Geek Studies

April 13th, 2007

My fellow student and friend Jason Tocci started a new blog, called Geek Studies. His blog is part of his dissertation which focuses on geek culture. No, he has not recruited me as a research subject, in case you were wondering. :-)

We also have a blog together with Bill Herman at Shouting Loudly.

Posted in academia, misc

2 Responses

  1. Milo

    Bookmarked! (And just a heads up, the link to Bill Herman is b0rked.)

  2. Loki

    thanks, milo. corrected the link!

book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata