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Continue reading →: Rediscovering San Diego
While in San Diego this past week, I rediscovered how beautiful the ocean is. I don’t understand why I never enjoyed going to the beach growing up just 4 miles away from the Pacific. I always used the excuse of my “failure in the seaweed cave” during our seventh grade…
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Continue reading →: Comings and Goings
The past, present, and future of Palm, Inc. gathered at the Westin Hotel in Santa Clara this afternoon to bid farewell to Frank Canova, who’s leaving the handheld manufacturer. It was nice to talk with people from the company whom I haven’t seen in awhile, including Monty, Cherie, Phil M.,…
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Continue reading →: Felix and Tori's Birthday
On Monday, Felix and his climbing friend, Tori, celebrated their respective birthdays at Felix’s place in Fremont. They were also celebrating their friend Carlos’ birthday, who’s in Australia at the moment. Felix and Tori were joined by a contingent of their climbing buddies, Stanford friends, and two Cal representatives (Go…
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Continue reading →: Asian Improv at the ODC Theater
On Friday night, I went to the ODC Theater in San Francisco, where performances were held by Facing East Dance & Music, Red Jade Collective (with Jen), and Somei Yoshino Taiko Ensemble. The event was presented by ODC Theater and Asian Improv aRts (AIR) and was celebrating AIR’s 15th anniversary.…
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Continue reading →: Randy's 27th Birthday Party
Randy’s birthday was on Monday, and Ann, Joon-Mo, Tarun, and I took him out to Todai Restaurant in the Vallco Shopping Mall in Cupertino. Todai is a franchise operation that serves an extensive all-you-can-eat Japanese seafood buffet. Food critic, Elmer Dills, called Todai the “Mother of all Seafood Buffets” and…
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Continue reading →: Welcome To Placerville
Placerville. It’s a name that conjures up images of the prototypical American small town like Smallville or Pleasantville. Formerly known as Hangtown, Placerville is located in the Sierra Foothills of Northern California’s El Dorado County, sandwiched between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe. This past weekend, I travelled with my family up…
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Continue reading →: 2002 Bowling Calendar
Can you believe that the year is already halfway through? What to do with the rest of 2002?!? If you’re the planning type, then get your printer and pencil handy with these commemorative, special edition rest of 2002 Cambrian Bowl Team Members Calendar! Meet team members such as Randy, Nelson,…
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Continue reading →: Boss' 5th Birthday Party
On Saturday, I went to Boss’ 5th birthday party at Serra Park. The great weather brought out a number of people to this Sunnyvale park. I ran into some Palm people, including Trevor, his wife Julie and son Curtis, and Yannick and his family. Natasha, of course, was there to…
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Continue reading →: Fourth COBA Meeting
Workflow was the topic of discussion at this month’s Canon Owners of the Bay Area user group meeting, held for the first time at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center behind Stanford University. Thanks to Stuart Metcalfe for arranging the meeting location, which we’ll likely use for future COBA meetings. Before…
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Continue reading →: Solar Eclipses and Sophia
About 70% of the sun was covered by the moon in the early evening of June 10, 2002 in much of North America. Maximum coverage occurred at around 6:20 pm PST, which was still an hour and a half away from sunset this time of year. It would have been…






