Losing and gaining weight May 26, 2008

I’ve lost some kilos recently. I actually heard compliments about my figure twice last week.
This made me think that there’s actually a limit between being fat and being fit, and that the grey area in between is only about one to three kilos. At least for us males.
I think one is the limit where the [...]

My watch May 19, 2008

I’ve written about watches a bit. So here’s my watch, which I’m very attached to. We have a long history together.
By the way, I learned photographing reflecting surfaces is hard.
Sorry about the ugly background.

CIA teaches you how to think May 19, 2008

Thinking analytically is a skill like carpentry or driving a car. It can be taught, it can be learned, and it can improve with practice. But like many other skills, such as riding a bike, it is not learned by sitting in a classroom and being told how to do it. Analysts learn by doing. [...]

English Prime May 19, 2008

E-Prime: English without “to-be”. Helps you think clearer.

Paint that love upon a white balloon May 19, 2008

A friend of mine told me balloon rides are ridiculously expensive but worth it.
I found this very relaxing video while browsing for music by Laurie Spiegel. Two other videos I recommend are

Laurie Spiegel Playing 1977 Bell Labs Hal Alles Synth
A volume of Julian sets.

Flashback of a sort May 19, 2008

Seeing this calculator by Industrial Facility gave me a flashback. I promptly remembered when I was a kid in late 1970’s and my father occasionally took me with him when he visited the office after-hours.
The building was a futuristic office building built in late 60’s. It was two-storied, square shaped with a small courtyard you [...]

Dali May 17, 2008

The largest online Salvador Dali gallery I know of. I believe I’ll spend hours there.

How to be a man May 17, 2008

How to be a man by Steve Pavlina:

2. Put your relationships second.
A man who claims his #1 commitment in life is his relationship partner (or his family) is either too dishonest or too weak to be trusted.

If and Cadence and Cascade May 16, 2008

I tried to show my friends the pieces If by Pink Floyd and Cadence and Cascade by King Crimson sound suspiciously similar.
They admitted there are some similarities but differences too. They neither supported nor opposed my claim.
Wikipedia tells If was recorded in August 1970 and the album In the Wake of Poseidon some months earlier.
However, [...]

An uneventful Friday May 16, 2008

I couldn’t write anything worthwhile today because of the hangover and busy day at work.
However, I tried Safari. An Apple browser, now available on Windows too. 
Very cool and I understand the aesthetics of Apple. Yet the fuzzy fonts are a drag. I did a little search on net and found out it is not a bug [...]