Tony Tam – Claude Code Tutor

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  • What Motivates You At Work?

    I am motivated by fear.  Fear of failure, fear of not knowing, fear of dissapointing those around me.  How about you?

  • Kate: I Love You My Best Sister

    From Kate To Laren https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonytam/111502423/

  • Dance performance this Sunday

    I have been taking Kate to her dance lessons ever since she was 2 1/2.  When she first started, she refused to participate and we spend nearly 2 months just sitting and watching. How time has flown.  She was in a dance performance 2 years before and she frozed on stage.  She skipped last year’s…

  • Flowers From Frontyard

    I don’t know what this flower is call, but I started with 2 strands of it 5 summers ago and now it’s replicating itself. It has one of most attention grabing brightness. I dug up a bunch to my parents and some friends last year, it’s amazing to see this flower bloom year after year.

  • Make Your Dreams And Wishes Come True

    Kate came up with the phrase for a birthday card for her friend Pauline

  • Name That Princesses

    Kate did a wonderful drawing and I forget which princess was which. Snow White, Cinderella?? , Auora? Jasmine (jumping out of a bottle), Sleeping Beauty, Ariel

  • Non Non Pas Moi

    Kate’s drawing of me and her, after she translated my shirt from Paris . I had a big laugh when she wanted to write down what was on my shirt.

  • please give me a pink sparkly pajamas

    Kate had me open up TextEdit on my mac and asked me to type out these words. “please give me a pink sparkly pajamas” Now where do I find these “pink sparkly pajamas?”

  • What Type Of Investor Are You?

    Well we all knew this would happen.  Google eventually would miss their quarterly numbers like all fast growing companies.  For those of you who always lament that you didn’t buy Google when it was  $200 or $300, this is your chance to test whether you are a real investor or just one of the sheep…

  • Yahoo! WiFi Bus

    Another one of many perks of working for Yahoo! When commuting from San Francisco, I ride the Yahoo! WiFi bus straight to work. I can login while riding and last test I ran, I can get 312 kbps down and 46 kbps up. Granted I end up working on the bus, and it’s a better…

  • Small Business Owners

    I’ve always loved small businesses owners.  They risk their time, their life savings to open a business that they are often passionate about.  The reward is usually not forthcoming immediately but they have confidence in themselves to plow forward and eventually a small percentage of them succeed and flourish. Support your local small businesses (if…

  • Handrolled Pasta At Furenzu

    Yummy! Saturday night we decided to make fresh pasta by hand. The recipe is very simple, most of the work is in the rolling out of the dough. It usually helps to have the traditional rolling pin to flatten out large area but having the small roller is a must in order to shape the…

  • Only Room For 3

    The first thing my manager said to me when he walked in was that he heard Yahoo! News retained the #1 spot again in December. I’m a bit obsessed with statistics. The first day I joined Yahoo! in 1999, that was the first thing I looked at, and I continued to dig through the data…

  • Money Doesn’t buy Happiness But You Can Be Awfully Unhappy Without Money.

    I believe a person should try to earn as money as possible and distribute that money as soon as possible to the people he loves. This especially true of your parents. Don’t think that you’ll give them money later on. As soon as you have some money that you think they’ll find useful, write them…

  • Saturday Food Day

    Kate and I had a day full of good food. Fresh fettuccini pasta, french string beans, basil Chocolate fondue with organic fuji apple slices fresh lemon scones with all 7 color sprinkles Every color sprinkle is put on top of the scone for good measure Kate, the cook, trying out the chocolate Melting Dark Chocolate…

  • Run The Paris Metro: #2 – 10.56 miles

      Running to the metro stations in Paris is getting me to run more that I’ve ever done in my  life.  Every other day I’m running around 10 miles.  That’s almost a half-marathon.  I stop to take photos, consume some wonderful food, coffee and run at a pace faster than I would run a half. …

