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First day in Alaska

I’m in Alaska right now. The weather is mild and the sun doesn’t go down until 9pm. I’m with Justine on some crazy-fun adventures.
At SFO I had a veggie burger with bacon. Ya, that seems a little weird, but veggie burgers are reliably tasty. They almost always use Gardenburgers. [...]

The Erhu

So there’s this old Chinese man that plays this two-stringed instrument in the bay area. I’ve seen him in Berkeley (on campus and outside bart) in downtown SF and Chinatown. It as an erhu, and when he plays it sounds like cats being skinned alive. When I was in New York in [...]

View from the Fairmont

Here’s a little video timelapsing two hours of San Francisco from the 25th floor of the Fairmont hotel.
San Francisco city view from Fairmont Hotel @ Yahoo! Video
I love timelapse videos; I wish more cameras had that as an option. Pretty much anything sped up is more interesting. Science has proven [...]

Women in games, who cares?

I was quite amused by this article
Every few months, I am reminded that I am a woman. Not just any woman, mind you, but a woman in games

As a woman and, yes, a woman in games, I don’t think about my gender any more than you probably do yours, unless someone brings it to my [...]

The anime me

I’ve always considered myself a slightly creepy man with hippie influences. What would you look like on the inside?
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