Well, it’s official. I am no longer using any Apple products. It’s not as dramatic as the title might lead you to believe though; I just couldn’t pass up the joke. I decided to write a post about why, and what it means for the Mac open source projects in which I [...]

SCIM in Emacs

Category: Chinese, HSK, Linux, Mac |

My Macbook Pro got sick last week, and I think it’s down for the count. I’ve used it extensively for about five years (with a lot of travel). I think it has had a pretty decent run. I am pretty sure it’s dead.

While I am trying to decide what my next computer purchase [...]

I’ve had Xiao CiDian running online for a while, but I thought I’d open it up to anyone who thought it might be useful.

Xiao CiDian is a searchable Chinese dictionary with wild card tone support.

iPad

Category: Mac, Tinkering, iPhone |

Oh wow, look. How rare; another post from no one of matter about the iPad!

One of my goals for 2010 is to start to be a bit more … mindful of the things I think. Twitter is like a magnet for the opposite of that, but it’s a work in progress.

I’ve had all [...]

An important part of studying something is review and testing [citation needed]. Ok, well at least that’s what I find when I am trying to learn something new. I was lucky enough to get some free copies of software that are meant to aid with studying: [iFlash][1] and [Cram][2]. I thought I’d [...]

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