Tony Tam

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  • Jon Carroll: never fails to lighten the day

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    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

  • Yahoo! Inc. Cheapness Pays Off

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    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…

  • Don’t Be Afraid To Ask The Question

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    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.

  • Nothing Too Deep: Just A Mission Statement For Myself

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    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…

  • Smack In The Middle of Downtown SF

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    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…

  • Music In Subways: I Heart City

    Music In Subways: I Heart City

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    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.

  • UCB and Yahoo!

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    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…

  • Places I love in the Bay Area

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    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…

  • I should be able to live until 92 years old

    I should be able to live until 92 years old

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    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…

  • I’m becoming a driving softy

    I’m becoming a driving softy

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    I’ve recently been using the public transportation a lot.  I take the BART from the east bay to SF then take the CalTrains into work in Sunnyvale.  On weekends, I would take the BART with Kate all over the Bay Area.  We have time to actually talk, draw, read or just fool around.  It’s been…