28 Apr 08
Wrote 2,500 words of tutorials for Your Online Life, my next major venture. Not bad. But I need to write at a much faster pace if I want to get this site done by Friday. I’m worried that I’m over-reaching myself. I’ve started to look at other money-making opportunities, too. I may have to supplement […]
The Weekend and Slow-Motion Iguanas
Back from another great trip to see Saalon and LWQuestie (their IRC names, to presere anonymity). We watched Hard Boiled, which is certainly the best John Woo film I’ve seen. Though granted, I’ve only seen another, A Better Tomorrow. Came back and been watching cheesy sci-fi films from the 1950’s and 60’s. Most are oddly […]
27 Apr 08
Back from another great trip to see Saalon and LWQuestie (their IRC names, to presere anonymity). We watched Hard Boiled, which is certainly the best John Woo film I’ve seen. Though granted, I’ve only seen another, A Better Tomorrow. Came back and been watching cheesy sci-fi films from the 1950’s and 60’s. Most are oddly […]
24 Apr 08
Toffee Bars: Combine a pound of light brown sugar and a pound (four sticks) of butter until light and fluffy. Add two egg yolks and 1.5 teaspoons of vanilla; mix well. While it mixes, sprinkle in a pound of flour and half a teaspoon of salt. Spread this mixture in a well-greased 8.5″x11″ pan, and […]
22 Apr 08
Long, good day. Finished copying some BBC Radio productions from old audio cassettes to MP3. Wonderful to have technology that does all this quickly and easily. Of course, that’s ignoring the hours I spent setting up that technology. It’s odd. I’m still without a full-time job, and I feel none of the gnawing dread I […]
Customer Flow in a Modern Bistro
A local Asian bistro organizes its flow of people in a way I don’t think I’ve seen before. You enter on the left side of the restaurant. Along the left wall are giant menus, so while you’re waiting you can choose your food. The menu is made up of proteins and sauces, so you choose, […]
21 Apr 08
A local Asian bistro organizes its flow of people in a way I don’t think I’ve seen before. You enter on the left side of the restaurant. Along the left wall are giant menus, so while you’re waiting you can choose your food. The menu is made up of proteins and sauces, so you choose, […]
Paati o shimasu!
Just finished a very fun dinner party at my house, just my parents and a friend. If you ever need a business manager, hire Julie Brown. (If she had a blog, I’d link to it.) These dinner parties are fun and interesting. The idea: I want to get interesting people together. My ideal would be […]
17 Apr 08
Just finished a very fun dinner party at my house, just my parents and a friend. If you ever need a business manager, hire Julie Brown. (If she had a blog, I’d link to it.) These dinner parties are fun and interesting. The idea: I want to get interesting people together. My ideal would be […]
16 Apr 08
I’m beginning to think that the hardest part about teaching (for me, at least, right now) is figuring out where to start so that the student(s) will understand. What do you assume that the student knows? You can’t know what that student knows when they walk into the classroom, or signs up for a course. […]