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Entries from January 2004

Going Mobile

January 26th, 2004 · No Comments · technology

Nomadic Live, 2.0. This essay describes my most current attempt into living mobile. Travelling from home to office to different locations around the world. Aided by the latest electronics and networks.

I have been living this way some what for the last five years. Work requires travelling for long period of times around the globe. As [...]

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More Lofts Development in Boston

January 25th, 2004 · No Comments · observation


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Wushu Training

January 11th, 2004 · No Comments · taichi

Just updated my notes on wushu basic training exercise, section one to four here. Finally I got all four sections down. These trainings, together with Kung Li Cheun, are good for perfecting the punches, kicks, and stances.
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Hot-rodders vs. Musicians

January 11th, 2004 · No Comments · observation, technology

I dropped by the local MicroCenter computer super store yesterday. They have revemped their hardware parts section to include a huge selection of DIY parts for case modding, motherboards, even Shuttle XPCs. If the local superstore is supporting the DYI’er, it must be a growing market.

In the same day I watched the Steve Job’s keynote [...]

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Laptops should have Handles

January 9th, 2004 · No Comments · technology

Really, how on earth can I carry my thinkpad X31 around without dropping it by mistake? Powerbooks are worse as they are more slippery. Jonathan Ive, are you listening?
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IBM Thinkpad X31 Review

January 6th, 2004 · No Comments · review

Out of box experience

The system arrives in a small double boxed carton. It was light enough that it could have been just the media slice. Openning it turn out to be a good surprise — it is the laptop itself. The box came with a top package that contains the battery, the AC adaptor, and [...]

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New Year Organizing

January 1st, 2004 · No Comments · review

A whole list of web stores that will help you organize, from NYTimes:

Everything Home
Sleekspaces
trash can Central
Organize-Everything

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