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I’ve had quite a struggle accessing my newest website these past few days, so I’d like to apologize to my readers of all sites about this, as it’s taken quite a few LONG emails to get to the point where something has to be done. I’m not confident the problem is fixed yet either, but…
Local universities = high schools again?
Last week’s entrance exams here in Taiwan were quite challenging fir local students. One of the Chinese Literature questions went “Challenge yourself to improve”. I thought it was a decent question but many students would have been pressed to answer such a question in any detail. Yet if you are applying to colleges in the…
AMTD: merger mania
Update on AMTD for this quarter. Story posted here. Well, I exited this one pretty quickly, today. It spiked to almost $13.95 yesterday on merger rumors. I exited it at about 13.11. S&P report stated: We think AMTD would make attractive acquisition candidate and that significant synergies could be achieved. Also, we do not think…
The Mystery of Bitcoin: The Hard Questions
Lots of stuff is being written about Bitcoin recently, but one puzzle that remains… and yet no one asks: If Bitcoin uses computer power to generate (‘mine’) the coins, what is that being used to calculate? Is there another layer within the onion that needs peeling? Are we calculating something that can be used: financial…
Is it a bike? Is it electric?
No … it’s the sun! It’s nuke powered!
LED lighting? Is it the next wave?
We’ve been experimenting with LED lighting sources as an alternative way to reduce our monthly electricity needs. And I can say that I’ve been quite successful, but … I know there’s much more we could reduce those watts by… So, in January, we might try replacing our school lighting in the most heavily used rooms…