tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:43:27 +0000Personalfredheadtechnologyrequestsarthurkoreahongwonthings im thankful forBuck's Pizzabooksapplebeachbestbuychristmaswineamoniayonseikorean cultureglobalizationinternshipconservativeimpatientAIDSrantingiodized saltemotionsrockstariphonecharitynsepdcstarbucksfamilyHolocaustinternetyalehigh notelaw schoolquiet timesaltbeebeem bapNew Yearsevilgangnun신촌suwonchuseokhumorfriendsfuturefacebookreadingcigarsiodinegolfphotographyraviGodpoliticscultureelliottduked80Correctionschoolclimate changethe edgeharvardscholar jontrans fattravelingflyingus news and world reportchurchfoodarizonanoh reh bongsmokingseasonscontemplativewalmartRock 'N Relieffinalsatlas shrugged홍대bloggingsnowhealthkoreanmcdonaldshospitalEPAi figure in a day and time saturated with crappy reality shows, my life is as good as any... here goes.http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)Blogger107125mrscholarhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5875722737942809406Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:10:00 +00002009-01-14T12:51:09.858+09:00technologyappleSo here's my first blog from my new Dell Mini 9 netbook. I must say that I have decided to run OS X instead of the default Korean version of windows XP that came on this little computer. I wanted to take a few moments to post about my experiences in the past 3 or 4 days. I was excited to see (before I received the computer as a gift) that the mini 9 is one of the easiest computers to load OS Xhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/bkXLWH7hrVI/my-dell-mini-9-with-os-x-my-netbook.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-dell-mini-9-with-os-x-my-netbook.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5285537993254842326Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:26:00 +00002009-01-07T15:33:22.954+09:00PersonalNew YearsIt's pretty amazing how time flies by. It's already 2009... So much has happened this past year. One this that hasn't happened much is blogging. I've spent time away from blogger trying to figure out why it is I blog, why it is I write. And on December 29th I figured it out. I was sitting in Starbucks (which is where you'll most often find me) and was looking through posts from the past two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/MvkbamCLy6Y/updates-coming-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2009/01/updates-coming-soon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-7935750661617929359Sat, 20 Dec 2008 04:56:00 +00002008-12-20T14:06:07.646+09:00starbuckskoreainternetchristmasBeing the self professed technology "geek" that I am... I have found South Korea's lack of free wifi quiet saddening. Seoul in particular, if jam packed with coffee shops galore. There are literally dozens stacked on top of each other, while major chains such as Starbucks and TOMNTOMS have upwards of 6 or 7 within a few mins walking distance. The challenge is, many of these major chains don't http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/9yCeIa5sjq4/korea-starbucks-and-free-wifi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/12/korea-starbucks-and-free-wifi.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5621430314592454558Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:04:00 +00002008-09-28T20:21:16.832+09:00So I was watching TV the other day and ran across a documentary. There was a person interviewing a 6 year old chinese kid who looked like a miniature Mr. Olympia, obviously I paused to watch a moment. It appears that this kid is somehow related to superman... The interviewer has the kid flex a few times and then has the boy start doing pushups. Let me tell you, when the counter hit 100, I was http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/21D2eiDujyQ/what-6-year-old-does-1000s-of-push-ups.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-6-year-old-does-1000s-of-push-ups.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-1922425554529966955Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:26:00 +00002008-08-21T12:36:11.320+09:00신촌d80photography홍대So I mentioned before that I was interested in taking pictures... Got a few.. Not a whole lot worth seeing, but I'm practicing. A good friend of mine said you have to snap over 100 to get one "money shot." Money shot or not.. it's fun.. and I'm getting weird looks.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/IR0bvWilWkI/art-of-eye.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/art-of-eye.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-6980142695154963971Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:04:00 +00002008-08-12T11:19:49.600+09:00photographyscholar jonelliottfriendsbloggingkorean culturehigh note-------------So it's been a pretty exciting week here in Seoul, with the olympic spirit in full swing, Koreans are practically glued to their television sets. At the top of the list might be Korean swimmer Tae-Hwan Park who nabbed Korea's first ever Olympic gold in swimming.Next you've got the crazy soccer games (two of which I've caught). It seems like every discussion I've had with my debate http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/NcUWVLGf6cE/stuff-disney-movies-are-made-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/stuff-disney-movies-are-made-of.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5368611050811216764Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:09:00 +00002008-08-08T20:14:14.823+09:00humorkorearockstarJust a quick post today.. I went into the gym this morning to do a little iron pumping, since rockstars guns are bigger than mine. And and as I checked in at the front desk I could faintly hear the music coming from the mens locker room... Hmm, that' interesting I thought. I know I've heard that melody somewhere.. Well, as I made my way into the locker room the song was unmistakable.. It's http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/vchsPzk6WJ0/its-raining.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/its-raining.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-7598092729137443761Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:00:00 +00002008-07-31T20:08:48.858+09:00humorkorean culturehigh noteA friend of mine, who's a teacher showed me this... The writing assignment was to write about your perfect day:A perfect day is a day when everything goes as I want. I want When I want money, money should will appear on the road, when I want girl, the girl send send me a text message, when I want to donot stdy studying, my pen and pencil will go away disappear from the world.