Archive for the ‘History’ Category

Yosemite Sentinel Dome

First off, I’m writing this post sitting in SFO awaiting my flight to Frankfurt (and then on Wroclaw). I’m also tethering from my Nexus One running Froyo to have access to the internet. It’s not WiFi fast, but the fact that I can do this is awesome. For Memorial Day weekend, Vignesh, Sophia, Mark, Kolina [...]

Asian American Art at the de Young

  If you’re looking for something to do between now and January 18, 2009, get yourself to the de Young museum to see Asian | American | Modern Art: Shifting Currents: 1900-1970. This special exhibition has been organized by the Asian American Art Project at Stanford University in collaboration with San Francisco State University.  I headed up [...]

Conservatives and Priceless Artifacts at the Hoover Institution

A few coworkers this morning were doing a bit of Stanford bashing, talking about the neo-conservative bastion that is the Hoover Institution.  No doubt this is justified, as the Hoover Institution is well-funded and shielded think-tank, which is a complete antithesis of the liberal-minded student body.  What makes the Hoover Institution so conservative?  Well, it [...]

Making the most of .flac from Archive.org

Oh boy, have I finally delved into the treasure-trove that is Archive.org. My first real taste of Archive.org came I was working on my Senior honors thesis – deep in the archives of Bancroft Library at Cal, I had come across references to a propaganda video that the War Relocation Authority (WRA) showed to various [...]

A Nation Still at Risk

Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world. If I didn’t know any better, this statement could have been released just a few weeks ago in conjunction with education advocacy group Common Core’s press release that 1,700 high schoolers [...]