This weekend I set out to solve a problem in Chinese learning I’ve had trouble with for some time. Chinese characters consist of radicals, which are the fundamental building blocks of each character. However, there was no way to automatically … Continue reading
I’m not a coder. Well, just a little bit. I’ve only had Java at high school. The rest I’ve taught myself. I mostly do front-end stuff now like HTML, CSS and jQuery. I can reverse-engineer PHP if I want to. But … Continue reading
In between waiting for replies from my supervisor I work on little projects. dotJunky is my next one. I trade domain names in my spare time. It’s like a treasure hunt for me and I make a bit of money … Continue reading
In my spare time, I sometimes dabble in writing songs. I have been writing music since primary school. Of course it sucked back then. Lately, I’m a lot into electronic music production. Mostly because it doesn’t need a big studio … Continue reading
Yeah, so about a month ago, I went viral when I uploaded and posted a video on reddit. Video is below: The response to it was just crazy. I thought some people might get a kick out of it, but … Continue reading
I have been on Sina Weibo for a short while now. Here is my account. Sometimes it gets a but much on my Chinese senses, but I have found Weibo to be a very interesting experience. I found an article … Continue reading
According the Awstats (yeah, I know not the best measure of pageviews), Social Mandarin has hit 100, 000 total pageviews yesterday. The site started in March this year and has slowly been picking up traffic. It still does not have … Continue reading
Apart from Social Mandarin, I’ve got another Chinese project called Confused Laowai. Laowai is a term for a foreigner in China. I started this personal blog in January 2010 as a way to post about my progress as I go … Continue reading
I’m finishing my Mandarin studies this year as one of my majors. When I started learning Chinese I primarily got formal instruction from University, however after class I would get back and still be interested in the language. I started … Continue reading
A project me and Simon started during the June University holidays of 2009: I’m So Nerdy. It was on the height of micro-submissions sites such as FML. This one focused on nerds being nerdy. It had a niche market and … Continue reading