  • Rules of Engagement in Troubleshooting Bugs

    Rules of Engagement in Troubleshooting Bugs

    When troubleshooting software bugs I follow these simple rules 1) Try to first understand the system from beginning to end, ask questions until you feel like you understand it. 2) Do not trust what anyone else says, verify it for yourself. (watch HTTP traffic with LiveHTTPHeaders, watch TCP traffic with tcpdump) 3) Make assertions, ie…

  • Only Room For 3

    The first thing my manager said to me when he walked in was that he heard Yahoo! News retained the #1 spot again in December. I’m a bit obsessed with statistics. The first day I joined Yahoo! in 1999, that was the first thing I looked at, and I continued to dig through the data…

  • Be Proud To Be A Yahoo!

    Jeff posted a great list of product launches by Yahoo! in 2005 Read the list and be amazed at what fellow Yahoo! employees have accomplished http://boulter.com/blog/2005/12/26/yahoos-2005-the-year-of-the-product/

  • Software Bugs And George Orwell 1984’s Torture

    Often times I help people with long lingering software bugs or computer problems and when it’s finally fixed, they usually thank me profusely or express their undying love for me 🙂 I tell them that it’s the Geroge Orwell 1984 philosophy.  If you have not read the book or you forgot what it’s about, read…

  • Panino At ino in NY

    Oh you must come to ino for the best Panino, Panini, Fritata. open til 2am. I’m here now Here is the starter for this AM. Glass of Italian wine, an assorted bruschetta (asparagus, white bean, mozarella, pesto)

  • 4 Meals A Day

    I’ve always wanted to gain weight because I’ve always felt underweight at 138 lbs at 5’8″. Today I’ve finally reached my goal of 150 lbs by year end. I hope it’s mostly muscles but my recent change of diet must have helped push me over the top. Breakfast at around 7:30 Lunch at 12pm at…

  • A hunting for chocolates we will go

    Last day of this Paris trip and I wanted to hunt down some really dark, high concentrated cocoa beans dark chocolates.  This was the shop I visited Denis Acabo/A L’etoile D’or This shop has all the high end chocolates from all over France.  I just had to try and speak a lilttle bit of French…

  • Go with the flow when traveling with parents

    My parents are too old for me to try to change them so I go with flow. They wanted to eat Chinese food in Paris, so I bought them to Chinatown where I’ve never ever been to after 8 times in Paris.  I bumped into a Chinese chef of 30 years in Paris and he recommended the…

  • 10 simple steps to travel in Paris

    Find a really good air fare from http://travel.yahoo.com/ Rent an apartment from these folks http://parisvacationapartments.com/ , this is the apartment I’m staying, right on Rue Lepic where all the food markets are.   They’ve got a full kitchen, with washer and dryer and very chic apartments Plan your eating itinery with this book Food Lover’s Guide…

  • Off To Paris Again, But First NYC : ‘ino panini, bruschette

    Yes I’m off to Paris again, this time just with my parents.  I think I’ve lost count, but this should be my 8th time to the most beautiful city in the world. We have a 12 hour lay over in NY because I wasn’t thinking when I booked the flight.  We are making the best…

  • Dumpling Man

    In New York, fresh hot dumplings! http://www.dumplingman.com/ If you know of a similar dumpling place in the Bay Area, let me know. I’m doing some research. Funny post about the Dumplinganger http://patrickareed.blogspot.com/2005/05/dumpling-imposter.html

  • Yahoo!’s History Matters, Damn It!

