I’ve been spending a lot of time in the home office lately, and the old 19″ widescreen just wasn’t cutting it. Not enough resolution to really write software, as I tend to have lots of little windows open all over the place, and really don’t want them overlapping.
The Mark of Cain dvd
The Sting
Mannequin: On the [...]
In this shot, the surgeon is looking for the labrum. It’s supposed to be where the needle is. Whoops.
For the visual thinkers, imagine the labrum as a soft, rubbery rim running around the circumference of the socket in your shoulder’s ball and socket joint. The shoulder socket is very very shallow, which is how we [...]
I tore my labrum in 1996 in a wrestling injury. Had surgery on it once, went through rehab, and promptly injured it again. My right shoulder has been extremely unstable since then, subluxing all the time, sometimes in my sleep.
So 13 years later, I finally decided to get it fixed. Again.
Angels & Demons dvd [...]
My mom is one of the funniest people I know. Here is a typical conversation between her and my dad:
[Scene: walking in a park, not really looking at anything in particular when they come across a seemingly normal looking vine]
Mom: Three leaves! Poison!
Top Gun film
Dad: That’s not poisonous.
Mom: Don’t touch! Poison!
Dad: It’s not poisonous. [...]
Get ready for a gigantic post about food! One of my favourite subjects!
The rough menu here is, savory items, sweet desserts, drinks, and “oddities”.
Congee is watery rice, that you then doctor to your liking. In this photo, you can see some of my favourite flavours: spicy hot sauce, scallions, and thousand year old eggs.
Mashed potatoes [...]
Apologies for the lack of updates recently. Readjusting from jet lag has been hard, and it’s been a busy week.
Maybe I’ll find some time to post next week when I’m recovering from my second shoulder surgery.
Speaking of which, I’m totally not looking forward to it at all, not even one little bit.
I’m getting my labrum [...]
At one point, my good friend Jeff Vyduna of polleverywhere.com fame used to think that I was 6 months ahead of the curve.
I think I’ve kinda lost my mojo; certainly Jeff is more advanced than I am these days, especially since polleverywhere is a YC funded company.
But maybe compared to some mainstream tech bloggers, I’m [...]