Author: Tony Tam
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live sea urchin, one of the best food in the world
Please take the poll at the bottom: I’m not a health nut, I pretty much eat anything. But I also have a appreciation for really exotic foods. My brother in-law is Tony multiply by 4. He often goes on fishing trips to catch hamachi and cuts it open for sashimi on the boat. Recently he…
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Blind Spots
We have blind spots on our pupils. Our brain fills in the missing image the best way it can given what’s around the blind spot. I’ve pride myself as being able to criticize myself. I’m self-center, often not sensitive, sloppy, workaholic, not patient. I also realize even though I beat myself up enough, there are…
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Y! Superstar J.B.
Yahoo has a superstar award every year. My manager won it this year… Here is why he deserves it. 1) always positive 2) never blames, never talk down 3) this year: bulit lots and lots of products Y! Tech, Sprint tool, 2005 Y! News redesign, part of many infrastruture product teams 4) embodies Y! Spirit:…
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Context Switching
It’s a term I first learned 15 years ago in my computer OS class. Multitasking operating systems execute different programs ‘in parallel’ by giving each a little bit of time to execute. Because the CPU was fast enough, it appeared that every program was running at the same time. Now back to real work and…
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I Should Have 10 More Kate’s
I dropped off Kate at school and her teacher came up and we chatted a bit. She was telling me that Kate is expressing herself well in French and she wanted to find out how ‘deep’ Kate’s vocabulary was. Since I don’t know French, I couldn’t tell her 🙂 But I’m sure it’s good enough.…
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Positano, Italy : Heaven On Earth
Positano and the Amalfi Coast, it’s an amazing place. Carved out of the mountain side these houses look over the most beautiful waters in Europe. On your next visit to Italy, stop over
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Favorite Food: Quail
Someone said to me today that her best meal she ever had was when she was in France, when she was 13. I couldn’t come up with one.. But I do have meals I would have over and over again given a few days break. Today I’m at Esperpento, eating my favorite meal. Quail with…
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Sorry, We Don’t Share Our Food
Self centered thought of the day. It’s dinner time at a nice restaurant: my dinner partner asks if we can share food. I cringe and say: ‘a little bit’ but deep down I don’t want to. I don’t ask others to try theirs, don’t ask to try mine. Selfish and childish perhaps, but wouldn’t you…
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Cooking Pasta For 3 Straight Days
Am in Paris trying to save money by eating out during Lunch and cooking for dinner. Cooking pasta should be the easiest thing. I’m trying to replicate the flavors in Italy. For the next 3 days I plan to cook exactly the same thing in order to perfect this simple recipe. Ingredience: a) fresh…
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Barcelona Has The Crazy Food
I was in Barcelona for 4 days and finally am back at the mothership in Paris. If you thought SF was pretty crazy about food, Barcelona kicks everyone’s butt when it comes to food (even NY). The people here love to eat and it shows. There are restaurants that are named ‘White’, places that have…