Author: Tony Tam
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2nd race: 10K in Castro Valley
My official finish time: Placed: #54 out of 267 runners, #5 in my age group Total time: 47’16” pace: 7’36” Distance: (10K) 6.56 miles by my watch BPM: 189 avg On Friday I decided I need to see what shape I was in for the July 1/2 marathon. So I sign myself up for a …
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Y!, how I love thee
My current yahoo id was registered on Mon Mar 24 17:41:20 1997. I remember when I was working at SGI back then and our lunch conversations were alway about how we thought Yahoo does it’s magic. How it was always up, always fast. We were a bunch of geeks in awe of what we saw…
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Push up Thursday 1,200
I’m impressed by Kelly and his dedication to push up Thursday even when he is in the UK. Here goes my duty of the week for the Y! Push Up Club Other Members Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott I’m shooting for 1,200 today. 100 6:30am (waiting for Amtrak) 150 8:30 (at work) 200 8:58 250 9:20…
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Places I love in the Bay Area
The calligraphy means “Bridge of Dreams“, done by David Furukawa-Chen of Shifuku Tea Co. It has the same meaning in Chinese as well as Japanese SF Ferry Building – farmer’s market, great food and pastries Running to Coit Tower to get the best view of the SF Bay North Beach for the espresso drinks Milpitas…
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Fun Math Game To Play Anywhere
Neat game to teach addition and subtraction We agree on difference of 2. Kate: (hides a certain number of fingers) Me: It’s less than how many fingers? Kate: 6 Me: you’ve got 4 fingers! Kate: yup Me: ( I hide my fingers ) Kate: It’s more than how many fingers? Me: 7 Kate: You’ve got…
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Neat game to teach addition and subtraction to 4 year olds
First, we agree on difference of 2. Kate: (hides a certain number of fingers) Me: It’s less than how many fingers? Kate: 6 Me: you’ve got 4 fingers! Kate: yup Me: ( I hide my fingers ) Kate: It’s more than how many fingers? Me: 7 Kate: You’ve got 9 fingers! Me: Yeah! As they…
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Saturday at the SF Ferry with Kate
I love Saturdays at the SF Ferry Building, afterwards, we hit the farmer’s market in Castro Valley for some live electric guitar. Food, coffee, flowers, live music, suntan, people 🙂 Life is good on Saturdays. Kate enjoying a piece of bread from The Acme Bread Company while running circles around me Kate and I take …
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Run: Castro Valley, am I in Japan?
Finally after hurting my foot running along the canals of Paris, I’m healed and back on my training for the SF 1/2 marathon end of July. I decided to run over to the Japanese Garden in Hayward. It’s an amazing garden in the middle of nowhere in Hayward. Once you are inside, you feel like…
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Profile Of a Typical Yahoo! Engineer
The Typical Yahoo! Engineer from this point known as Y!E. (this is all my personal ramblings, if it doesn’t fit you, sorry.. it fits me) Y!E is someone who drools when his needs to design his software to work for 30 millions users. Potentially growing at 40% every year. Y!E designs software with no upper…
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I should be able to live until 92 years old
The Life Expectancy calculator tells me I’m suppose to leave this earth when I’m 92, year 2052. Do I really want to live that long? It even tells me how to live even longer by drinking tea instead of coffee. Secret to longevity is more push-ups 🙂 The Living to 100 Life Expectancy Calculator…