Category: Education
Shark-finning gangsters assault celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay
Shark-finning gangsters assault celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay: “If you’ve ever watched shows like Hell’s Kitchen or Kitchen Nightmares, you’d know not to cross incendiary celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay. Well, maybe his shows don’t air in Taiwan, because a crew of Taiwanese shark-fin smugglers wasn’t too impressed by Ramsay’s reputation, holding the TV host at gunpoint […]
Traveling in a straight line? Think Again…
A Mystery: Why Can’t We Walk Straight? from NPR on Vimeo. A Mystery: Why Can’t We Walk Straight? from NPR on Vimeo. Try as you might, you can’t walk in a straight line without a visible guide point, like the Sun or a star. You might think you’re walking straight, but as NPR’s Robert Krulwich […]
Word(s) of the Day – 12/29/2010
The English language can be an odd place, and obscure. Some of these words go back to the 18th Century or earlier. Please feel free to tell us your favorite “odd” word in the comments! A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell L. Willkie Abligurition – Spending just an inconceivably large amount […]
Apple publishes six free e-books for developers
Apple has released a set of free E-Books for the Macintosh / Ios programmer in all of us. iOS Human Interface Guidelines Object Oriented Programming With Objective-C Cocoa Fundamentals Guide. The Objective-C Programming Language iOS Technology Overview iOS Application Programming Guide. While not super exciting for the non-programmer, it’s a great sign that Apple is […]
How a Quartz watch works [Piezoelectric Effect]
Word(s) of the Day – 12/11/2010
The English language can be an odd place, and obscure. Â Some of these words go back to the 18th Century or earlier. Â Please feel free to tell us your favorite “odd” word in the comments! A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years. ~Wendell L. Willkie Abatude – Means money that’s been clipped. In […]
How Anime is Made
In mid October 2010, the Culture Japan crew went along to the headquarters of Production IG to see what goes on behind the scenes of making hit anime titles such as Ghost in the Shell, East of Eden and recently Sengoku Basara. Today we get to take a look and try some of the processes […]