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Wednesday April 27, 2005
Stanford’s health site for its staff is full of random tidbits: For example, a cup of what is called 2% milk on the package may contain 5 grams of fat and 120 calories. In other words, 38% of its calories come from fat. It is a peculiarity of the labeling regulations that milk has been [...]
Monday April 11, 2005
Brilliant idea of the day (not approved by Martha Stewart): Instead of dousing baby carrots in a bowl with Marie’s Poppy Seed dressing and letting precious and tasty dressing go to waste (unless you’re going to lick the bowl afterward), just dump all the carrots into the dressing bottle, close the cap, and shake shake [...]
Monday February 28, 2005
Since I haven’t blogged in nearly a quarter of a year, I was tempted to just up and systematically delete all of these entries today. But instead here I am adding another one. *Shrug* Life at Meyer: — My cube got flooded when a silly consultant put a message to me in my serenity rock [...]
Friday December 10, 2004
Wow, shameless plug: My photo site broke through the 10,000 photo threshhold! Chieze’s album has 10 hits, and it doesn’t even have any photos in it yet!! I think I’ve spent the past three hours trying to sort the endless Stanford pics. Google AdSense still hasn’t figured out that there isn’t a single ghost-related photo [...]
Wednesday November 24, 2004
It just occurred to me that people in England probably don’t celebrate (American) Thanksgiving. I mean, part of it is about *fleeing* from England, after all. I bet Google has to make sure their turkey and pilgrim graphics and whatnot for the Google home page are absent from people searching the Web in England. I wonder [...]
Tuesday November 23, 2004
I got an emergency appointment as a Freshman Academic Advisor again!! But I will be filling some big shoes… I actually recognize the name of the faculty member I will be replacing this late in the quarter due to unexpected illness, and all I can say is that he has a whole lot more impressive achievements than I do! =8 [...]
Tuesday November 23, 2004
I got my Fry’s Electronics credit card today. It’s about the sketchiest thing ever. I should’ve been tipped off the other day when I asked the cashier how to apply for it, and she and at least 3 other cashiers around her gasped in surprise, exclaiming, ”You WANT to apply for the card?!”. Then she escorted me to Register [...]
Tuesday November 16, 2004
My brother found a news article that includes a quote from my dad. A lot of people ask me what exactly my dad does these days, so I guess here’s a little tidbit to help you understand. He’s on the Web, so he must be famous! =] http://www.3gnewsroom.com/3g_news/oct_04/news_5115.shtml In other news: We played musical chairs with all the high-end [...]
Wednesday November 3, 2004
Something in the Prius chat list reminded me today about coin-operated shopping carts in Canada. I had to try for a while before finding the right combination of terms that would pull up an appropriate web page like http://www.slowtrav.com/italy/foodshops/supermarkets.htm Never before had I realized how hard it is to find info about shopping carts on Google due to [...]
Friday October 15, 2004
Life is pretty busy. Scattered highlights from the past week: -a sprained ankle from jujitsu (after the first 3 minutes of class), -SF Bay cruise for Steph’s birthday (not rainy, not boring, very cool), -an amazing all-expenses-paid computing conference in Baltimore (400 help desk managers and IT folks just like me, sorta), -sadly, I did not get [...]
Tuesday September 28, 2004
I went to work at 1 PM yesterday (Sunday) and met with my student consultants until the last of them left around 9 PM, and then I stayed till midnight to finish up preparations for The Big Day. Then I came to work at 7:30 this morning. It’s past 10:30 PM right now and I’m still [...]
Thursday September 16, 2004
I had an *amazing* jujitsu night. I worked on katate hazushi ichi (you know, the first escape art you learn, the one that takes a whopping 3 seconds to learn), covered well over 50 variations of it for the next two hours, and then used the principles I learned to do three of my best [...]
Friday September 10, 2004
This is so cute! http://niftyken.stanford.edu/kids_on_the_mat.mov Don’t bother watching the whole thing unless you really want to. Unfortunately, there is no submission in the end. I think they just run out of time. Too bad. I was cheering for her.
Thursday September 9, 2004
My Xanga site is starting to get spammed (i.e. inappropriate comments from people I don’t know, links to you know what, etc). Are you?
Friday September 3, 2004
Wow, has it been that long? Well, I’m in a rush, so maybe I can appease you with the formal announcement of my upgraded photo website, which, apart from the beginnings of a humble home theatre setup in my new master bedroom, has been taking up most of my time lately: http://niftyken.stanford.edu/gallery/ Enjoy! Let me know [...]
Thursday August 19, 2004
Went to an “O” Party at the Stanford Blood Center today. Basically, they invited all of their O-type donors to come on the same day. This seemed both festive and amazingly inefficient. When they called me yesterday, I was kind of skeptical of the fun-factor, but they promised me a “full course meal.” I asked them [...]
Monday August 16, 2004
Back to work. I got dismissed again from jury duty without ever stepping into the courthouse. This is probably about the fourth time this has happened. You just call the number the night before and listen to the recorded message. It makes me wonder what happened. Did they have a settlement or just throw out [...]
Sunday August 8, 2004
Well, it’s been a tidy two weeks since I’ve been back from vacation, so I suppose it’s time to remove the shroud of mystery surrounding my trip to Singapore and try to recall some of the sights and sounds for the delight of my three readers. Some of you may try to argue with me [...]
Monday August 2, 2004
Arrived back from Hong Kong and Singapore safe and sound (for those of you who haven’t figured that out yet). Actually, I’ve been back for just under a week. Sorry to those of you who actually bothered to check in at this site once in a while only to be disappointed by the sad entry [...]
Saturday July 17, 2004
Arrived in Hong Kong safe and sound. Some highlights: -The first thing we realized when we got dropped off at SFO was: omigod, we forgot a piece of luggage. I got to people watch at the terminal with Tim while mom went back home to get the last critical piece. Luckily, we live only about [...]
Friday July 9, 2004
I’m disappointed that nobody’s written back with excitement over their decision to quit their jobs with reckless abandon and become a world-class cup-stacker. I really am. Did anyone even check out the video? 7.43 seconds, ladies and gentlemen! I’m feeling thin after dropping $1000 in car repairs in the past week (new tires, belts, brake pads, shoes, rotors) for [...]
Wednesday July 7, 2004
This is possibly the wackiest thing I’ve seen in a long time: http://www.speedstacks.com/videos.htm You simply must check out the “Emily Fox does cycle in 7.43 seconds” video. Is it inspiring and heart-pounding? Is it ridiculous and meaningless? Does it make you ecstatic or angry that it’s probably replacing PE at some schools like Loma Linda Elementary? [...]
Tuesday July 6, 2004
My (long) weekend: -The only fireworks I saw were the ones that seemed to be igniting just outside my backyard all weekend long (with Kang’s frequent joking-though-slightly-nervous comment, “I *hope* that was a firework…”) -Green Library at Stanford now loans out a vast collection of Xbox, PS2, GameCube, PC, and other classic consoles’ games. I don’t know of any other [...]
Friday July 2, 2004
Don’t you just hate it when you stumble upon what seems like an original idea and then you discover someone else already did it? For example, an anti-claustrophobic porta-potty whose walls are made of one-way mirrors, so you can see who’s around you while resting in the privacy of the chamber. I remember trying to [...]