*of note: The girls http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/XRJvzR9M9sQ/my-perfect-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-perfect-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-2754166609054072666Fri, 18 Jul 2008 03:52:00 +00002008-07-18T12:55:10.401+09:00scholar jonrockstarfriendsGodkorean cultureSo I was studying the logic of sampling today and I ran across an intersting bit of information that made me think back to a converastion rockstar and I had about the infinitude of God.  Regarding sampling, statisticians assume that the population being sampled is  inifinitly large and therefore "every sample is 0% of the  of the whole.  This might be a stretch and It could just simply mean I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/uvfKBY3Pf90/my-brain-is-melting-and-buddy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/07/my-brain-is-melting-and-buddy.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-7764323435628846012Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:28:00 +00002008-07-04T19:38:16.079+09:00koreaschoolfriendscontemplativefoodSo I'm back in Seoul after spending some much needed time away reflecting, contemplating, showing Louie the beauty of the 오토바이... and just taking some time to recover. As I got off the bus last night in Soul, I noticed a particular smell... not necessarily bad, but not exactly pleasant either. I was talking with my housemate this morning and told her about it, she commented, "Ahh the smell of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/9KXggo6cy-0/back-in-seoul.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-in-seoul.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-6702580963183464482Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:36:00 +00002008-06-30T07:42:26.724+09:00booksreadingSo I picked up a new book I've been wanting to read for a while, Humility by C.J. Mahaney. It comes highly recommended and endorsed. I first heard about it from Mark Driscoll... Of all the things I feel like I could work on, I feel like this may be the biggest. I've had a few realizations in the past few years, but I feel like there so much more I can learn, and so many ways I still need to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/I4VoGGlGFBk/new-book-pretty-excited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-book-pretty-excited.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-547783912825198093Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +00002008-06-27T00:51:10.029+09:00contemplativebloggingfutureGodlike i said.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/aUJfagoD7gc/so-many-thoughts-so-little-words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/so-many-thoughts-so-little-words.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-4435837761970223169Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:27:00 +00002008-06-24T05:33:12.505+09:00starbucksculturehumorSo I saw Esther yesterday and the first thing she says is "omg... Your hair is big..." Translation: time for a hair cut. So I go to the hair place today and after cutting my hair, the gal asks me how I like it "styled." My first response was "sexy," but decided to just give the typical "you know.." guy response. So after throwing some wax in there and asking me to do my thing... She tells me http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/12h3AZO0wkM/my-hair-is-pc.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)2http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-hair-is-pc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5960462114945915044Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:41:00 +00002008-06-14T11:59:25.347+09:00elliotthumorfriendsthings im thankful forkorean cultureSo I was hanging out with Jane and Christine last night, it was good to see them and have some dinner. Nothing like a little naengmyeon and galbi to help catch up... Anyways, afterwards we went to this cool little place to have a drink and met up with some of their friends. As we're sitting around the table talking one of the girls next to me looks over and tells everyone (in Korean) that I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/BZ8W-gn2JTY/cross-cultural-humor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)2http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/cross-cultural-humor.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-1038195786875259145Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:45:00 +00002008-06-13T12:02:47.665+09:00finalskorearockstarfriendsbloggingthings im thankful forSo it's been a while since I last threw some thoughts up into this great cloud we call the blogosphere.. I know, I generally blog during midterms and finals when I should be studying.. but this time around I didn't get a chance to study too much for my finals, so I'll make up for lost time. Earlier this week while teaching a contemporary issues course, I found myself presented with the age old http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/6UOLBf1EdbA/diving-in-blogosphere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/06/diving-in-blogosphere.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-2635326131069815897Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:55:00 +00002008-04-30T15:56:02.754+09:00My friend just laughed at me for saying "I'm trucking along now! 8 pages down, only 86 more to go!" -- I don't get it. On a side note I'm considering pursuing a joint masters degree at duke... HmmmmmmBack to hangul. ( just think joe, thus could be you! ;)http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/oCxjDHy2tds/yes-i-should-be-studying.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/yes-i-should-be-studying.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-2885380068850909048Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:53:00 +00002008-04-30T08:06:08.902+09:00culturehumorinternetRan across this story today while hitting up Drudge when I ran across this headline "Groomed eyebrows a headache at high school..." Hmmm... Interesting. My first thought was maybe someone got beat up for shaving their eyebrows? or maybe guys were being teased for plucking their eyebrows... not that I'm against that, I mean I don't do it, but to each his own (I suppose :\). Anyways... I click http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/WwYrfp94sCA/leave-brows-be-man.