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On the road this morning….transiting through S’pore Changi Airport via SQ.  Yes, Singapore Airline flight attendants are still the best.  Oh, and the flight isn’t so bad so far :).
Nice long weekend in the hotel doing nothing, watch TV, be frustrated with Godaddy and my SMF website install having problems with the MYSQL connection. socket [...]

The rain in Taipei is killing me… whole week it was raining and this morning on the way to CKS airport, the down pour was relentless.
Now sitting back at the Le Meridien in KL Sentral and the rain has come with me. Thunder added to the mix.
Hooking up later this evening with my bro-in-law. [...]

As 99% of my financial transactions are done electronically, I pretty much only use checks for the rent. However, I’ve finally used up all of my checks this month, so I had to order another box. When I went to my online banking to order them, the first screen said something like “the checks you [...]

An old friend from my college days is performing in a one man show called “Man of the Heart”, where he embodies the Bengali mystic Lalon Pkokir. My friend now is an assistant professor of theater at UC Berkeley. By all means check out his website and go to his performances this weekend and next: [...]

The passing of urban community activist, Jane Jacobs, most famous for the book, “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” NY Times has a lengthy and fascinating obituary of Jacobs. Jacobs is notable for articulating - if not changing - the way we think about urban development.
The passing of Newsday columnist Dennis [...]