    Sometimes software engineers forget the importance of history. I often sit in meetings at Yahoo! when someone goes on a rant about how bad some of the legacy Yahoo! technology was. I’m referring to HF2K and another technology known as idaho. Which were written almost completely in house and are the equivalent of PHP today.…

  • Kids self portraits made out of paper

    Kids self portraits made out of paper

    Kids are born artists but somehow when we grow up, we lose most of that creativity. These are each child’s self portrait cut out with paper. Absolutely amazing! Check out the flickr photos set

  • Bamboo Sourcery : a bamboo paradise in Sebastopol

    A friend of mine triggered a memory of this unbelievable place in Sebastopol called the Bamboo Sourcery where they have 300 varieties of bamboo and it’s an oasis for you to loose yourself in this wonderous hillside/nursery of bamboo.  It’s an amazing experience.   Make a reservation with them and plan a family outing to walk…

  • How to have fun running

    I admit it, running sometimes gets boring and tiring, so I try to throw a little twist to my weekend long runs.  I always have a food or a tourist destination that I run to.  This way I have something to look forward to and it makes the run fun instead of a drag. On…

  • When I want fresh pasta

    Tonight I really wanted fresh pasta, so I whipped out my rolling pin and got to work. 20 minutes later, I’m having the best meal of my life. 1 part water 1 egg 1 part flour a dash of salt rolling pin a pot of water fresh basil olive oil

  • Matsuhisa: when sushi becomes an art form

    On Sunday I decided to treat myself and check out a place my foodie brother-in-law has been raving about: Matsuhisa in Beverley Hills voted 100 best restauants in America by Zagat.   The place is supposely frequented by Hollywood types and seen as catering to them.  But I do believe the rich and famous also could…

  • Fun jungle gym for adults

    On the beaches of Santa Monica.  Where I dropped my Treo again climbing the rope obstacle

  • Working In Yahoo! Santa Monica

    The above is scallion+ginger fried rice, wonton soup (no noodles) and chilli pepper+salt fried squid, perfect HK style food. This week I’m working in the Yahoo!’s Santa Monica campus.  I’m enjoying the change of scenery and I get to work side by side with George for a week.  Some initial thoughts on this building. It…

  • Kate & Me

    It’s been a while, Kate finally agreed to take a photo with me for my birthday .  She still refused to be photographed.

  • Happy 35th Birthday Week To Me

    My 35th birthday was last Friday.   I don’t get many presents anymore since it seems that as I get older presents becomes less and less important until I get really old, like 65 :-).  I do still get red envelopes from my parents, bless their heart. I’ve decided that my birthday is going to last…

  • Almost killed by a SF bike

    I love running in downtown SF really fast.  I could past all the peoploe, I weave in and out of the crowds, I jump into the street and weave between cars in traffic. Tonight I learned my lesson.   I was doing my fast run today and when the light turned green I dashed out to…

  • “Stop Taking Pictures Dad!”

    My little girl is going through a phase where she doesn’t want her picture to be taken anymore.  So sad for the paparazzi dad.  I end up sneaking photos when she is not watching, but I can only do that on my Treo when I pretent I’m just checking email. I hope she gets out…

  • “Stop Taking Pictures Dad!”

    My little girl is going through a phase where she doesn’t want her picture to be taken anymore.  So sad for the paparazzi dad.  I end up sneaking photos when she is not watching, but I can only do that on my Treo when I pretent I’m just checking email. I hope she gets out…

  • Where in SF is this sign?

    Another simple one.

  • Making Hand Dripped Coffe

    I’m going through another crazy phase in my life.  I’m getting into coffee again after a hiatus of about a year or so. I used to be the barista for my friends and family with this little Gaggia Classic .  This little puppy really served me well.  Even though there was a lot of manually…

  • Crepe Saturday With Kate

    Just wanted to document my very long but leisurely day with my little girl so I don’t forget. Saturday morning started at 6:30 when Kate bounced up and asked me whether she could make crepes.  Of course, I love crepes.  She ran into the kitchen and got all the ingredients ready.  She measured the flour,…

  • Lice! Lice!

