About me
I am a graduate of Grinnell College with a degree in Biological Chemistry. The name of this blog is derived from the name I use in Chinese, 孟柏民 (Mèng Bómín).
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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Huh. Maybe Microsoft is actually pursuing web standards
via InsideMicrosoft According to the IEBlog, the current build of IE8 passes the Acid2 Test “in standards mode”. I’m not exactly sure what standards mode is supposed to be, but the fact that the browser can pass Acid2 suggests that … Continue reading
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Political ads for the Holidays
Recently, several of the Presidential candidates have put forth advertisements with a holiday theme and all of them except Ron Paul, the first participant in this unfortunate trend, have decided to work a campaign message into the ad. For Huckabee, … Continue reading
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I’m no fan of Internet Explorer’s market dominance…
…but this is not the way to go. Opera is apparently complaining to the European Commission that Microsoft is stifling competition by bundling Internet Explorer with their operating system. While it is true that this is the main reason that … Continue reading
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A refreshing idea
In the past week or so, I have seen a few references to a proposal put forward by a group of prominent scientists, journalists, and politicians among others to hold a presidential debate devoted solely to issues of science and … Continue reading
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Out-of-state Iowa college student voters
In today’s Des Moines Register, there was a piece by David Yepsen entitled: Parties, candidates must make sure caucuses are clean. The piece basically condemns Ron Paul and Barack Obama’s campaigns for encouraging out-of-state voters to participate in the Iowa … Continue reading
Posted in Current events, Local, Opinions, Politics
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Disgusting sentiment from Huckabee
I was perusing through election-related news when I came upon this clip of former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee answering a question: [YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSQNSlUUoOc] You can see a full transcript after the break. This video disturbed me. Basically, Huckabee gets a question … Continue reading
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Dodd: anti-vaccination candidate?
Markos Moulitsas posted a short criticism of Chris Dodd for asking for the endorsement of Don Imus, the radio shock jock that set of the national press this spring after calling the Rutger’s women’s basketball team “nappy-headed hos”. To me, … Continue reading
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