Yamato

Japanese people, like us Americans, like to name things after popular figures. Some students are actually called Naruto. I recently made a friend called Taiwa (大和), which is also read as Yamato, the same as the most famous battleship of…

Unreal Tournament 2004

Unreal Tournament 2004 is one of the last of Epic’s multiplayer fragfests. The single player campaign features quite a few characters and teams, and there are many ways to “adapt” to difficult situations using cheats or summons. This Excel sheet…

Baraclude (Entcavir) and Pregnancy

It is very difficult to find information on the effects of Baraclude on pregnancy. With some digging, some information, while not extremely informative, can be found. Baraclude is an antiviral drug used to treat Hepatitis B. It can cause the…

The VIA Eden (Looking Back)

I wrote this article back in 2006 for The Network Stability Resource. Now that it is 2013, let’s take a look at what has happened. Original article: VIA Eden Processors, by George Liu (1/26/2006) For such a young company, VIA…

Mimicry

Sometimes it’s dangerous to play with kids, since they like to mime actions. Once, I was at a bowling party, and this cute little boy was drinking a soda. He had slurped up a lot of soda, so that his…

Credibility

Japanese people have a hard time believing things that are new to them, and it’s true for both adults and children. When I tell them that students in the US can actually be held back for poor performance and be…

Silliness

The other teachers and I like to play with kids a lot. At lunch, I often fold up someone’s napkin and stuff it in their pencil cases. By now, a lot of the kids are used to it, and they…