Monthly Archives: January 2005

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new project

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[url=http://www.ocliw.com/imageSpitter.cgi?image=/things/ramen/images/IMG_0071.jpg][/url]i’ve started a new project earlier this week. i’m not sure how long it is going to take me to accomplish, but at the rate i’m going, it looks like it’s going to be something like 2 or 3 months. man, i don’t know if i have that kind of patience… but i can already start to feel myself getting sick of it, so slow and steady will win the race.

what is this new project? i’ve decided that i need to find the best instant ramen base package to make my ramen from so i went to the local chinese store and bought something like 20 different packages of ramen. so far this project has set me back about $10, but i anticipate on getting more samples at different stores as well.

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warriors vs heat

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i’m going to go watch the warriors game tonight. my brother got me tickets to the game and i met up with him earlier this morning at starbucks, the place of his employment, to get the tickets from him. i also happened to pick up a white mocha while i was there.

this’ll be my first warriors game of the season and though i haven’t been really following them this year, i have a feeling that they are going to beat the heat. some may laugh at me for thinking that it is not just a mere formality that the heat will destroy the warriors, but i do believe it was last year when i went to the warriors vs laker game that my faithful warriors beat out the lakers to send them home crying…in shame.

so we’ll see what happens!

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laptop fall

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as i was taking my laptop out of the car, i slung the laptop case strap over my shoulder and headed out of the parking lot. as i lifted the strap over my shoulder, the bag felt like it was getting lighter. i looked down at my bag and time seemed to freeze as i saw what was happening.

i forgot to zip up the case of the laptop bag and my laptop was falling out of the bag and plummeting towards the hard, wet, parking lot ground. my heart sank. though it probably only had about a foot or so to fall, the impact could have been enough to break the LCD lamp. all of these thoughts were racing through my head as i saw it slipping out of the bag.

i stuck my foot out under the laptop in a vain effort to save it from hitting the ground, but instead, it bounced off my foot and onto the ground.

*sigh*

but the laptop was ok, except for some bad scratching on the case corner. at least the case didn’t crack. at least the laptop didn’t break.

but that was not the start of the day that i was looking for yesterday.

but all in all, everything was ok so i won’t complain. i couldn’t relive that scary moment again yesterday by blogging about it, but i think i’m ok now. =P

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rants

false advertising

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i went to the store today to do some research on a project that i’m going to be working on. when i got there, i saw this pack of dede instant boba milk tea on the shelves. i decided to give it a whirl and see how it was, but i was fully expecting there to be pearls in the mix. when i opened up the mix finally, i saw that there was no pearls in it at all. in fact, the only thing that was there was this powder! i was wondering what the preparation instructions were going to be like to make the pearls and i was getting all excited about having this instant pearl tea mix. perhaps it was too much for me to assume that instant boba milk tea would actually have boba in it. is it then too much for me to assume that instant boba milk tea would have milk or tea in it too? and perhaps it is too presumptous of me to assume that it would be instant.

sheesh.

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today's new thing

mac mini?

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i am not a fan of apple. it’s true that i do own apple stock, but that was long before my allegiance to the pc world. but i have to admit that apple does come up with great ideas. and today’s announcement of the [url=http://www.apple.com/macmini/]mac mini[/url] is actually rather remarkable. so much so that i am actually tempted to get one, just for fun. it’s affordable (cheap in apple standards) and it’s rather cute.

i’m not sure what i would really do with it, but it is kind of neat. what would have been neater is if it had a TV out, but i guess that would be asking for a little too much. that could have made it an excellent entertainment hub, though.

i think i’ll go check out the new mac mini at the apple store soon. i wasn’t as excited to hear about the [url=http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/]ipod shuffle[/url] which i think is kind of lame. i think that apple might be able to make a go of it though based just on their reputation, though.

but what i think is really innovative is [url=http://www.apple.com/iwork/]iWork[/url]. at its price point, i suspect that it will blow office out of the water. good for apple, it’s about time that they got out of their dependence with microsoft for a good office suite.

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movable type

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i do like the newest version of movable type. i just upgraded [url=http://jenny.ocliw.com/journal/]jenny[/url] to it and after looking around, i’m fairly impressed with the new comment handling stuff since version 2.64. i guess i’ve been a little lax in updating her software. but the upgrade path was actually REALLY easy. i have to admit, those folks at six apart sure know what they are doing.

i also added a captcha authentication thingy for her comments so she doesn’t get so much comment spam. it’s nice that the movable type community has these resources to make it easy. i’m very tempted to switch, but i really don’t like how slow the system is. it just feels painfully slow to use. hmmmmm. perhaps i should start with my dreams of my own blogging software, eh?

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snickerdoodles

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the snickerdoodles i made yesterday are rapidly being eaten up by all the folks at the office. our admins seem to particularly enjoy them as they’ve had several helpings. i think it’s pretty funny that the cookies are going by so quickly. i guess i ought to make another batch of cookies because it doesn’t look like i will be having enough to last me to tomorrow. hmmm, maybe i’ll make some cookies tomorrow night.

i did learn that baking soda is a key ingredient for keeping cookies soft. i imagine that the baking soda and cream of tartar were two ingredients that were vital for that purpose. i’m not a fan of soft cookies, generally speaking, but with snickerdoodles, soft cookies are much better, i think.

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tea era

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this weekend was a tea era-filled weekend of sorts. i went to the pearl tea shop in mountain view twice this weekend. it’s pretty unusual for me to go as far as mountain view these days to get pearl tea, but to do it twice this weekend is more than just a little unusual.

the first time i went there was because i had been craving their barley milk tea with pearls. it is my favorite drink there and whenever i get it, i’m quite the happy camper. even though it is a little pricey at $3.25, but i think it is well worth it.

the second time i went was with [url=http://www.track15.com]dardy[/url] on sunday afternoon to hang out and catch up a little bit. it was good to hang out with him as i haven’t really seen him in some time. i still think it’s funny that he refers to us as the bowling gang even though we haven’t gone bowling now for a long, long time.

i wonder if it is about time to start up bowling again. i do wonder, indeed.

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new vball team

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today was the first of my sunday night volleyball league. i had a lot of fun with the team, though i think that i need to be a little bit more organized next week. it was good fun to play and i think that i’ll have a lot of fun this season.

there are several people who can set, but no one has any super strong convictions to play a certain way so i really enjoy the easy going team. i even got my team to cheer “hit me baby one more time!” it’s just great!

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