Here I write about books, cinema, data science and analytics, Korean Pop, and various other oddities. I also write updates here about the status of my research and the courses I teach. Every now and again I also write technical articles about data science / software development at Medium.com.
Drafts 1 and 2 are always from pure blank page. It’s much harder to revise when everything is laid out in front of you, in Times New Roman size 12 and 1.5 spacing, looking so finished. I write the first draft by hand, trying to get it out as fast as I can, and putting…
Some days the writing can be a pain. You sit facing the blank page but it feels like wringing water out of a towel that’s already been out days under the sun. I don’t wish to belabor the metaphor any further, but sometimes wringing that towel can be easier in the winter. Maybe things just…
Three years ago now I landed in Japan (for the second time) to start my PhD at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology. I didn’t know if it was going to be a purely short-term gig or if I was going to remain, at least for a while, in the land of the rising…
Following up on last week’s post about my unexpected descent back into the Yu-Gi-Oh! rabbit hole, I figured it was only right to talk a bit more about the actual deck that’s been carrying me through Master Duel ranked. The primary motivation for building this specific deck was pure, unadulterated nostalgia for Seiyaryu. It’s a…
With my recent sequence of posts about gaming, my wife has recently joked that my website is slowly transforming into a gaming blog. Well, here goes another: over the last two months, our time has been absolutely consumed playing card games. Really this post is about Yu-Gi-Oh!, but bear with me a moment here. It…
This sentiment may not be entirely understood by those who haven’t lived for an extended period in a country whose language is (still mostly) inaccessible to them, but arriving in the United Kingdom felt like a breath of fresh air. Don’t get me wrong: I love Japan. There’s a reason why it was at the…
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