2006.06.29 20:26:50 EDT Hungry Little Devils A couple months ago, on a Sunday morning, over breakfast, mom was telling me about the basil, mint, and rosemary she had planted in the rectangular window-box-sized pot outside the window. And at the
2006.06.28 03:18:52 EDT China Trip Tip #1 S informs me that, while Bank of China has a deal with Bank of America to let BoA customers withdraw money from their accounts at a small processing fee (around $5 per transaction, IIRC), she still ra
2006.06.24 18:42:43 EDT RIP: Harriet the Tortoise Harriet the Tortoise just passed away, at the estimated age of 176. She was housed in the Australia Zoo in southeast Queensland; she suffered a heart attack. Apparently she spent some time at the Bota
2006.06.19 21:10:44 EDT Some more recaps More quick recaps of past weeks. May 29 - June 8 I spent in Boston. Notable events: completion of the first episode of Xenosaga, lots of Pikman, a going away party for S, dim sum with some other resid
2006.06.14 16:44:10 EDT Pooh, Drugs, and Good Omens Some link dumps. Pathology in the Hundred Acre Woods is an article published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal by Sarah E. Shea et al of the Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics,
2006.06.14 15:47:48 EDT Backlogged Journal: NC Trip III, Mem Day--05/23-28 backlogged update 3 (May 23) After getting up relatively late in the morning, we drove from Ashville to the outskirts of Charlotte, where we would stay. T and P were originally intent on making a stop
2006.06.13 00:17:20 EDT teTeX discontinued Thomas Esser, the te in teTeX, has announced that he would no longer maintain the code for teTeX, partly due to it being too time consuming and partly due to the code base being completely incorporate
2006.06.12 10:29:40 EDT Backlogged Journal: NC Trip II--05/22 backlogged update 2 (May 22) Strangely, the only day with sub-par weather when we visited NC was the day we wanted to go see the Biltmore Estate. The estate is apparently the largest private home in t
2006.06.12 00:06:07 EDT Backlogged Journal: NC Trip I--05/20,21 backlogged update 1 After my general exams, father came to visit and we picked up my sisters from their schools during an overnight drive across 5 states. (May 20) The next morning, we set out for a f