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Hostels in Japan

Here’s where we’ll be staying. The last day of each is check-out day. 3/13: Arrive in Tokyo, Japan 3/13 – 3/14: Sakura Hostel Asakusa 3/14 – 3/18: Peace House Showa (No personal site) 3/18 – 3/19: Yokohama Hostel Village 3/19 – 3/23: Anne Hostel Asakusabashi 3/23: Leave from Tokyo, Japan Thanks to Sherwin and Kerjun…Continue Reading…

New Theme

I’ve selected the Tarski theme. Here’s what my blog used to look like: And take a look at the live site to see what the new theme looks like. A Bit of Preparation for Japan I’m going to Japan for Spring Break with four friends. We’ll be there 10 days. Sherwin and I went to…Continue Reading…

OS X 10.5.6 on Eee PC 1000H

I’m preparing for my trip to Japan by installing Mac OS X on my Asus Eee PC 1000H. I went to Fry’s Electronics yesterday with my friends from the Acts college fellowship at EFCW. I picked up a 2 GB SODIMM stick for $20 — an excellent deal IMHO. Here’s a good guide for the…Continue Reading…

Physics 152, EE 454, CS 477, CS 480

These are the classes I’m taking this semester. I thought I’d do a brief overview of them while they’re in mind. Phys 152: second semester physics, covering electricity and magnetism. It’s been a long time since I took first semester physics and calculus, so this might be one of my harder classes. We had our…Continue Reading…

Charging an Apple iPhone using a MacBook Pro

I bought my iPhone on the first day it was released. That was June 29, 2007 — well over a year ago. The battery still works well — usually lasting a full day under normal use. But if it’s taken to areas with weak cell coverage, and used extensively for maps, traffic, email, news, and…Continue Reading…

Bailout money a drain on the economy

It’s pretty obvious nobody should ever have received any bailout money. On Wednesday morning, the CEOs of America‘s top remaining financial institutions — JP Morgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Bank of New York Mellon and State Street — sat before the House Financial Services Committee to explain what…Continue Reading…