sacha chua living an awesome life

On This Day...

• 2013: Planning by the numbers: Checking the length of my runway — I’d been setting aside an “opportunity fund” ever since I started working at IBM. Last February, I embarked on the [...]
• 2012: Moving time around — I want to free up time later this week to focus on Quantified Awesome and explore something new, so I [...]
• 2011: Weekly review: Week ending January 7, 2011 — Relearning the piano. It’s interesting. I can remember playing better than this. Now I’m re-learning how to play these pieces, [...]
• 2010: Learning more about facilitation — In 2010, I want to improve my facilitation skills. Facilitation is a large part of the consulting that I do [...]
• 2010: Sketch: Getting past the tyranny of the blank page —
• 2008: Quick book notes — How to Write Fast (While Writing Well): Books: David Fryxell Recommended. Good stuff all the way through. Advice you’d read in [...]
• 2008: Caag yaaa daawaamee — “Caag yaaa daawaamee,” was my muffled answer as the dental hygienist poked around in my mouth. “I mean, check your [...]
• 2008: Maybe people really are generous with their wisdom — I racked my brains trying to figure out how to ask one of our clients to lunch. We were in [...]
• 2007: Score! — Yay. Now I’m getting the hang of it. AJAX with Rails is so much fun… Random Emacs symbol: nnmail-resplit-incoming – Variable: [...]
• 2007: Problems are easy to solve once identified — I felt frustrated by my continued lack of a good working environment. Unreliable wireless access means that working online is a [...]
• 2007: Argh. Schedule slippage. — I can’t get into IBM’s VPN, which makes it difficult to work on the prototype, so my schedule will have to [...]
• 2006: 360′ virtual tours — How do real-estate websites show 360′ virtual tours of their spaces? I spent part of the afternoon looking at software for [...]
• 2006: Cook or Die — Today was Cook or Die dinner with Dominique and Marcelle. I found a packet of pepper beef stir-fry seasoning mix and [...]
• 2004: I have a really cute quiz for files — CS21B.Streams
• 2004: Back online! — I was between laptops for a while, as my father needed the Vaio back and I b0rked my Fujitsu Lifebook install. [...]
• 2004: Jargon File blog — http://jargon.mu.nu
• 2004: Backlog of expenses — 2004.01.08 +169.15 money:expenses/pets Cat food and oranges 2004.01.08 +66.00 money:expenses/gifts Cat food and oranges 2004.01.08 -235.15 money:assets/cash Cat food and oranges