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Monthly Archives: May 2006

Learning Chinese, the 21st century way

There are a lot of great websites and free software apps to assist in studying the Chinese language. Just today on Chinese-Forums I discovered ZDT, and I’m already hooked. I had been thinking about starting an open source flashcard application in PHP, but now there’s really no need for that any more.
ZDT is written in […]

My favorite Firefox plugins

These are my six most favorite plugins for the Firefox web browser, in order of preference.

Sessionsaver A friend of mine is a big fan of the Opera web browser. One of the features he appreciates most is that when you start it, you immediatly return to the pages you were visiting the last time you […]

End of an era

The last week of class for me, ever, has begun. In four more days it will be over. My life as a student is nearing completion. I loved every moment of it, but I’ll be glad when it’s done. By the end of June my exams will be finished and I’ll be off to […]

Trivia

Since doing chinese listening exercises isn’t proving to be that interesting, here is some random trivia:

Asian males have lower levels of testosterone than their kaukasian counterparts, hence less hair and shorter weenies. This also makes the birth control pill for men more effective for asians. Related trivia : the pill for men has been invented […]