Of Noogler times
Found this while spring-cleaning: Must have got this on my first day at Google, 12 years ago! Resolved not to hold on to things out of pure nostalgia (or there would be more of them than ones I use)…
Life
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A unique set of fortune cookies
Monthly recap (October 2022)
Minor updates * Pre-ordered the illustrated version of “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, which arrived a couple of weeks ago * Some dental mishaps * Diwali * Halloween (felt like back…
Halloween moon
Monthly Recap (September 2022)
Major update(s) * Went for a 10k run * Dental implants Minor updates * AC stopped working on the hottest weekend of the summer, had to get a whole new one installed * Various meeting-peopl…
Running again
Many ups and downs with running in my life: I was a couch potato for 25 years, then ran my first 5k, then stopped for about five years. I ran a half-marathon ten years ago, then repeated this every…
On kids' activities (as a parent)
Some wisdom from HackerNews: Kids want to be doing what other kids today are doing. Hearing “I loved this as a kid” from a parent can doom something right from the start. Kids want their own experien…
Obsolescence
My Powerbeats headphones broke apart today. I wanted to get a replacement, but I found it isn't made any more. I looked for the closest equivalent and didn't find one 1. I found this compar…
Monthly Summary: Aug 2022
Major update(s) * Nearly a week in Big Island * A month-long saga of problems with my car came to an end, able to drive again Minor update(s) * Playdates * School re-opened!…
Monthly recap: July 2022
Major update(s) * An "almost forty" birthday party for me and Shivi * Car trouble (more on this later) Minor update(s) * Found a new used books store in Menlo Park * "Family boa…
Trains
In a bit of a grim co-incidence, soon after I wrote this earlier post, I find that in the space of a month, there have already been two people who were killed when hit by the Caltrain in Mountain View…
The understory of used books
I bought a used book after a really long time, and found in it the original receipt for when it was bought. In this case, the receipt was from 12 years ago, from a store that I used to frequent a lot…