Sep 3, 2009  •  In Korean, Personal, Pregnancy

Conception Dreams

My mother recently asked me if I had any strange or memorable dreams when I became pregnant. I then recalled that Koreans believe a woman begins her pregnancy with a 태몽 (tae-mong), or a dream about the conception of the child. (I thought this was unique to the Korean culture but apparently not – J […]

Sep 3, 2009  •  In Art/Design, Geek, Web

Can Bloated Code Be Beautiful?

The answer is YES. Last month, I saw a screenshot of the Fujinon Binoculars website source code. Filled with seemingly endless <FONT> tags, I couldn’t help but laugh.   A snippet of the code. Take a look at the original to get the full effect. THIS is the reason I never use an HTML editor, […]

Sep 2, 2009  •  In Blogging, Personal

Tagline Contest Extended!

Wow, I am such an idiot. Would you believe I forgot about my own contest? MY. OWN. CONTEST. Granted, things have been a bit hectic lately but that is no excuse. I announced the contest last week, tweeted about it ONCE, and….forgot about it. Way to publize it, huh? Due to my own ineptitude, I […]

Sep 1, 2009  •  In Gadgets, Geek

The Mobile Phones of My Past, Present, and Future

One of my favorite things to do while battling insomnia is to make lists. Endless, pointless lists. Last night I did a mental rundown of all the cell phones I’ve had since my first purchase during my freshmen year in college in 1999. (Before then was pagers. Having access to Korean import stores, I had […]