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On This Day...

• 2012: Monthly review: July 2012 — Last month, I wrote: In July, I’d like to deliver a talk, sketchnote three more events, learn more about EPUBs, [...]
• 2011: Jalapeño jelly — I stirred the jalapeño jelly mixture as it boiled, mock-grumbling about the heat and humidity. “Why do we do this [...]
• 2010: On finding a great job — Cate Huston blogged: I have put this huge stress on myself because I really want to have a job lined up [...]
• 2009: Observational humour and solo improv play — Check out this humour specialist’s observational humor monologues based on real-life events at his Toastmasters Club. It sounds like the kind [...]
• 2009: Gardening and cats — I trimmed back the tomatoes as they had been threatening to take over the entire vegetable plot. Judging from the [...]
• 2007: Thesis defense is tomorrow — The end is in sight. In fact, it’s in less than 12 hours. Whee! Right. Shower, then pick out clothes. Must remember [...]
• 2006: Karaoke night — Went to Kick-Ass Karaoke Night with Joey de Villa, Wendy, Quinn, Jed, and a bunch of random strangers. Sang “Always Look on [...]
• 2005: Level up! — Adobo was _perfect._ Or at least it inspired enough confidence for me to store two portions in the refrigerator and four [...]
• 2005: Getting my own domain name — I want my own domain name. Can anyone recommend a relatively cheap but reliable domain name registry for .com addresses? Thanks! On [...]
• 2005: Slightly dissatisfied — The university Internet service has intermittent problems with DNS and quality of connection. I’m beginning to wonder how much trouble it would [...]
• 2004: Poi videos — http://sacha.free.net.ph/notebook/pics/ poi-20040806-*
• 2003: Automatically detecting proxy settings — Having gotten sufficiently annoyed at the need to maintain two Mozilla Firebird profiles just because I use a proxy in school [...]
• 2003: Oops, forgot my keys — Forgot my keys again today. I guess I’m going home later…
• 2003: Dominique’s birthday — Dominique’s birthday’s on December 27.