It took me a while to understand Lara‘s “Google-Age” posts, but looking at the queries for which my site is coming up as a Google result, I’m now inspired to write one of my own: is welsh hard – I certainly think so. Try saying “I arddangos gwir brydferthwch” five times fast. Scrap that, try […]
Down the Rabbit Hole
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Artist of the week
Alison Sudol Age: 23 What’s her deal?: Alison Sudol, a.k.a. A Fine Frenzy, is (another) talented young singer-songwriter. Last.fm recommended her because I like Vienna Teng and Sara Bareilles, and I’m so glad they did! I was able to preview her whole album “One Cell in the Sea” on their site and have been listening […]
Three four five month retrospective: Part II
As usual I’ve been very slow about writing these update blog posts, but better (two months) late than never, right? So winding the clock back to June… In my last retrospective I forgot to mention that at the end of May I saw Vienna Teng perform in San Francisco. She is one of my favourite […]
WordPress
I’m not satisfied with my theme and configuration yet, but the primary content of this blog is now in place. Here are some ‘tech specs,’ so to speak, about how I set things up. Hosting My site is hosted on Dreamhost, and I used their one-click install of WordPress. I have no opinion on doing […]
Mountain View Parks
When I started apartment hunting last month, I was curious what sort of parks in Mountain View I might end up near. My old apartment was close to Rengstorff Park (map), which is large and has lots of facilities from tennis courts to children’s play structures. So I searched for "park, Mountain View, CA" on […]
Three month retrospective: Part I
I am long overdue for a blog post, and by now I have enough material for several. I’ll start by backtracking to May. The month began with my 23rd birthday. At Friday Night Waltz that evening I didn’t get an official birthday dance, but Bob roped a few people such as John and Tracey into […]
Tea Experiment
Recipe: 16oz Honest Tea “Just Black Tea” 16oz Snapple “Lemon Iced Tea” Makes: 32oz lightly sweetened and flavored black iced tea. Nutrition facts (per 8oz serving): Sugar: 11.5g Caffeine: 46mg (average 8 oz cup of coffee has 80-140mg) Pros: Excellent flavor – not too sweet, nice tea-ness. Cons: You’re likely to drink more than 8oz, […]
April Fools’ Day at Google
1. Gmail Custom Time: Be on time. Every time. 2. Wake-Up Kit: Wake yourself up. 3. “I’m Feeling Lucky” button for Calendar 4. Book Search – Scratch & Sniff: Search now smells better. 5. Adsense for Conversations: Puts the ‘context’ in contextual advertising 6. Virgle: Things will get better. Eventually. 7. File –> New Airplane […]
Stanford Dance Weekend
Just accidentally found out from edge_of_within ‘s blog that registration is now open for the Stanford Dance Weekend, which is June 27-29. I attended the waltz weekend and week last year and enjoyed it very much. All of the teachers are excellent, and they often incorporate variations and techniques that aren’t covered in Richard Powers’ […]
Highlights of the week
Food: On Monday, Nana and Mummy joined me for lunch at Google. We ate at the Pure Ingredient Cafe, which is in my building and one of my favourites. Nana seemed to enjoy her sushi and grilled fish, and Mummy loved the peanut butter chocolate crème brûlée. On Saturday, I made and ate momos, which […]