Saturday, January 31, 2009

The food of my youth

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Nasi Lemak, Char Kway Teow, Roti Canai, Roti Telur, Satay, Fried Banana dessert, Chee Chong Fun, Mee Pok, Curry Fish-head, Rojak, Durian, Ma...
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Friday, January 30, 2009

Sydney (Part II)

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After another breakfast at the Chinese place, we went to the Sydney Opera House for a tour. The mother of all cost over-runs, the place cost...
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Sydney (Part I)

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We arrived on Wednesday the 28th at 7:40am, right on schedule. Our travel agent had cleverly booked us on a window + asile seat, leaving us ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2009

Review: FDR

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Franklin Roosevelt secured my position as a know it all when I was in Singapore. On the first day of my general paper class, the instructor ...
Sunday, January 25, 2009

Why the tech pundits got the Kindle wrong

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A friend of my brother's recently asked me to get a Kindle for him. (Why? Because by tying the Kindle to my account, he got access to th...

Going to Australia for 2 months

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We're going to Australia for 2 months. Here's what our itinerary looks like: Jan 28th: Sydney Feb 1st: Blue Mountains Feb 4: Cairns ...
Saturday, January 24, 2009

Should a startup take outside investor money?

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Dewitt asked several questions over at friendfeed which I thought were interesting, and worth writing about. The big one is when should a ...

Angel Investing

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I was recently involved in the second round of angel investing for Doyenz . Until I started doing it, I didn't know how the process work...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Review: The Best of Michael Swanwick

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Michael Swanwick has been a prolific writer of short stories, and this collection (DRM-free kindle compatible edition) puts together all o...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Tax Resources, Inc without Turbotax

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For the first time in 15 years I won't be doing my own taxes for the previous tax year (2008). The reason is that last year's intern...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

How I deal with Sleep Apnea and Cycling, Backpacking, and Sailing

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As an active backpacker, cyclist and sailor, I refused to let my need for a CPAP machine stop me from doing things I love. So when I was dia...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Review: Blackmark

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Blackmark was drawn by Gil Kane and written by Archie Goodwin from a story told by Gil. The art is reminiscent of drawings made in Weird ...

Windy Hill OSP

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  Windy Hill OSP I had never hiked from the bottom to the top of Windy Hill OSP, so this morning Dick & Donna Matthews, Cynthia Wong, Ke...

In memoriam: Nikola Postolov

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In the wake of all these recent news about health problems, I received more bad news today. Nikola Postolov, who was my intern last summer ...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Serial Angel Investor

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Have you ever wondered why successful angel investors almost always invest in more startups? Having gone through the vetting process of some...

Up and down Highway 9

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  Just a 2.5 hour ride today, straight up and down 9. I've forgotten how fast descents on the tandem are. It'll take a bit to get my...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Stitching Software

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When people ask me how Phil managed to produce this (click through, select download for the full effect): From Rosenlaui I pointed them at H...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

PG&E Trail Hike

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PG&E Trail Hike With temperatures projected to be in the mid-70s, I had to schedule a hike. So Kekoa Proudfoot, Cynthia Wong, and Lea K...
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Saturday, January 10, 2009

Review: Incandescence

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Greg Egan has always been one of my favorite science fiction authors, but he's not prolific --- a novel or so every 2 or 3 years is wha...

LDT Shoreline

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  The first Western Wheelers long distance training ride of the year has begun. As is our wont, Lisa & I rode to the start, did the rid...