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On This Day...

• 2013: Visual book review: To Sell is Human (Daniel Pink) — Lots of people sell, even if they don’t know it yet. Selling – convincing someone – is a normal activity. [...]
• 2012: Adjusting — Adjusting to early-morning wake-up times and 45-minute commutes. I’m still a little twitchy – a little sleep deprivation plus a [...]
• 2010: An abundance of opportunities — In 2008 and 2009, I gave an average of one talk every two weeks. It was really more bunched-together than [...]
• 2008: Generational differences — One last big post before I focus on my vacation preparations. I’ve been thinking a lot about generational differences because of [...]
• 2007: So that’s why people work hard during the day… — … so that they can relax at night among friends. =) Random Emacs symbol: gnus-group-catchup-group-hook – Variable: Hook run when catching [...]
• 2006: Meep — Something tells me I should’ve practiced these recipes a bit more. Here’s hoping I’m either (a) lucky, or (b) loved enough [...]
• 2006: Performances — I gave another Toastmaster speech today: “Learn How to Cook or Die Trying.” It was well-received, but I still need to [...]
• 2006: Yesterday: Baking pie — Yesterday Calum taught me how to bake apple pie. He was rather fussy about needing a food processor to properly flake [...]
• 2004: Googling for recipes — Here’s the incantation you need to use. QUERY (site:allrecipes.com | inurl:epicurious | inurl:recipesource | site:cooking.com | inurl:Recipezaar )
• 2004: LONG SHOT — Company bonding, so we’re out for billiards this afternoon. I spot an easy shot, although long – ricochet off the walls [...]
• 2004: Techie dinner — Last night, I had dinner with William Yu, Miguel Paraz, and Jijo Sevilla. Jijo organized the get-together. While waiting for Migs and William, Jijo [...]