Is there anything that Windows does better than Mac?

by | Aug 7, 2009 | Post

There is one: Device Removal. Even in the latest version of Mac, OS X 10.6, we need to diligently 'eject' any storage device before removing it from the computer. Wait a second, that was one of the huge improvements (according to Microsoft) when they...

World domination: Spanish

by | Aug 7, 2009 | Post

It has been a while since my last post due to some personal issues.Pure laziness.In parallel to my love/hate relationship with learning Traditional Chinese, I have been studying Spanish for almost two years. Why Spanish? Because my ultimate goal is to dominate the...

Cars getting transformed

by | Jun 22, 2009 | Post

最新型のBMWをショーウインドウで眺めていて、最近のヘッドライトデザインの傾向が一段と鮮明になりました。ドイツ車に限ったことなのかもしれませんが、映画版トランスフォーマーの眼球にそっくりです。映画が先か、車が先かは別として、ヘッドライトをより目玉っぽくしつつ、「機械」であることも強調しよう、と訴えている感じです。目に似ていても、どことなく無機質な感じが漂うからです。ドイツ車はいつでも無機質だ、と言われればそうなのかもしれませんが（英語で書くとちょっと気まずい雰囲気が漂うので、他国の文化を話題にする際には国際的にはマイナーな日本語で。。...

Dance Dance Dance

by | Jun 20, 2009 | Post

At Taipei 101 shopping mall, four dancers share their best moves in front of a curious audience. I think the mall is the best place to practice curing our stage phobia – there is always someone to watch you, most of them with idle time, there as customers but...

Name

by | Jun 18, 2009 | Post

At the back of the buses in Taipei, we see the driver's name alongside the company nameplate. Officially, the main reason for this might be so citizens can call the local authority when 'something' happens. But it means something more important for the...