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Questions from the author to readers, philosophers, and himself.

June 1, 2014 at 4:07 pmJune 1, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

Thoughts on getting a smartphone

Over the past five or so years, I have never owned a smartphone. I started out with the good old Motorola Razr, and now I have an LG flip phone. These phones have served me well: they make calls, they have the basic “apps” such as a calendar, notepad, and camera, and they don’t break no matter how many times …

July 10, 2013 at 4:29 pmDecember 22, 2015
Geoffrey Liu

On the viability of the “Butterfly effect”

In Ray Bradbury‘s Dystopian short-story “A Sound of Thunder“, the protagonist Eckels takes a time-travel safari to the Dinosaur Age to kill a T-Rex. While hunting the T-Rex, Eckels steps on a butterfly. They come back to the present day (A.D. 2055 in the novel), and find out that history has been altered. A Fascist dictator now rules the city …

March 16, 2012 at 5:11 pmJanuary 31, 2014
Geoffrey Liu

Why 404?

I’m sure most of you have clicked on a link, only to discover something like this: Sometimes, you may have wondered, “What does that 404 stand for? And why?”

May 29, 2011 at 12:41 amFebruary 1, 2016
Geoffrey Liu

If you could play any instrument, what would you play?

“If you could play any instrument, what would you play?” Good question! Well, as of right now, the instruments I do know how to play are piano and violin. If I could play any instrument… …ok, I’m going to tweak this question. If I could play any instruments, I would play every single instrument in the orchestra! Yes! And here’s …

February 26, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Geoffrey Liu

How do I decide when a post is ready to publish?

Given the enormously little amount of time I have to write to my blog these days, this is no longer something I’m concerned about. At this point, I just want to get my ideas out there, almost like a stream of consciousness. In the past, I would write out my ideas in paragraph form, save it, go to sleep, revise …

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