Archive for June 2007

27 Jun 2007 1856H

Wasting away again in . . . oh never mind

Trapped at MCI on account of inclement weather. For those keeping track at home, this makes 12 hours this week spent waiting in an airport. Even after having gotten in at 3AM this morning into Kansas City, it turned out to be a pretty productive morning. It’s a little curious, but when I get [...]

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26 Jun 2007 1927H

Travel Tip #949

Got to Detroit Wayne Airport around 5. Was supposed to be on a 6:45PM flight for Kansas City with a stop in Chicago to make the connection. Flight was delayed till 9PM ET meaning I would miss the connecting flight to KCMO. So I rerouted. Now I was on a 5:45 flight to Nashville, which [...]

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26 Jun 2007 0557H

Lone wolfdom is, well, a lonely place

Did anyone see Fargo and remember the Korean American adoptee who wails, “It’s been so lonely!” Yeah, well. Not exactly a life affirming moment for us Asian Am men. I cringed, but sympathize, particularly more recently. Not only because you’re in a predominantly non-Asian American space, being the midwest and all. It is kind of [...]

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25 Jun 2007 0014H

Reviews: Smoque, Pierre’s Bakery, Uncle Bub’s, Katy’s Dumpling House, Zagats’ New York Times piece

E, J, and I (or J, E, and I, as you like) finally drove up to Smoque (3800 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago) to check out the rumours of exceptional BBQ. The rumours are largely true. Sliced brisket is moist, tender, thick cut, and holds together. St Louis and baby back ribs were well executed and [...]

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24 Jun 2007 1343H

Upgrading to WordPress 2.21

All hands, stand by for some chop ahead.
Trying to get a half-dozen things done today before heading out this week to the Motor City and the City of Fountains.
Replaced most of the files, probably tackle the rest tonight.

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21 Jun 2007 1810H

Apple recycles your old hardware

My dad has a hand-me-down Pentium III which had been my PC from senior year and grad school, which I had replaced literally every part of except for the case. I actually still have all that obsolete but perfectly good hardware somewhere, plus a few CRTs, which all contain mercury, even the fried AGP graphics [...]

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21 Jun 2007 1512H

Today’s the longest day of the year

Enjoy it while it lasts! From this point out, days get shorter until December 21.

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19 Jun 2007 0746H

Justice for Vincent Chin, for us all

Each year on this day, we remember a man of absolutely no notoriety or acclaim. Like millions of other Americans, he would have been married, with children. A home in the suburbs, whose lawn is grudgingly cultivated on Saturday mornings in good weather. Weekend and holiday dinners with parents and the babies. Commutes. Traffic. Birthday [...]

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17 Jun 2007 1042H

KF Week 2

This is Week 2 of KF. As everyone knows, besides the cultural maintenance stuff I do with the historical society, the pop culture, language, and all that, I study a 300-year-old Southern Chinese martial art tradition called hung kuen (洪拳).
This Friday, as I plan to do each of the next every other Fridays for [...]

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16 Jun 2007 0915H

Listen 3: Elise Estrada

Like I needed any more reasons to love Canada, I heard this track, Insatiable, only once last week on the radio while I was driving around Scarborough and have been obsessed with finding it since. You can hear a clip of it on this MySpace page.
By the way, Elise Estrada is now the top searched [...]

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