Sunday, November 30, 2008

Playing Mortal Kombat a few years ago, I found one of the many martial art styles interesting, mostly because of the name, which has such a graceful sound to it. It is unsurprising that the martial art itself, called Piguaquan (劈挂拳), actually is a martial art comprising graceful yet swift form and movement. It originated in Hebei, but its name has spread to such places as Taiwan. Unfortunately (or fortunately), most instructional guides are in Chinese.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Neptune, one of the few things that is more inaccessible than the land of Juche: North Korea.

Introduction

This is for anyone who's a fan of gratuitous, encyclopedic knowledge--even if the accuracy of these highly open-source internet encyclopedias may be 50% ± 50 %.

Though there are many other e-encyclopedias on the intarnetz, Wikipedia surely seems to be the encyclopedia of choice for most. You won't be ostracized and subsequently banished from the blog (the latter of which wouldn't be possible without denying access to curious e-wayfarers) if you post links to articles whose source isn't Wikipedia, but be not alarmed if and/or when you are the sole non-Wikipedia linker. After all, the title is En.Wikipedia Cyan.