    Just got this email from Kate’s school, it doesn’t sound like the next few weeks will be fun. Time to give Kate a good scrub down just in case. Unfortunately, there have been some lice found in MK so we’re asking everyone to please stay aware so we can minimize any spreading. If you’re not…

  • How to spend $120 at the farmer’s market

    This Saturday, Kate didn’t have dance class so I actually got to spend Saturday morning with her at the SF Ferry building farmer’s market . I went in with $200 in cash and came out with $80. Pretty scary but the food is so so good. If you like yogurt, you must try to buy…

  • Cafe Fanny in Berkeley: freshest sandwich bread

    I took the day off to be with Kate since she doesn’t have school this week. Cafe Fanny in Berkeley Organic open face sandwiches grilled very delicately. Large bowl of cafe au lait, French style. The best part is that it’s next to ACME bread company so their bread is as fresh as can be.…

  • Push Up Thursday is back (2,100)

    I’ve been sick with a flu and cough for the last 3 weeks and pushups stopped because my whole body was sored. This dude has now gotten to 2,001 and we are both shooting for 2,100 push ups in 24 hours. Here goes +50 : 50 11:02 am +50 : 100 11:04 am +80 :…

  • Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles non-stop

    Dean Karnazes is the best known ultra marathon runner and he finishes 350 miles as a fundraising effort for Organs ‘R’ Us (you can read the Outside Magazine article here Dean Karnazes runs 350 miles 6) Can you walk (I mean, run) us through the experience? What were the highpoints/lowpoints? The first two nights of…

  • First signs of realestate cooldown?

    I was visiting someone at a loft yesterday in downtown SF, and there were 3 spaces open for sale. One on the market for 30 days, one for 14 days. The agent was very eager as well. Have we peaked in realestate in the Bay Area? If so, everyone who wanted to buy before should…

  • SF Tiramisu

    I had a craving for Tiramisu and found this site that just reviewed Tiramisu in different cities http://www.heavenlytiramisu.com/frisco.htm I tried it at Trattoria Volare on Columbus. The Tiramisu was very light, fluffy, hint of alcohol, super yummy! Will have to try Steps of Rome and Stella Bakery tomorrow since I’ll be working late on another…

  • Dreaming About Gymnastics

    I had an unusual physical education history in high school. Other people did basketball, football, volleyball in high school. I did gymnastics and badminton. Back in Lowell High, we were free to pick classes and teachers, so I always picked this one gym teacher and she always teaches gymnastics and badminton. In college I again…

  • Personalized Plates: “A YAHOO”

    Personalized Plates: “A YAHOO”

    Wanted to dress up my Honda Element with some personalized plates.  I couldn’t believe “A YAHOO” was not taken.  I’ve got ‘YHOONWS‘ and ‘YAHOONS‘ as well. DMV: Get yours here This is available as a kids plate

  • Jon Carroll: never fails to lighten the day

    I absolutely love reading Jon Carroll columns in the SF Chronicle.  His musing on cats , kids , life and bay area going ons always bring a smile to my face.  Today’s column is on World’s Most Perfect Grandchild (WMPG) Check his archives regularly

  • A Constant Force In Kate’s Life

    I usually drive Kate to school on the day I work from home.  But this last time I was late by 10 minutes. I had to fill out a little tardy slip for Kate with the reason of ‘traffic’ as an excuse. I strolled leisurely to class with Kate and as I stepped in, 5…

  • A Constant Force In Kate’s Life

    I usually drive Kate to school on the day I work from home.  But this last time I was late by 10 minutes. I had to fill out a little tardy slip for Kate with the reason of ‘traffic’ as an excuse. I strolled leisurely to class with Kate and as I stepped in, 5…

  • Yahoo! Inc. Cheapness Pays Off

    When I joined Yahoo! in 1999, back then it was still the near the peak of the bubble.  I immediately noticed something very different about Yahoo! from the company I just left, SGI (formerly Silicon Graphics) Yahoo! was cheap with what they gave their employees.  They gave me a white box PC from a Taiwan…

  • Working At Ritual Coffee: the anti Starbucks

    Yummy Yummy.  I’m at my 3rd cup of double cappuccino at Ritual Coffee in SF .  If you have to work late, this is *the* place to be.  Lots of other night owls, really cool looking young people, great coffee, free WiFI.

  • What don’t you like about your job?

