Thursday, August 30, 2012

Review: Breasts

›
As an Asian immigrant, I don't share American men's obsession with breast size, but when I read an excerpt from Florence William...
2 comments:
Wednesday, August 29, 2012

KTSF Channel 26 Interview

›
I was interviewed in May by the local Chinese language television news about my book, An Engineer's Guide to Silicon Valley Startups . I...
5 comments:
Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Southern California 2012

›
SoCal 2012 Cathy had a wedding at Disneyland, so rather than just go for a day, XiaoQin and I decided to visit my brother in San Diego and ...
Sunday, August 26, 2012

Review: Dune

›
I read Dune back in high school, and thought it was a great read and a fun novel. I just read Dune again as an adult, and am blown away by ...
Sunday, August 19, 2012

Review: Ready Player One

›
I came to Ready Player One by way of Larry Hosken's short summary . Some books just tickle every little piece of me that makes me me , ...

Travelling with Baby: A few tips

›
From Europe 2012 Selects This European Trip was the first extended trip that we had with Bowen. During the trip, we went on planes, taxis, ...
4 comments:
Saturday, August 18, 2012

Review: The Story of the Giro D'Italia Volume 2

›
There's no doubt in anyone's mind that in recent years, the Giro has been the race to watch, rather than the Tour de France, which h...

Review: Search Inside Yourself

›
It's a truism in teaching that the people most in need of the class never show up to class, while the diligent students who don't ne...
4 comments:
Friday, August 17, 2012

Review: Delta Airlines/Air France

›
We flew this time on Air France because it offered a directly flight from SFO to CDG. With a kid in tow, I did not want to mess about with c...
2 comments:

Bordeaux, Argeles Sur Mer, and Cahon

›
My brothers went to Bordeaux and came back raving about it, so we planned a trip to Bordeaux. XiaoQin hadn't been to the Mediterranean e...
2 comments:

Chinon and the Loire Valley

›
From Europe 2012 Selects We arrived in Chinon in time to get ourselves set up at the apartment, shop for a baby bed, and still have time t...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Paris

›
We took the train from Interlaken Ost to Basel, and then in Basel caught the TGV to Paris. The TGV in 2nd class was definitely a cattle-clas...

Switzerland

›
We took the train from Vienna to Bludenz, and then from Bludenz to Zurich, Zurich to Luzern, and then Luzern to Meiringen. This was my first...

Hungary

›
Eva, who rented us the apartment in Vienna, offered to let us visit her in Hungary for a traditional meal in Tata, where she lived, which wa...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Vienna

›
Eva's apartment turned out to be at the outskirts of Vienna, away from any U-Bahn station, but with a tram line serving the big street t...
2 comments:

Prologue

›
We flew on June 13th from San Francisco, flying through Charles De Gaulle before landing in Austria. Air France screwed up twice: first, it ...

Europe 2012

›
Europe 2012 Selects We just got back from a 6 week trip in Europe. Unlike previous years , this was not a cycling-oriented trip. We v...

Review: Existence

›
Existence is David Brin's latest science fiction novel. While Brin's best known for his UpLift novels, this time he returns to a mo...

Weird Al at the Mountain Winery

›
Weird Al at the Mountain Winery Xiaoqin told me that she'd never been to the mountain winery for a concert, so I resolved to take her, a...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Review: Quiet - The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

›
I'm always suspicious of books that stereotype people. Quiet did not get off to a good start with me. For one thing, it's definitio...