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Tienshiao’s Official Cheese Snack Rankings

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

1. Cheez-It White Cheddar
2. Cheez-It
3. Cheez-It Reduced Fat
4. Target brand Cheez-It clone
4. Safeway brand Cheez-It clone
5. Trader Joe’s brand Cheez-It clone
White Cheddar rocks. I like Trader Joe’s in general, but sorry, their imitation Cheez-It isn’t very good. The real Cheez-Its are cheesier and saltier. The Trader Joe’s ones are almost a little sweet (ewww). […]

Dublin Needs

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Dublin needs more

Dog groomers - Even Petco has a week long wait for appointments.
Independent Audi Shops - Apparently there are no independent Audi shops within like 30 miles.

Golf Goal

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

My goal for golf is to get to the point where it is like throwing a ball or shooting a basketball.
Throwing a ball is a similarly complex motion. It is similar in that there is a multiple hinge lever motion to multiply the force. Position, balance, body turn all play a part in the process. […]

24: Women Scorned

Friday, January 11th, 2008

So I’m watching 24. I’ve never seen a broadcast episode. I’m going though them on DVD. I’m on Season 5 or something.
And once again, Jack has Mr. Bad Guy and in the same room is some female Mr. Bad Guy pissed off. And Ms. Pissed Off somehow manages to kill Mr. Bad Guy with all […]

Life Imitates Art (Or Something)

Monday, November 19th, 2007

This last Friday, I went into the city to give a career presentation (”Being a Computer Programmer”) to disadvantaged Chinese high school students at the Community Youth Center.
Right afterwards, Dilbert gave a career presentation as well. LOL.
Mine was a bit less cynical. Dilbert’s version has some truth in it, but it ain’t always like that. […]

Dog Class

Sunday, October 14th, 2007

I am a fan of school. Or maybe learning. I am also generally a good student. Good student in the sense that I good good grades, not necessarily teacher’s pet. I was what I like to think of as an A- student. My grades did tend to float around there, but what I mean is […]

Golf Class

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

We had thought about taking golf lessons recently. And, well.. we are taking golf classes now at the local community college. You can’t beat the price, so I can’t complain too much.
When we first moved in, we got a class catalog from Diablo Valley College. We found a beginner class on Saturday mornings. Perfect. It […]

O Canada!

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I remember visiting Canada decades ago. We went to Lake Victoria, and Banff. It was a beautiful place. The dollar was much stronger back then.
Guess we can still visit China, south east Asia, and South America for relatively cheap.

How’d they get my playlist?

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

There are two restaurants that I’ve been to that always leave me wondering about their music selection. They just happen to play they same eclectic mix of 70s/80s/90s pop that I collected in college. Of course, sometimes they play things I’ve never heard of. And sometimes when that happens, I go, “Oh, that’s a good […]

Your World. Delivered.

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Is this what they call “Context Sensitive Ads”?