh - here’s the first one I did for that assignment. She asked me to map out dangers in my life. Here it is: Life Map Live in Fear © 1.Waking up. Seeing as my temporary Hong Kong apartment would make an ideal home for an anorexic mosquito, there really isn’t much to be feared in all its minuscule, 65 square-foot glory - despite, of course,...
“I’m not a communist,
and I’m not a capitalist…but I want...”
– Random Vietnamese man
Don't Be Evil? →
Communi-t
This is an assignment I did for an elective class called Health and Career Education, after being asked to map out “all the possible dangers that exist within my community.” Dom, I thought you might like this:Community MapLive in Fear © Because quality of life is overrated anyway—- A healthy dose of misguided fear is a healthy supplement to a lack of confidence/general awareness,...
In Aus
Hello peoples, I just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know that I’ll be in Australia for the next month or so - somewhere between Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. I might not be posting much during the next while and so I thought I’d take this opportunity to say ‘peace’ to you all. I hope you’re all having an awesome month and for those of you who I know...
FFFanboyism!
Wow - my old headphones broke, and I finally got around to buying a new pair today. Wow. That’s all, just wow. Philips SBC HN110, bitches. Brand loyalty ftw! Buy now. Be amazed. Eargasms. Multiple eargasms. I’ll give you an idea: the breakbeat from Apache in beautiful high and lows with your ears naturally focusing on every beat because the headphones themselves help your ears to focus...
Photo hosting?
The pesky half-a-gig size limit at Picasa is bothering me, so I’m thinking of migrating the now-nearing-the-1000-picture-margin Hong Kong web album to a different host. If anyone has ideas, drop me a line in the comments. Happy New Year!
“Vancouver is Hong Kong’s little sister’s unborn child”
“I was going to buy a toaster the other day. Then I found out I couldn’t...”
– Random Engadget commenter.
Future Tech - Smashing Magazine →
15 cutting-edge technologies of the near future. Some available this year, such as 3D HDTVS.
My friends, I bring you the good news: Jesus... →
“I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical...”
– The famous first sentences of “Howl.”