THEクワガタ事変 / The Kuwagata Incident
Only about an hour or so into the day and this happens. A "Kuwagata" (or "Stag Beetle" in English) makes a momentary cameo on a window...
On C. P. Snow's "The Two Cultures"
"The non-scientists have a rooted impression that the scientists are shallowly optimistic, unaware of man's condition. On the other hand,...
A CONFERENCE ABOUT EVIL!
Check it out, seriously. Here's a fun excerpt from their official homepage: "The complex nature of evil is reflected in this call for...
Semi-impassioned
So, I just finished giving a semi-impassioned presentation on Minimalism in Shadow of the Colossus for my lab. At the climax of the talk,...
Somen Summer Afternoon
Chronicles of working in a lab in Japan during summer: For lunch today the M1 students organized a semi-impromptu somen party. #lab...
Pseudo-coding for clarity just makes me sad
In my desperation, to explain it for a research meeting, I pseudo-coded the progression of Shadow of the Colossus because I am...
Shadow of the Colossus Again
On Shadow of the Colossus: I am trying to justify this game to my professors as a good candidate for narrative analysis (and...
On Sophocles and the avoidance of Fate
My favorite Greek playwright, Sophocles, has come up in recent readings. It made me remember a strange story that one of my Classical...
Deadlocked
I have been at a deadlock in my research now for the past month or so. While it is natural to realize just how little you really know...
"Whoa."
OK, so here is an academic paper from sigcomm 2012 written by the crew of the hovership Nebuchadnezzar, namely Neo, Morpheus, et al. The...
