Into the New House

Published on May 27, 2008 in Australia under Life

I have a mere 12 minutes until my Laptop (running Ubuntu 7.10) is fully upgraded to the newest release, so it seems like a perfect time to spew a few updates of my own life. The last few weeks have been pretty chaotic, to say the least. Yan-Shih and I ... Read more.

Arrived in Sydney

Published on Sept. 19, 2007 in Australia under Life

We have arrived in Sydney! Our flight wasn't too bad, but shortly upon arrival we realized we didn't fully organize our transportation or accommodation. Either way, we bought a phone card at the airport (which is $10 instead of $2 downtown), and jumped on a bus to downtown. Shortly we ... Read more.

Australia, Here We Come!

Published on June 29, 2007 in Taiwan under Life

Alas, it is finally time for me to say goodbye to Taiwan. Yesterday Yan-Shih and I spent a few hours cutting and pasting our "unlonely planet guide", basically a collection of freely available information in English and Chinese. I even designed a little cover logo, I find parodies quite humorous. ... Read more.

Starting Closure

Published on June 8, 2007 in Taiwan under Life

For the last 16 months I have been living in Taiwan (if it wasn't obvious). Within the next month, that will be coming to an end. Over the next few weeks I will continue studying for the GMAT and finishing my MCSE (hopefully) -- any words of encouragement will be ... Read more.

Taxes, I Hate You

Published on April 14, 2007 in Taiwan under Life

The tax man has come, yet again. I'm especially proud of myself this year: my taxes were 100% done by April 13th, which certainly beat last year (I had about 2 hours left). I fared quie well, and considering I didn't work that much, will even be getting a slight ... Read more.

Birthday Number 24

Published on Feb. 15, 2007 in Taiwan under Life

Yan-Shih's brother owns a coffeeshop and a resteraunt, which means there is random coffee stuff around the house. One of these things is a waffle machine, which as you should know, I love waffles. The main special thing we did on my birthday was have waffles -- for dinner. Plus! ... Read more.

After: Security+

Published on Oct. 4, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

Nailed it. 869 (needed like a 740 to pass). Not too hard, except some of the questions are not correct. Like: To stop an attacker from sniffing a network, what is the correct thing to do? The wrong right answer is "implement a switch." Umm, c'mon. That only falls shortly ... Read more.

Before: Security+

Published on Oct. 4, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

About to take my Security+ test, don't quite know how I feel. Mostly I think I am prepared, I don't know what else I would study. Almost everything seems like common sense, and now I can notice the idiosyncricies of how they phrase the test. I hope. Read more.

Computer Irony

Published on Sept. 11, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

If you google my name (in quotes), you will realize that I'm quite an advocate of OSS and Linux. Heck, just look through my site. Since my background is business oriented, my final choice on software/systems will not be whether it is OSS or not, but what provides the best ... Read more.

In Taiwan!

Published on April 1, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

So I’m in Taiwan. I have so much to write about. Expect an update shortly. Read more.

Sleep, Errands and Cliffs

Published on Sept. 8, 2005 in United States under Life

I am oddly aware that my bedtime is decreasing — tomorrow night for that regard is going to be really painful. Tonight will most likely be the last night that I officially sleep in the United States for quite a while! Such adventure. After briefly reading my last entry I ... Read more.

Really Christmas Eve

Published on Dec. 24, 2004 in England under Life

So I'm at an internet cafe, and it is roasting in here! I'm in London right now, after a pretty hellish flight. We took off from Berlin late, arrived late (after having to taxi a second time) and so missed the last train, then had to take some busses to ... Read more.

Almost Packed and Ready To Go

Published on Dec. 7, 2004 in United States under Life

 So, it is 11:00pm and our flight leaves tomorrow morning at 10:00am. I finished packing thought, hurrah! Made the copy of passports, eating the last meal, and I'm ready to go. Just have to call the parents in the morning to say one last goodbye and send out a few ... Read more.

Best Three Days of my Life

Published on Aug. 28, 2003 in France under Life

This has been the longest three days of my entire life, and do I have a few stories to tell!  Starting on the 25th I guess:July 25th:During this day I decided to basically do two things, one, go to see the Tour de France.  Second, go to Greece a few ... Read more.

Picasso

Published on July 16, 2003 in Spain under Life

hmmm.  I cannot believe how fast time seems to fly by me!  It turns out that I am doing quite a lot of walking, which is fine, but my new Birkinstocks are not entirely broken in.  Currently we are staying at Gothic Point in the middle of the Gothic district.  ... Read more.

Version 3.0 Part Two

Published on Feb. 5, 2007 under Tech Blog

Well, I'm basically all done upgrading to Version 3.0, I deserve a cake or something. Here's the 411: For the past few years I have been using Mambo, then Joomla, to manage the content on my site. It worked quite well, and was in PHP, so I could add or ... Read more.

MBA Funding

Published on March 5, 2007 under Projects

Progress: 10% I've mostly, about 90%, made up my mind to go pursue further education. But one major problem exists: where am I going to get $40-50k (USD)?! I've never been in debt before, and while I know debt-management is important for a company (takes money to make ... Read more.

MCSE: Security

Published on Nov. 8, 2006 under Projects

Status: My buddy Ian and myself have decided to get our MCSEs. However, Ian is a Mac lover, and I can't seem to stay away from Linux (and I'm too cheap right now to buy a MacBook). The irony might be subtle, yet we are ... Read more.

Internet In China (Essay)

Published on Dec. 5, 2005 under Projects

Status: I realized at the end of the 2005 school year that I was going to be two business credits short of graduating. Two! Understandable I think, since I had been working full time or over full time (one to four jobs) for the last three ... Read more.

An Overseas Update

Published on Sept. 30, 2005 under Projects

Status: Kuala Lumpur represents a new adventure for me, and a new project. The goals were simple: update/clean the systems, upgrade the internet connection, give pseudo-voip capability and try to get them on the VPN. Before leaving the states I had to make sure several things ... Read more.

A Division in 30 Days

Published on June 30, 2005 under Projects

Status: On a Friday I was told we might purchase a division from another company. Monday I heard that we purchased the division, and that we needed to have a website taking orders and a call center, capable of handling 500+/day (and not short calls); by ... Read more.