Photo: Mitch, me, and Matt at Don Quixote in Shibuya, Japan, with our giant inflated Pocky sticks I woke up early Saturday morning to pack up and head to the airport for Japan. The first time I stepped out my apartment door, I forgot the plastic case for my retainer, so I went back and…Continue Reading…

Tonight I went to Quán ?c in District 4 for some snails. They are quite delicious. Here are some of the kinds we ate: Oc móng tay – fingernail snail Oc mo – snail with different skin Oc huong – the most expensive snail I rode on the back of a motorbike to get to…Continue Reading…

Yesterday, I went to Pasadena City College and helped a friend learn how to use her MacBook. One of the problems she had was that Apple Mail had stopped working with Gmail. It was correctly configured to use IMAP, and it was working in the past, but now new emails were failing to appear. If…Continue Reading…

I apologize for the scattered, unorganized nature of this post. It’s been a while since I last blogged. I didn’t have time to write a short blog post, so I wrote a long, rambling one instead. I spent all day learning about the cell carriers here in Vancouver, Canada. There are many options, all with…Continue Reading…

I’ve been thinking about this for a long while, and today I found that Cédric Beust has put my thoughts into words: What I really need is an extension that lets me switch to a tab by typing a few letters from either its title or its content. Just now, as I was starting to…Continue Reading…

I don’t think the iPhone 4 antenna issue should be fixed for two reasons. 1: It does not occur if you use a case. If you don’t use a case, you can hold the phone a different way. 2: It’s caused by the laws of physics. It’s like saying that your MacBook Air is easier…Continue Reading…