It's ironic. Yesterday I spent the night researching other people's backup strategies for the data on their PCs and trying to come up with my own. Then today I find that nakaemi's hard drive failed after struggling for so long. It really drives home the point that a good backup (or insurance), even if tedious and has a cost (e.g. time, money), will keep ( Read more... )

It feels weird to be alone again in my apartment. Once I start work I will no doubt fall back into my old routine, though it will see some improvements based on insights and inspirations from the past 10 days. Those were wonderful days...

Interesting times, these days. Economic crisis, companies going bankrupt, laying off employees. War against terrorism. Iraq. Afghanistan. Global warming - heck last week there were a few record high temps over here. My apartment. Well... that last one isn't quite true - it's somewhat chaotic but not as bad as it could have been.

Life goes on.

Last weekend I found a wonderfully-sized apartment in a great location at a very good deal considering the surface area and type of place and I showed great interest in hearing back from the lady who owned the place as she was going to interview a few more prospective tenants ( Read more... )

... if you're trying to shop for the best price, best value, and the most suitable product. Who said shopping was easy? [Except when shopping at the mall, maybe.]

I completed some training at work. Training sessions usually make me feel motivated to do some more learning. This time I feel the same. Hopefully I can force myself to not get distracted too much by games, anime, and other things like that and do some reading and learning on my own. I used to do that a lot when I was much younger, but slowly those ( Read more... )

Parenting info for the components... wait. Wrong subject. *rewind ( Read more... )

A symphony orchestra isn't just about music. It's about the people. The horn player who shakes his horn upside down in between playing horn sections. The balding grey-haired flutist waiting for his turn in a flute concerto while the orchestra sings. The cellist who forgets her bow and runs backstage to get it before the performance. The timpanist ( Read more... )

For me, today was a bad day. Microsoft announced a proposal to buy Yahoo. Who else thinks it's a good idea? For me, it's a bad day for email diversity ( Read more... )

I wouldn't say I'm a music lover. I don't listen to music all the time. Some people like listening to music while working. While I sometimes do, I usually don't. Heck, I seem to work ok with the office door open and with random sounds from outside, although two days ago at some point my office mate was in training in the afternoon and I could hear ( Read more... )