To the End of the Semester

Since this is the end of the semester, I'm happy that my creativity can take a break. There will be no more last minute thought of what to blog about. Now it's time to work on my phone, the HTC one. Thank you for the memories, and see some of you next semester.

Looking Forward to the End of the Semester

This is what I'm looking forward to this summer. Gonna do what I haven't done all semester: watch movies.

Why Flash Was Awesome for Its Time

I would like to share with you a song that is the greatest of the 2000's.

Then there are the classic flash cartoons such as Homestar Runner:

And the list goes on....

Wonderful Fruits Not All Might Know

Durian

Since I was born in a country to the far east (Vietnam), I grew up with exotic fruits growing in my backyard in the small town. These fruits were delectable joy to eat when they were ripe. Nowadays  you can find these fruits at the Asian markets or Central Market, that are shipped from Thailand, or some part of the country (like Florida) that has fertile soil similar to Southeastern Asia. Durian (the image above) is known as the world's smelliest fruit, but past the smell, it has a sweet creamy taste that is unique and delicate. My favorite fruit growing up was Rambutans; it has a very unique shame with the fuzzy, thick rind and a soft, sweet meat in the center.

Lichi

Dragon Fruit

Rambutan

Longan

Jack Fruit

Star Fruit

Android's Best Designed Phone

HTC One

Introducing the latest HTC android phone coming to the states by the end April (according to the latest news). It looks great with the bare aluminum body and 1080P 4.7 inch touchscreen display. Other notable hardware is the dual front loud speakers with Beats audio and HTC's own 4 Ultrapixel camera.

This is the phone that HTC has placed its hopes on to bring the Taiwanese company back up after the Apple v. HTC mishap.

For more in depth information on the phone, you can go on these sites
HTC : Gizmodo : GSMArena : CNET : Engadget

Let's Talk About a Story

No one can help that many screenwriters are running out of fresh ideas for movies, but adding onto a plot seems to be one route. I was watching Wreck-It Ralph the other day with my nephews and it dawned on me, considering all the talk of copyrights, that the movie consist of multiple characters of famous games from my childhood. It is unbelievable awesome how many permissions one company would go through to assemble an entire cast from so many arcade games that ruled the 90's. You have characters from Mario, Q*bert, Sonic, Street Fighter, PacMan and so many more. This is a must see movie if you grew up in the 90's.

Motion Control

I really thought this was innovative, considering that in the 90's as a kid growing up, since this would be the future I would be apart of in adulthood. It uses the electric signals to the muscles in our arms to send signals to our computers to achieve the actions we want our computers to do, and some more. It is a huge step in advancement into symbiosis with man and machine.<br />
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Sho-Sugi-Ban

While thinking about what I wanted to do as a career, I started looking around me and considered my surrounding. This interest lead to an interest in architecture and a research in the styles used throughout history. Although I have failed to get into the architecture school of my choice, I still like to consider my space and the style of the space.

This post is an introduction to Sho-Sugi-Ban, an ancient Japanese technique of charring the cypress wood to preserve the wood. Before we had paint sealants to coat the wood, the japanese would burn the face of the wood to give it a deep brown color that would serve to keep the wood from rotting, as well as give it texture.

Taken from stock.xchng

Not quite sure of the technique of this picture, but the color is really close to the finished product. For some visual examples of what the wood actually looks like in applied architecture, visit this blog.