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Continue reading →: Wushu Central Demo
Wushu Central gave a wushu demonstration at the Kid’s Fair held at the Santa Clara Fairgrounds this weekend. Demo practioners include Coach Chang, Liz, Landy, Rae, Lawrence, Sean, Brandon, Kevin, Krista, Tracy, Ashley, and Michelle. They performed various wushu sets such as straightsword, staff, spear, broadsword, drunken sparring, fanzi, straightsword…
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Continue reading →: COBA October 2004
The October 2004 COBA meeting featured a wrapup of the recent Photokina conference in Cologne, Germany, a preview of Canon’s latest products, including the Canon EOS-20D and the EOS-1Ds Mark II, and a demonstration on using graphics tablets. There was a lot of DSLR news coming out of Photokina. In…
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Continue reading →: Supriya and Mitchell
On Sunday afternoon, Rae and I attended the wedding on Supriya and Mitchell at the San Mateo Garden Center. Though I’ve attended numerous Bar and Bat Mitzvah’s growing up in San Diego, I had never been to a Jewish wedding until this weekend. Rabbi Ari Cartun did a great job…
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Continue reading →: Year in 480 Seconds
Last school year, I received an email from the principal at the Mt St Patrick College in Murwillumbah, Australia. He wanted to show his students my Year in 60 Seconds movie to impart the wisdom that “every day is special” and emphasize “the importance of memory.” I created a slower,…
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Continue reading →: Worldwide Newton Conference 2004
I returned Tuesday evening from a month-long trip to Europe. The highlight of the final weekend was the inaugural Worldwide Newton Conference 2004, held at the Hungarian Institute in Paris, France. 8 years ago, I remember practicing Tai-Chi in the mornings right in front of that building! At the time,…
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Continue reading →: Apple Expo Paris
Going through 3200+ images and finding the best ones to tell my European story is taking longer than I expected. I really dislike going through page after page of thumbnails and images. I’ve filtered down to about 1000 images. My goal is to have several hundred to share with you…
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Continue reading →: Cruise Food
Weigh yourself before and after a cruise, and it’s a safe bet to say that you’ll be heavier afterwards. While you might not need to be rolled off the boat, you’ll definitely need to walk or exercise a little bit more to burn off the pounds you packed on during…
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Continue reading →: Constellation
The Celebrity Cruise’s Constellation is a huge cruise ship. When we arrived at the pier in Dover, England, I was astounded by the size of the ship, “Look at the size of that thing!” I figured it was nuclear-powered instead of gas turbine-powered! With a crew complement of nearly 1000…
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Continue reading →: Copengagen, Denmark
Growing up in San Diego, one would expect to see a lot of boats visiting the coastal town. Still, I don’t recall ever seeing as many large boats as I’ve seen in the places we’ve visited on this cruise. Sure, there are tons of smaller personal boats and military vessels…
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Continue reading →: Stockholm, Sweden
Another day at sea, another port of call. Our cruise took us to Stockholm, Sweden. The highlight of the day was visiting the Vasa Museum. The Vasa was a Swedish warship which sunk on its maiden voyage. Years later, they discovered the resting her underwater resting place and raised her…