    Someone asked me tonight.  “You seem to like your job, now tell me one thing you don’t like about your job” I pondered that question and I can’t think of a single thing.  I think I’m either in denial or I’m one hell of a lucky guy. I love the pressure of the working for…

  • What don’t you like about your job?

    Someone asked me tonight.  “You seem to like your job, now tell me one thing you don’t like about your job” I pondered that question and I can’t think of a single thing.  I think I’m either in denial or I’m one hell of a lucky guy. I love the pressure of the working for…

  • Tony the Lifer

    I was having ramen at Ryowa in Berkeley with someone I met who was  a consultant.  I told her I worked at Yahoo! for 6 years already, she was shocked at first then she said it’s ok, there are a bunch of “lifers” at her company as well. Somehow that didn’t make me feel better…

  • Tony the Lifer 🙁

    I was having ramen at Ryowa in Berkeley with someone I met who was  a consultant.  I told her I worked at Yahoo! for 6 years already, she was shocked at first then she said it’s ok, there are a bunch of “lifers” at her company as well. Somehow that didn’t make me feel better…

  • Beginning of a new year at Yahoo!

    Well our fiscal year 2006 started on Oct 1st.  Here comes the annual reviews, quarterly objective for the next quarter.  Every year I vow to be more organized and more accountable for my time at work.  I vow to keep track of all the little distractions that keep me for focusing on the high priority…

  • Don’t Be Afraid To Ask The Question

    Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want in life or at work, you will be surprised how many times the answer is YES or even maybe.  Just prepare for the NO answer, and that is ok.

  • Work To Live or Live To Work?

    Work To Live or Live To Work? It’s an age old question and people have different perspectives on this. Of course there is your family and friends who see a completely different side of you for like 4 hours a day and weekend time and of course those are the people who will always be…

  • Work To Live or Live To Work?

    It’s an age old question and people have different perspectives on this. Of course there is your family and friends who see a completely different side of you for like 4 hours a day and weekend time and of course those are the people who will always be there for you and they are the…

  • Push Up Contest At Yahoo!

    Over at the Vendor showcase day at Yahoo! they were doing of all things a push up contest.  Everyone was getting me on to try it.  The record was 201 push ups by a Yahoo! super stud.  (Stu Y.)  The rule was that you can rest on top or do a downward facing dog. I…

  • Children Book Review: Grace Lin

    Kate since she was a baby, we’ve come across many books that she loves. I thought I’ll start sharing those. I would love to hear suggestions as well from other parents on what books they love. Anywhere from 0-6 years old reading material. Grace Lin illustrated many books on the Chinese culture.  It’s really fun…

  • First Discovery Book series: Great Designed Books?

    First Discovery Book series: Great Designed Books?

    The “First Discovery Books” are the best designed children’s books I’ve ever seen. These books are very hard to find brand new in the US.  I’m not sure why. Do a search on Amazon and give all the books a try.  These are very detailed illustrations of various topics like The Egg , Penguins, Weather,…

  • Push Up Thursday (1,800)

    Y! Push Up Club A group of people trying to do as many push ups, pull-ups, sit-ups as we can in 24 hours. Start anytime between 12:00am and 12:00pm of the day, you can blog, blast message about your status during the day. Thursday: Sep 16, 2005 1,800 push ups +100 each week +70 70…

  • Why I’m A Foodie

    Someone asked me why I’m such a foodie. Why do I go out of my way to find the best croissant at La Farine in Oakland.  Why do I have go to dim sum at the Koi Palace, hot dogs at Top Dog, cakes at Katrina Rozelle, good Belgium chocolates?  So much trouble for just…

  • Nothing Too Deep: Just A Mission Statement For Myself

    Marianne Szeto writes one one my favorite blogs about how to be positive despite suffering from diabetes. She owns diabetties.org where she spreads her positive energy to those who need a bit of support now and then. Yesterday her entry on What Is Your Mission Statement? got me thinking as well. My head will hurt…

  • Kate’s Back In School

    Kate doesn’t like paparazzi Dad I finally figured out the immunization stuff for Kate, she is back in school and her teachers love her! She is speaking French to her teachers, doodling, playing with the seesaw, eating lunch with her classmates, pretending to nap, and building sand castles.

