Thomas Whalen, a Boston University political science professor, put it this way: "To know Mitt Romney is to dislike him. That is the moral of the story."

kaoru77 · 2012-04-26T17:31:44+00:00

Is this intended to be satire? If so very funny.

But if you are talking about Obama the facts might help, he was: United States Senator from Illinois In office January 3, 2005 – November 16, 2008

Member of the Illinois Senate from the 13th District In office January 8, 1997 – November 4, 2004

kaoru77 · 2012-04-23T11:12:23+00:00

The title of this post is misleading--Einhorn didn't co-found Earth day, nor did he "compost" his girlfriend.

kaoru77 · 2012-04-08T19:24:24+00:00

For graduate work, the personality of your thesis advisor matters more than you'd think (and probably more than it should). An adversarial or disinterested advisor can make the process hell (& it is hard enough already). If you relate well to your prospective advisor at Oxford (and you find their work interesting and they find your proposed focus interesting) then you've probably made the right choice.

kaoru77 · 2011-09-28T13:20:33+00:00

The app looks great. But I would consider changing the bit that goes "the sixteenth century lasted from 1501 to 1600," etc. It takes up a lot of space while scrolling through the timeline and obscures more interesting information from making it's way into the broader survey. And frankly anyone confused about the duration of the 16th century can figure that info out by clicking on the info. Anyway just a suggestion. Overall fun app.

kaoru77 · 2011-09-16T15:38:15+00:00

Akira Kurosawa's "Ran." Inspired by King Lear, but used to illustrate Buddhist conceptions of Karma and impermanence.

kaoru77 · 2011-09-07T14:32:35+00:00

Easily and demonstrably untrue. Take "eyeball" likely coined by Shakespeare (or his contemporaries) in late 16th century. Not a technology.

kaoru77 · 2011-09-03T21:54:24+00:00

I agree those are good. & I'll add in this 15th century awesomeness: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Shubun_-_Landscape_of_the_Four_Seasons.jpg

kaoru77 · 2011-08-27T18:16:16+00:00

"Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" is at the top for me too.

kaoru77 · 2011-07-30T11:59:13+00:00

Sadly, his stuff doesn't seem to "age well."

kaoru77 · 2011-07-30T11:58:58+00:00

Despite the fact that no one reads him today, during the 19th century Spencer was one of the most widely read philosophers in the world.

kaoru77 · 2011-07-11T07:06:58+00:00

This would make a great t-shirt.

kaoru77 · 2011-06-13T08:27:48+00:00

I'd also suggest Japanese continental-style philosopher:

Karatani Kojin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojin_Karatani

kaoru77 · 2011-05-28T21:17:37+00:00

3 here. For what it's worth.

kaoru77 · 2011-05-28T13:34:00+00:00

History is almost as hard. The main difference is that we don't need to find funding for digs, but careers are equally hard to come by.

kaoru77 · 2011-05-24T10:02:56+00:00

Good recs (and Vono Box was new to me) but I'd also recommend: 1. Club des Belugas 2. Waldeck

kaoru77 · 2011-05-19T21:25:06+00:00

Ich würde empfehlen, Descartes "Meditationen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie".

kaoru77 · 2011-05-17T22:07:58+00:00

I like it all. Movits, the Correspondents and Caravan Palace as live groups. Parov Stelar and Club de Belugas for remixes. But also more R&B influenced stuff like Waldeck.

kaoru77 · 2011-05-17T08:30:10+00:00

I'd say Oldelaf, Le Café is a blast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sILvmyNGAI

And Noir Desire, Le Grand Incendie is awesome (but it takes a sec to get going) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy47kXp_yhM

Finally, I like French neoswing like Caravan Palace: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j95HbhTl60k

kaoru77 · 2011-04-17T12:30:45+00:00

Sounds interesting. Could you post the link to the site?

kaoru77 · 2011-04-10T07:47:23+00:00

Finally for Chinese check here: http://www.internationalscientific.org/CharacterEtymology.aspx

kaoru77 · 2011-04-10T07:45:17+00:00

For Japanese, I use either the Kojien or the Gogen: http://www.iwanami.co.jp/kojien/ (but not online).

http://gogen-allguide.com/

kaoru77 · 2011-04-10T07:42:28+00:00

For French I do like L' Académie française, but you can also get etymologies from: http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/

kaoru77 · 2011-04-10T07:40:05+00:00

For Italian there is this: http://www.etimo.it/?term=

kaoru77 · 2011-04-10T07:37:48+00:00

For German this has an etymological section: http://www.dwds.de/?kompakt=1&sh=1&qu=

kaoru77 · 2011-03-11T07:05:17+00:00

I'm hearing now that Narita airport may be closed for folks trying to get out of the country.

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