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Entries from July 2002

wushu basic training section 1 to 4

July 29th, 2002 · No Comments · taichi

11 steps. 1-6 front kick toe, 1-7 front kick instep, at 7 point step.
8 - wheel turn and slap floor. 9 - hook behind heads forward,
10 - wipe, punch down to corner, bend knees, spine straight
bent over. 11 - bow step weight on rt, rt palm push up and left palm push left,
look left.
section two:
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DirecTV.com — or how not to do a website

July 26th, 2002 · No Comments · technology

I have direcTV. They have a web site with registration feature. I try to sign up. It has such a simple and obvious bug that, well, is unbelievable — During registration, you enter the usual account number, pick a user name and password, and enter some addition account related data to get validated. I entered [...]

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Offer not accepted

July 17th, 2002 · No Comments · loft

I went back and forth with the seller a few times, but she is basically holding on to her end of the price. I just think that it is too high. So … keep looking.

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Minority Report

July 14th, 2002 · No Comments · review

A movie that is thought provocating at the conceptual level, beautiful to watch at the visual level, but full of holes at the simple logic level.
The premise of “pre-cogs” is good. The story actually unfolds and you don’t really know all there is to know even after watching the trailers. At 2 hours and 20 [...]

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Offer is In !

July 12th, 2002 · No Comments · loft

Ok. Narrowed my choices down and put in one bid for a down town loft. The bid is aggressive and reasonable. The plan is in motion…
Selecting the right loft was/is a difficult decision process. Location, building, views, facilities, parking, transportation access, noise, retail access (supermarket, dry cleaners, take out food, postoffice..), etc.
Part of the moving [...]

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Why Lofts?

July 10th, 2002 · No Comments · loft

Good question. I don’t really remember when I started liking lofts. Come to think of it I don’t think I actually know anyone who lives in a loft. You see lofts on TV, in movies, in design magazines. These lofts obviously look good. Have I actually spend a lot of time in a loft? I [...]

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Blog from the Loft

July 7th, 2002 · No Comments · loft

After moving from blogger to movableType, I am also renaming the blog to Blog from the Loft. Why? I am considering moving to a downtown Loft. A blog will be an ideal way to journal the process. But the real reason is, blog from the Loft just sounds kinda cool.

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MovableType

July 5th, 2002 · No Comments · technology

I have converted over from blogger to movabletype !! I played with MT for a while, and finally decided bit the bullet and convert my main blog over to MT2.21. There are many reasons for the conversion:

The MT people seems very nice reading their stuff on their sites.
The UI is pretty (these Mac people)
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