I had the most fascinating talk with my coworkers (British and French) the other day around the influence of American TV and movies. It started […]
Author: Danny Chai
Public and Private Schools
This manifesto, trollingly subtitled “Only bad people send their kids to private school” is making the rounds on Facebook. I largely agree in principle, though […]
London: The Bad and Good
In all honesty, there have been many difficulties with being in London, especially for the family. The weather is rubbish. It’s crowded. We didn’t know […]
Immortality of the Mind
Interesting story about a scientist who wants to become immortal by preserving the neural network in his brain so that hundreds of years later, it […]
Phone Numbers and Accents, Consoling Women, Health Care
If you want your head to spin, read the Wikipedia entry on UK phone numbers. It explains why there’s so much variation in formatting. It’s […]
Texting, Irrational Behavior
Interesting TED talk on texting. Main points: written language is different than conversational language (and evolutionary extremely recent). 100 years ago, public speaking meant talking […]
Farts On A Plane
My travel in the past 6 weeks: STN -> NCE -> GTW, GTW -> BCN -> GTW, LHR -> LAX -> SFO -> SEA -> […]
London Taxis
There are 2 types of taxis in London. (3 I guess if you count Uber, but every review I’ve read of Uber in London has […]
Korean Weirdness
It’s crazy how much Korea is about connections. I suppose that’s true in any society, but it seems more pronounced in Korea. My mom wanted […]
It’s Not Your Fault
The sermon on Sunday was on John 7, where Jesus heals a man blind from birth. One misconception that Jesus corrects in the story is […]