http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/programmer_privilege_as_an_asian_male_computer_science_major_everyone_gave.htmlRead more... )

William is now 2 years cancer free, and continuing to deal with the after-effects with incredible courage and grace ( Read more... )

I got this email from the woman who sold and manages our satellite service.  I think it's a measure of how accustomed I am to the Chinese way of doing things that it all seemed perfectly sensible and reasonable to me ( Read more... )

You know in B-grade movies when they have a scene set in Chinatown, and the middle-aged Chinese woman is using her extremely limited English to the utmost to express her frustration and anger?  "You very bad man! You cheat me!  I no pay ( Read more... )

A recent setback in my search for my next career move reminded me of this.  I can't believe that, at my age, I've only reached Stage 3.  I tell myself it could be worse, but my gosh it's frustrating....

Autobiography in Five Chapters

1. I walk down the street.

There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.

I fall in.

I am lost… I am hopeless.

It isn’t my fault.

It ( Read more... )

I was poking around a website today which seemed interesting in theory but clunky in practice - it was trying to put personal goal-planning (fitness, financial, family, spirituality, you know the usual drill) together with social game-playing to help your motivation.  For example, you get 'points' for defining your goals, adding inspirational ( Read more... )

One of my new friends just wrote a blurb describing me as "sense and sensibility combined".

This might be one of the best compliments I've ever gotten.

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At dinner with a guy from consulting company that I'm considering joining - or at least working for a while as a contractor to see whether I want to join them.  They're a US-based company with an industry focus (chemicals, manufacturing, automotive), helping clients identify and implement operational improvements ( Read more... )

I am not a morning person.  I realize this does not need saying for most of you, but I'll just state it officially for the record.  I am not a morning person ( Read more... )