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Continue reading →: Low-Key Hillclimbs 2015 #1: Montebello RoadThis has been a very good year for completing my fitness goals. I have been able to lose a significant amount of weight, break my high school running times in the 5K and half marathon, and build good strength through pull-ups. Until this weekend, however, I had been neglecting my…
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Continue reading →: Remembering Alex KingIt is with great sadness that I learned my friend, Alex King passed away last night. We were fortunate to visit him and his family last month in Colorado. Alex and I shared a love for photography and technology. We worked on many projects over the years, including the original…
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Continue reading →: Minimalist Uniform Update – July 2015It’s been five months since I started my minimalist uniform project, and I’m still wearing the same set of clothes when I go outside of the house. After the first week, I got the sleeves shortened on the Wool & Prince button-down gray oxford shirt. It was also the first…
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Continue reading →: The HP Color LaserJet Pro M252dw – Successor to the Venerable HP LaserJet 6MP PrinterI’m finally retiring the HP LaserJet 6MP printer that I’ve had since graduating from college and replacing it with an HP Color LaserJet M252dw. Released in October, 1996, LaserJet 6MP was designed to work best with Macintosh computers. It featured a Postscript compatibility, a LocalTalk port, two Parallel Ports, and an Infrared port.…
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Continue reading →: I Got My Body Composition Analyzed by Body-Spec’s DXA Scanner, and Here are the ResultsOn Saturday, I went to the Brick House Fitness center in San Jose, where BodySpec was conducting body fat, muscle and bone scans using a General Electric dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scanner (DXA or DEXA) housed inside the BodySpec RV. I spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of BodySpec, Jason…
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Continue reading →: Fit at 40… Before and After a 30 Pound Weight LossThis post serves as a marker for my weight loss journey as I say goodbye to my 30s and say hello to my 40s. Regular readers, friends and family will note that I’ve been running and doing pull-ups like a madman over the past 8-9 months. At my heaviest, I…
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Continue reading →: Save Money Each Month By Buying Your Cable ModemLate in 2014, I was making some adjustments to my Comcast plan and I realized that I was paying an additional $8.00/month to rent a cable modem for the past eight years — nearly $800! I recommend people to ditch the rental and buy your own cable modem. From Amazon,…
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Continue reading →: The Minimalist ClosetIt’s been a week since I started my minimalist uniform project; it’s going well, but I’ve made a few tweaks into the plan. First, I decided that having fifty cotton t-shirts to wear around the house defeated the purpose of the project. So, I found a deal on an Icebreaker…
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Continue reading →: My Minimalist Uniform Project for 2015Since my exercise and weight loss journey began in the middle of 2014, I have lost about five inches off my waist (34 inches to 29 inches). That custom tailored double-breasted suit from Hong Kong that I got in the summer of 1995? I’m glad that style is coming back…







