http://inquisited.com musings of a wayward traveller Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:07:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5OookwOoY[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO4tIrjBDkk[/youtube] [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYv5x6gZTA[/youtube] http://inquisited.com/2008/12/19/inspiration/ Dear Yngwie I just bought you latest album and have to say it totally blew me away. The new tracks are just pure badass awesomeness - I really digged "Caprici Di Diablo" and "Death Dealer" for all the incredible speed and signature classical overtones you're famous for. "Eleventh Hour" with its ... http://inquisited.com/2008/11/19/dear-yngwie/ Sarah Palin's gaffe about the vice president's putative role of being "in charge" of the US senate incited a substantial degree of indignity (largely among the senators themselves). But it does raise an interesting question: who's "in charge" of the country as a whole anyway? Its easy to pin it ... http://inquisited.com/2008/11/11/whos-in-charge-of-the-usa/ Normally, I pay a lot of attention to my dreams. I write them down first thing in the morning, draw similarities and patterns from previous nights, and reflect on them. I find it unfortunate that few other people do the same: after all, dreams are as much an integral part ... http://inquisited.com/2008/10/29/if-you-follow-you-will-see/ I've recently realized that my blogging patterns aren't as erratic as I previously thought - my writing output seems directly correlated to bouts of melancholia and euphoria. When I'm pathologically happy (yes, it does happen), I tend to blog and emphatically argue my point on random social/scientific/political issues.When I'm melancholic, ... http://inquisited.com/2008/10/17/whisper-words-of-wisdom/ The book "Liar's Poker" offers an insider's (and often, unflattering) portrayal of Wall Street culture: It describes a community rampant with unscrupulous greed, and lifestyles so hedonistic it would make even Caligula envious. As a testament to their gargantuan egos, the investment and trading moguls of Wall Street style themselves ... http://inquisited.com/2008/09/19/wall-streets-hubris/ Been swamped with work again. The most prodigious consumer of my spare time lately has been graduate school applications. Its such a formidable logistical nightmare applying to 8 different schools it almost makes assembling the space shuttle look like a walk in the park. Part of the problem lies in the ... http://inquisited.com/2008/09/17/logistics-logistics-logistics/ Just for kicks, I decided to search for "the meaning of life" on Google. The first result, as with many other queries these days, was the Wikipedia entry which was very... comprehensive (go see for yourself). It wasn't quite the short, succinct answer I was looking for but close enough. I ... http://inquisited.com/2008/08/15/the-future-of-cyberspace/ Its one day after Singapore's 43rd national day, and I thought I'd spare a minute to reflect on the issue of national solidarity. Recently, I polled a small group of friends who had spent time abroad on whether they took pride on being Singaporean. The consensus was a resounding "not ... http://inquisited.com/2008/08/10/the-problem-with-singapore/ Yesterday night, I took a long bus ride home from other side of the island. I could have taken a cab and cut down my travel time by a few orders of magnitude. Ordinarily, that’s what I would have done because I’m a sucker for efficiency. But for some reason ... http://inquisited.com/2008/08/01/so-close-no-matter-how-far-2/