Daily Archives: December 8, 2008

Korean Language Learning

By mattgirod | Published: December 8, 2008

I thought I should dedicate a post to this subject. I hope to add more to this later. Here are some books that I have found very helpful. Elementary Korean, King and Yeon – This book has been the most helpful book so far. The first two chapters are much like a phrase book and in [...]

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Someone jacked my ride.

By mattgirod | Published: December 8, 2008

Well, almost jacked my ride.  I was in the store for 15 minutes. He (I have a good idea who the jacker is. ) managed to expose the cheapness of the lock. At this point, some wire cutters would be all it takes.  Now i have to buy a new lock. Damn…

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Liu Young’s East meets West icons

By mattgirod | Published: December 8, 2008

I found these icons the other day on JeonjuHub.com  done by designer, Liu Young. She was born in China and raised in Germany. Some argue these are China meets Germany icons. I don’t know, I guess they could be. They’re stereotypes anyway and simplifications of diverse groups. I thought they were clever and interesting. They [...]

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