Just about any time I take a long walk in the city, I remember how much personal history I have here.
The long walk down Wisconsin Avenue back to Tenleytown, done more than a few times after a night out at Georgetown. The sudden realization that sometimes, I’m not lost above ground downtown and know where [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Baking is chemistry, I know this. This appeals to that geeky part of me that likes to think about all of the ingredients coming together and performing an experiment.
When the experiment is successful, I’ve got something to share and give to friends. When it’s not, well, I hope I don’t have that many baking failures. [...]
Man, they patched the hell out of this thing.
UI improvements are the first thing that caught my eye. I can’t say anything about stability yet because, well, I’m here writing this and not playing the game because it crashed out when I started typing in chat during a heated space battle.
Still, it’s a lot of [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
So, in a complete and utter turnaround from what I had advised a friend, I am going to talk about my baking experience.
Short story. This morning, I realized that hanging in the banana hanger were just about to be overripe bananas. I also had a copy of How to Cook Everything.
I think you know how [...]
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
I don’t, as a rule, bring up race. More often than I’d like, I find that I’m placed into a situation where it is an issue.
But growing up Asian is awesome, right? Don’t I get the perks of Asian stereotypes, for instance, “hard working,” “model minority,” and “smart?”
Sadly, it depends, like most stereotypes, on your [...]
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
My camera, well, maybe I should clarify, my serious camera, is the Nikon D70. It’s pretty old and secondhand. By old, I mean It’s about six years old, and that in camera years is about one hundred and fifty. Although I got a good deal on it at the time, I almost weep when I [...]
When I was shooting film, I don’t remember self portraits being this difficult to do. I’ve been doing a round of self portraits lately, where I’m juggling and then taking the picture. The difficult thing is my need to tweak settings after each shot.
I guess that’s the whole point of the exercise though. I’m getting [...]