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/leave-brows-be-man.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5356648284971548904Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:28:00 +00002008-04-27T14:41:06.701+09:00churchkoreaGodSo I attend church at a pretty cool place called Yoido.  Heard about it while I was in the states and so I decided to attend while I'm in Korea (and it's only 10 mins from my house).  I try to mix it up from time to time and attend the Korean service, but recently I've found myself attending the English service.  It's amazing how many people from different countries come and attend this church.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/hUSFPMoC2C4/church-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/church-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-2227092979820852480Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:37:00 +00002008-04-23T14:38:11.958+09:00bloggingReworking the blog over the next few... sorry about the mess.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/WZNFqvOtacA/making-changes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)2http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/making-changes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-119275142934501244Tue, 22 Apr 2008 07:39:00 +00002008-04-22T17:11:27.806+09:00rantingfinalsinternetcontemplativebloggingkorean cultureWell I was looking back through my blogs and I noticed that around midterms and finals there was a spike in my blogging.. Hmmm.. Why stop now right?I want to address a recent article in chosun.com, a korean newspaper discussing the recent difficulties that web giants such as Yahoo, Google and Myspace are having penetrating the Korean market.  The article opens...Is South Korea a graveyard for http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/5cYFmvJikgs/midterms-are-almost-here-blogs-should.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/midterms-are-almost-here-blogs-should.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-2906842671168789296Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:59:00 +00002008-04-19T00:43:00.081+09:00smokingculturetravelingdukeblogginghigh notefoodSo I spent some time a few weeks ago in the motherland.  Well not my motherland (although the majority of my caucasian friends wouldn't know) but Chinese peoples' motherland.  And better yet, in Beijing where it all happens.  Or will happen.. this summer... for the 2008 olympics... so long as Tiebet doesn't interfere, or is it China that's interfering with Tiebet? I'll leave that to those who http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/YSGYlVVG7fE/finally-china.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)0http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/finally-china.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-1854615396379290518Thu, 17 Apr 2008 22:57:00 +00002008-04-18T08:09:27.225+09:00culturehumorkoreacontemplativekorean cultureJust thought I'd throw down a few words before my day gets started. First, I've met some new friends in the past couple of days, some really good people with a variety of backgrounds... I say that to say we were having a discussion yesterday over coffee... and I realized that I came to John's defense when the topic turned to his age of ~40. Hmmmm... I thought about it last night and I can http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/HuoXaMhcpbY/getting-old-aspiring-to-be.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/04/getting-old-aspiring-to-be.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-488366550783006999Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:14:00 +00002008-03-28T19:25:29.702+09:00rantingbloggingarizonaSo I just got back from a week long trip to China.  You know visited The Great Wall, Forbidden City, and Tieneman Square.  (I took over 500 pictures!)  But that's not what I'm going to blog about right now, at this very moment, while I'm trying to fight off a cold, I'm going to blog about my experience with GoDaddy.com .  I have several names hosted with GoDaddy.com and some of them I don't use http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/G47kG120JBc/singing-praises-of-godaddycom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)2http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/03/singing-praises-of-godaddycom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-393607546134731951Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:15:00 +00002008-03-22T16:41:01.754+09:00culturebooksbloggingfriendsschoolreadingkorean culturelaw schoolfinalsdukekorearockstaryonseiWell, Yonsei's Intensive Korean Language level 2 is over, and it's on to level 3! Level 3 is different in several regards from the first two levels. First, in the first two levels, you switch instructors after midterms, in level 3 it's the same instructor all the way through. Next starting in level 3 you get to choose an elective. In level 3 there are four: reading, writing, speaking, http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/ctZ76j94LSM/semesters-over-and-great-opportunities.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)2http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/03/semesters-over-and-great-opportunities.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1500682681016355739.post-5232840434504624478Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:03:00 +00002008-03-08T11:03:00.886+09:00Middle-aged non-drinkers can quickly reduce their risk of heart disease by introducing a daily tipple to their diet, South Carolina researchers say.Sounds like a glass of wine a day can keep the doctor away? Paul was right in telling Timothy to drink a glass of wine with dinner... I still don't know why people just don't believe the bible ;)read more | digg storyhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/mrscholar/~3/p_UY5bVx8FM/alcohol-cuts-heart-risk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scholar:)1http://mrscholar.blogspot.com/2008/03/alcohol-cuts-heart-risk.html