Most of my friends consider me to be brain dead, so when last week started, none of them saw a change in me or my activities. Yet I saw a big difference. I had no brain power. None. Nada. Zip.
I realized early on Monday that I was in trouble as [...]

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As the Olympics in China are approaching, I thought I should share one of my adventures in China.
Back in 1988, the ol’ Banana took a trek through China. I wasn’t old at the time, being only 26, but I felt that I was an experienced world traveler and the thought of exploring China was exciting. [...]

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Once again, another collection of useless sites and infos:

French Fries - So my niece asks me, why French Fries are called French Fries. Good god I had no idea. So off to Wikipedia we went.
How to Obscure Any URL - Tricks of the internet, some of them out-dated
Why does hydrogen peroxide foam [...]

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Sometimes I should not answer my emails, then again, sometimes I should not post items to my blog. Then again, that is the purpose of this creation.

A “so-called” friend sent me a link on Top 10 Drinking Achievements Before You Die and asked a simple question; “How many have you completed?” When [...]

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“Good fences make good neighbors,” wrote Robert Frost in his poem “Mending Wall.”
Back in January, there was a huge winter storm that blew through Santa Cruz. On our street, an old redwood tree more than 100ft tall came crashing down. I thought that our house had escaped damage until the next day when [...]

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Last week I was at Stanford Hospital with my wife. On Tuesday (Apr 8), I was stuck in a waiting room which had no Wi-Fi. It was hell! Below are a collection of thoughts I recorded of the day.
Random thoughts while in the waiting room at Stanford’s Advanced Surgery Center:
I spent some [...]

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Excellent reading
The Real Meaning of 4,ooo Dead

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I landed at the old Hong Kong Airport (Kai Tak) five times - and every time I was scared. I even hashed up to the hill where this video was shot and it was amazing to watch the jets coming in.
Enjoy!

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As a virtual world developer, there are times when I need (demand!) to decompress. To stop thinking about linking prims, textures, sim performance and the ever pressing what the hell will work. Hell, any job a person has, one will find that they need time to get away from it. Time to [...]

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