  • Kate I Let You Down 🙁

    Kate’s teachers tell me that it so nice having Kate at school, she is really happy there. Today Yahoo! let some of us leave work at 2:00pm to get started on the long weekend.  So I decided to pick up Kate from Berkeley and take her to get her shots so she won’t be kicked…

  • Kate’s first day of school

    Happy parents, happy kids, crying kids whose parents left too fast, socializing with teachers, proud parents, excited Kate. The first day school for Kate, I’m so proud of her. She will enjoy learning at the French American school so much. But I think she will love the corn meal sandbox the most

  • No, I Don’t Type The News Stories

    It has happened to me so many times now I think I’ll just have to accept it and just go with the flow. Trying to explain what a software engineer does for Yahoo! News to people I meet or family members has been interesting.  Here is a sample conversation with a friend I met. Friend:…

  • No, I Don’t Type The News Stories

    It has happened to me so many times now I think I’ll just have to accept it and just go with the flow. Trying to explain what a software engineer does for Yahoo! News to people I meet or family members has been interesting.  Here is a sample conversation with a friend I met. Friend:…

  • Top 5 memories of Kate before she heads to school

    Kate’s going to school next week, sniff.. now on to the memories She loves listening to Jack Johnson’s Sexy Plexy when she falls asleep, I would have it on for her to calm her down.  When I was in Paris with her, we listened to that before she fell asleep.  That one song always brings me…

  • my 4 year old is smarter than I am

    4 year old Kate is way smarter than I am She spots every little detail in her story books, facial expressions of all the characters in the page She remembers that there are 6 strings on the guitar without looking at it, I thought there were 7 She learns foreign languages so much better than…

  • my 4 year old is smarter than I am

    4 year old Cate is way smarter than I am She spots every little detail in her story books, facial expressions of all the characters in the page She remembers that there are 6 strings on the guitar without looking at it, I thought there were 7 She learns foreign languages so much better than…

  • What/who can’t you live without?

    Interesting question got me thinking: If I were to take one thing away from your life for a month, what one thing would you not want to part with? some type of food car mobile phone laptop toothbrush cable/satellite tv tivo your pet your gym home dsl/cable modem your spouse or partner (taken away on…

  • Push Up Thursday (1,700 minus 700)

    This week marks 1,000 for many of the club members.  I’ve ordered 2 cakes for the team.  A chocolate valencia and a lemon chiffon. I’m trying for 1,700 this week +50 (50) 9:05am +70 (120) 11:32am +70 (190) 1:13pm +50 (240) 4:11pm +50 (290) 4:15pm +70 (360) 4:38pm +70 (440) 8:00pm +70 (510) 9:58pm +70…

  • Rewards Friday For 1,000

    This thursday marks the 1,000 push up milestone of the Y! Push Up Club. On Friday, I will buy a Valencia chocolate cake for the team.  Anyone who reaches 1,000 gets a slice. No rewards for just trying, you don’t get to 1,000: NO CAKE I’m counting 8 people in the open doing this, if…

  • Smack In The Middle of Downtown SF

    I’ve always loved the city, I used to live in the Sunset, but that is totally different than downtown. I’ve made the plunge and put down for a 6 month lease in the middle of downtown at the Rincon Center.  Two blocks from the Ferry Building, a few blocks from Caltrains. It’s not the bridge…

  • SF Marathon: (2:06:03 #1301) finished, hobbled and humbled

    SF Marathon: (2:06:03 #1301) finished, hobbled and humbled

    Great race. Record 15,000 participants. I ran the 1/2 marathon this time Update With Official Results: Time: 2:06:03 overall placed #1301 placed 340 out of 647 in the 30-39 age group pace: 9’37” Total 1/2 marathon runners 5513. I’m really happy with the results considering I had to rest 3 times to stretch, and after…

