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Spring in the desert

2008-05-09T04:49:39Z

I spent an extended weekend in the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park in California, where spring has sprung and the desert is anything but deserted. I lugged along my swanky new DSLR camera and here are the results (uploading photos to Vox in Vi...

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Morning pick-me-up

2008-03-06T14:41:16Z

The windows in my new place face east, and on a really clear day you can see the snow-capped Cascades in the distance. On a cloudy day, you can get the most amazing sunrises. I've started to sleep with my head at the foot of the bed so I can wake...

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Northwest history meets Monty Python

2008-03-05T15:36:45Z

A couple of Sundays ago marked two years since I moved to Seattle, and I wanted to do something to celebrate this little corner of the world, so the B-team and I went to Pioneer Square (the oldest part of Seattle) to do the Underground Tour. Here...

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Year of the Rat

2008-02-07T18:23:55Z

Boy 2008 is going by quickly - it's already getting to the middle of February. Today of course is Chinese New Year, and one of my Chinese colleagues brought a treat to the office for the occasion - Water Chestnut Cake. It was amazing. I need to g...

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S.M.R.T.

2008-01-14T20:05:55Z

This event may just be enough to bring me out of a two month blogging wilderness: My officemate, Hui, is discussing something with a colleague, Joe - I'm not really listening because I'm working with my headphones on. I happen to turn around and ...

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Whistler madness

2007-11-26T23:08:24Z

It must be a uniquely tech-industry thing to come back from a vacation and within hours see an email that the digital footage of your escapades has already been edited and posted on YouTube. As you can see we got up to quite a lot of fun, even ou...

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A thousand words

2007-11-21T18:26:43Z

Since there is too much to catch up on since my last post, I'm going to let the photos do most of the talking, but here is a brief synopsis: New York City (photos) Spent a nice fall weekend in NYC. I think it's one of the few cities you can keep ...

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Sign of life

2007-10-21T01:13:57Z

It's been a while since my last entry; I haven't really been in a writing mood, but I thought I'd post something as a sign of my continued existence. Some things that have been happening: Australia I went home for a couple of weeks. It was great ...

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Lighten up!

2007-09-26T03:04:01Z

Actor Shah Rukh Khan, Bollywood's answer to Tom Cruise, has recently come under fire for promoting Fair and Handsome, a skin-lightening cream targeted at men and sold in India and Indian shops around the world (the ad is viewable on Youtube here ...

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Home again

2007-09-23T22:06:45Z

It's nice being back in Sydney. The last few days have been very relaxed, I've been bumming at home, going for walks with my mum, eating good food, not much else. Some observations: The weather is still pretty cold right now despite it being lat...

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