January 2009
15 posts
“Neither man nor nation can exist without a sublime idea.”
– Fyodor Dostoevsky
Love Lockdown →
Dear God, please get it out of my head.
Any time, darlin’
The Incredible Banksy →
Absolutely fantastic graffiti and street art. Check it check it.
“History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government,...”
– Vladimir Putin／ 弗拉基米尔·普京
李白《春思》 诗歌
燕草如碧丝，秦桑低绿枝。
当君怀归日，是妾断肠时。
春风不相识，何事入罗帏？
Culinary trifles →
I found $20,000 in my back pocket the other night (I have this terrible habit of forgetting where I put my loose change), and I thought that I might as well spend it on something practical. So I ordered this Swarovski crystal-studded designer refrigerator. And I know you’re wondering, but no, there will probably not be room for anthing in it other than my 60-bottle collection of 1995 Dom...
Integral of secant cubed →
You know your math homework is too hard when the solution has its own wikipedia page…
“You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something,...”
– Winston Churchill
“Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the...”
– Albert Einstein
“Trust in a modern economy has evolved to the miraculous point where people give...”
– From “The Economist,” 22/01/2009. Paul Seabright, Economist, University of Toulouse.