Monthly Archives: August 2010

Quad Tuner HD-DVR HTPC Build, Finally!

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Hong

I have been contemplating a lot about building my own HD DVR for about a year. This was partly spurred on by the upcoming renew date for my TiVo HD (November 2010). Do I shell out another $400 for a lifetime subscription (I bought my TiVo HD when they didn’t offer a lifetime subscription) or do I build a HTPC? Continue reading →

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How Many Licks?: Or, How to Estimate Damn Near Anything by Aaron Santos

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Hong

It looked much more interesting when I saw his talk at Authors@Google. However, I found it rather monotonic. Some of the ideas were interesting, but got boring fast.

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Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle by Daniel L. Everett

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Hong

I’ve always been interested in learning languages. That’s why I was interested in this Dr. Everett‘s book when I saw his talk on FORA.tv. The linguistic details on this obscure Amazonian language was a bit too much for me, but … Continue reading →

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