  • Too Old At 34 For A Software Engineer

    Too Old At 34 For A Software Engineer

    The photo is of my holding my Treo phone, my daughter Cate was taking a photo of me taking a photo of her. My dad was the person who pushed me into software engineering in college (I was drifting a bit with no goals) But after working for 5 years in SGI, my dad saw…

  • A Small Boo Boo

    Small boo boo: “Take a picture of this dad”

  • Push up Thursday (1,500)

    Push up Thursday (1,500)

    Push up club starting again.  There are 2 hidden members who are also doing it, but will be more public later (I hope) Other members doing push ups on Thursdays Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott +50 8:23am on train +70 120 8:37am on train +50 170 8:44am on train +50 220 1:26pm (in cube now,…

  • Daily Life Of A Yahoo! Engineer (archive 2005)

    Daily Life Of A Yahoo! Engineer (archive 2005)

    A Yahoo! Engineer (Y!E) is a very lucky person. Y!E gets into the office anywhere from 6:00am to 10:00am. If this was a bell curve, 80% fall under 9:30-10 Y!E gets to eat freshly cooked omelettes, hot cereal for under $3.00 Y!E gets free espresso drinks all day Y!E gets free pool tables, ping pong,…

  • Pushup Secret Weapon: Model K-2001-40lb

    Pushup Secret Weapon: Model K-2001-40lb

    My secret weapon that helps me build strength for my weekly Thursday pushups 🙂 If you don’t have a Model K-2001-40lb, that’s too bad for you You need to get one on loan.

  • C and ice cream

    C and ice cream

    This kid is hooked. She doesn’t get ice cream when she is with me. But when my sister, Liana is with us, somehow cate usually works in ice cream after a nice meal with veggies. Here is us enjoying a nice break from the heat at the local Loard’s ice cream parlor

  • Music In Subways: I Heart City

    Music In Subways: I Heart City

    This reminds of why I love Paris. Coming out of the in personal depths of the darkness of the tunnels and hearing the most beautiful sounds of live string instruments echoing against the rumbling trains. I sat down on the floor and listened for 10 minutes before coming down to earth.

  • Push Up Thursday (1,400)

    Push Up Thursday (1,400)

    It’s that time of the week, the Y! Pushup Club is going very strong. I’m shooting for 1,400 in 24 hours. It’s going to be harder since I’m seeing Les Miz tonight so I decided to start later to give more time tomorrow Other members doing push ups on Thursdays Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott…

  • Pull Up Tuesdays

    We have pushup Thursdays. Now is the time to join in the fun and buy the $19.95 pull up bar. I’ve always dreamed of getting one. Head to SportsMart and pick one up.  It’s time to balance your biceps. 100 pull ups. 5 per set.  Nice and easy. 5 (11:030m) 10 (11:35pm) 15 (11:40pm) 20…

  • UCB and Yahoo!

    That photo is of Sproul Hall, the administration building in UCB This announcement brings back floods of memory when I was in UC Berkeley in 1998-1992 Yahoo! Research Labs Establishes New Center of Excellence with UC Berkeley Top Ten Memories Of Berkeley Sitting in a huge auditorium for my first CS 60A class with probably…

  • UC Berkeley and Yahoo!

    This announcement brings back floods of memory when I was in UC Berkeley in 1998-1992 Yahoo! Research Labs Establishes New Center of Excellence with UC Berkeley Top Ten Memories Of Berkeley Sitting in a huge auditorium for my first CS 60A class with probably 200 students listening to Common Lisp programming Falling asleep on the…

  • Push Up Thursday (1,300)

    Here goes my duty of the week for the Y! Push Up Club I’m shooting for 1,300 today (yes I missed my 10pm curfew today, I have an excuse,  I had class til 9:30) Other members doing push ups on Thursdays Kelly Shawn Brian JW Scott Why do we do it? The bigger arms Nothing…

  • 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  …

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Places I love in the Bay Area

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