Elizabeth Tai

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  • Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty – review

    Liking Strange Tales of Tang Dynasty as much I did really surprised me. It wasn’t the popular, addictive, idol-driven drama that tends to get a lot of attention, but it delivered solid storylines and performances.

  • Unboxing Onyx’s Boox Leaf 2 eReader

    I’ve had a Nook (Barnes & Noble), several Kindles and was thinking of getting a Kobo next. But I then discovered Boox

  • Leaving the cult of wokeness

    Africa Brooke’s open letter, “Why I’m leaving the cult of wokeness” gave voice to what many have hidden in their hearts, too afraid to speak up.

  • What it means to be Peranakan

    I little something about me – I am Peranakan or “Straits Chinese”, a descendant of people from China who moved to (then) Malaya hundreds of years ago.

  • Utterly Random episode 2: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (spoiler-free review)

    I talk about Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Why it is not THAT bad and why it is also not good enough.

  • Mastodon, trolls and filters

    Despite our idealism about social media, it is not a town square but a forum. Usually, a badly moderated one.

  • Utterly Random episode 1: Is Mastodon for you?

    A quick introduction to Mastodon’s culture and politics , how to be a part of the community and have a good experience on the decentralised social media network.

  • Monday Notes: AI

    Originally posted on K E Garland: Recently, I used Lensa to generate some artificial intelligence (AI) photos. I’d seen a couple of celebrities do it and thought why not? So, I uploaded 15 photos, and two hours later these appeared. They’re beautiful, right? I was amazed. It was mystifying to see how the app captured…

  • Return of the personal blog

    It’s time to own the spaces where we dwell online.

  • Giving the Rings of Power a chance

    Rings of Power received a toxic reception on a level I’ve not seen before. Does it deserve the flack? I decided to check it out.