A public place for Raymond Yee to work out (some of) his issues concerning Bach, the Web, life with God, politics, philosophy, art, justice, love, friendship, the church, books, etc.
The talk I gave recently at the Library of Congress on web 2.0 mashups might be of interest to you all. The recording of the talk is available now from the LC site:
http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4346
I tried not to be to be too technical while working in some technical details on the side for those in audience who wanted to know more.
In posts to come, I will write about books that are currently on my mind and my reading list. But first: a bit about the process of discussing books on the web.
Over the last couple of years, I’ve used various websites that let you record books that you own or read and what [...]
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I’ve not thought seriously about physics since I finished my Ph.D. in biophysics in 1997. But now I think often about how to get back into studying physics. Not the physics of graduate school requirements, but the physics of everyday life. Doesn’t it make sense to get students to tie their [...]
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First thing yesterday morning, I took a 2 mile stroll around my neighborhood. I used to go for long walks all the time but had settled into a rather sedentary lifestyle while writing my book. I had certainly thought often about how to get in better shape.
Yesterday morning, without all my [...]
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Yesterday morning, as I was cleaning up my desk, I came across some compact fluorescent tubes that I needed to properly dispose. I had to do a bit of web research to figure out where I could bring both these bulbs and also batteries. A directory at the Ecology Center points to [...]
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This is the personal weblog of Raymond Yee. I’m also known as 余 俊 雄, though primarily to my Mom and Dad who gave me both my legal English name and my Chinese name. I am:
About hypotyposis:
Quite a few years ago, my former housemate Ken referred me to a wonderful line from Umberto Eco’s Name of the Rose: “The list could surely go on, and there is nothing more wonderful than a list, instrument of wonderful hypotyposis.” Ken knew how much I love lists.
Since that day, I’ve wanted to use the word hypotyposis in some appropriate context. I’ve toyed with using the term in the name of my website but have hesitated — largely because it sets the expectations too high. For how will I consistently provide “lively description[s] of an action, event, person, condition, passion, etc. used for creating the illusion of reality?” (following one particular definition of hypotyposis)
So to manage expectations and to use that lovely word, I’ve chosen to temporarily christen my personal weblog “Hypotyposis on a Good Day” I suspect that I’ll change my name quickly enough since it’s going to be darn difficult to remember, not to mention a bit stuffy.
Last updated: Sunday, June 17, 2007
