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Apr 19, 2023: Empty Yesterday was the first time I received an empty product package from Amazon! Luckily, Amazon makes it easy to report and get a replacement (at least …

Mar 14, 2023: Disappointed Later in the conversation, Swinton said, “I’m about to shoot a picture in Ireland, and I was told to wear a mask at all times, and I’m not.” …

Feb 28, 2023: Consequences “Don’t gloss this over by saying it’s politics or it’s cancel culture,” he said. “If you’re going to offend …

Feb 26, 2023: How Will Anything Change? Everything is a conspiracy. How ‘15-minute cities’ turned into an international conspiracy theory They claimed he wanted to confine …

Feb 22, 2023: Crazy Cool! Cool! “It’s bananas,” said Erica Nelson, co-author of the new research and assistant professor of astrophysics at CU Boulder. “You just don’t expect …

Feb 21, 2023: Seeking Dashcam Advice Does anyone have an opinion on dash cams? I’ve been thinking of installing a dash cam for several months. Over the last few years, drivers in my …

Feb 1, 2023: Large Storage Question Does anyone have experience with hard drive enclosures like this? SABRENT USB 3.2 5 Bay 3.5" SATA Hard Drive Tray Less Docking Station I’m …

Feb 1, 2023: My QNAP Died It’s confirmed, my QNAP NAS died a horrible death last night after an attempted firmware upgrade. Searching on Reddit it seems I wasn’t …

Jan 31, 2023: My QNAP NAS appears to have died during a firmware upgrade. Well, this sucks!

Jan 29, 2023: Shazam is Anti-Vax Shazam’s Zachary Levi In Anti-Vax Controversy I’m so glad I’m not on Twitter. Maybe I need to take a break from any news as well?

Jan 28, 2023: Ok, last video. NewJeans with “OMG”.

Jan 28, 2023: Then Blackpink’s Shutdown

Jan 28, 2023: I’m heading down a YouTube rabbit hole of K-pop dance practice videos. First up, BTS Run BTS.

Jan 25, 2023: For those who have migrated their blog from elsewhere, do you fix old posts with broken links and format issues? Or do you just let it be?

Nov 16, 2022: Ticketmaster SNAFU Buying tickets has been problematic for a very long time. Back in my record store employee days, people needed to line up to get tickets. This old …

Oct 2, 2020: What to Write on a Blog? Where do you begin on a new blog? I imagine this blog will be similar to my last attempt at blogging. The previous effort lasted for some time. The …

Jul 13, 2019: Panoramic iPhone Photos Trying a few panoramic photos with the iPhone XS Max while in Hawaii. Click each photo to get a better view. 📷 Ko Olina Lagoon 4 Sunset at Ko Olina …

Oct 27, 2018: Getting New Tires Today My MINI stripped of its wheels. Don’t worry, she’ll be getting some new ones soon.

Oct 27, 2018: I’m leaning towards Smugmug and Micro.blog since I don’t post long form entries much. And Micro.blog is nice just to share a link or two. …

Oct 27, 2018: Trying to determine if I’m really going to blog more or is it wishful thinking? If I do blog, will it be photos, links, or long form? …

Oct 7, 2018: Nighttime Photo with iPhone XS Max This nighttime photo was taken with iPhone XS Max. It turned out OK, didn’t it?

Oct 4, 2018: Concert photo of Garbage at the Fox Theater in Oakland, California last night. They played a lot of obscure or b-side tracks.

May 11, 2018: When The Dubs Hit The Turbo Button When The Dubs Hit The Turbo Button "The Warriors will tell you that they don't always know when it will happen, cannot always sense the start of an …

Aug 30, 2017: Disagreeing with Facts “I think one of the reasons that that example comes to mind is because this is a report of facts and research,” she said. “This is a summary of really …

Aug 21, 2017: My Eclipse Time-lapse [wpvideo WCAPv9pw ] Not much of a timelapse. I’m impressed by the clouds more than the partial eclipse

Aug 20, 2017: Help Me Help You "I used to cycle through disbelief, shame, anger. Now I just show compassion and move on," she added. I’ve heard this happening myself while in the …

Aug 17, 2017: Childhood Nightmares Trilogy of Terror was something I should have never watched as a kid. The little warrior doll scares the hell out of me, even today! (via the loop)

Aug 13, 2017: Breakfast the Other Day The girls and I went to breakfast at the local diner the other day. They find eating at a diner so comforting. 📷

Jun 29, 2017: Enjoyed the beach today with the family.

Jun 3, 2017: The beach last week.

Apr 27, 2017: It begins… I hope to start posting more soon.

Jan 20, 2017: Thank You, Mr President

May 4, 2015: Clean I have been here blogging on and off since 2001. Lately, I’ve been in the off mode. Life has been busy for the last six years. Raising kids, changing …

Feb 27, 2015: You're Doing it Wrong - Scrambled Eggs One common mistake people make when cooking scrambled eggs is adding milk or cream. You may have been whisking your eggs with milk since you were a …

Feb 27, 2015: Goodbye Mr. Spock I always felt great knowing I shared a birthday with Mr. Spock. As has been said on the interwebs today, he did live long and prosper.

Jan 13, 2015: Conversing with Graecyn I took this 90-second video when I picked up Graecyn and Mia at Mama and Papa’s house. Graecyn was in a conversating mood.

Jan 5, 2015: IKEA's The Other Letter Very touching IKEA holiday commercial.

Nov 6, 2014: Star Wars: The Force Awakens? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Star Wars (@starwars) Not too sure how I feel about this. I suppose it could be a worse …

Oct 12, 2014: Mia Jumping Mia having fun during Susana’s birthday celebration. We were upstairs just finishing watching Susana open her presents when Mia decided to leap …

Jul 21, 2014: In The City Once Again The girls are in the City once again. Farrah sent me the above photo from the Palace of Fine Arts. I wish I could be up there with them enjoying the …

Jul 15, 2014: Comcast Does Not Listen I had a similar conversation with Comcast when I was simply trying to find out how many Filipino stations they offered. DirecTV offers eleven Filipino …

Jul 10, 2014: @SearsAuto My Experience Sucked This is a simple story of a bad customer experience turning into a worse one by the day. My truck battery was on its last legs. I managed to get it …

Jul 9, 2014: Tracking The KizON wearable also features a ‘One Step Direct Call’ button, which lets parents contact their children easily. If the kid fails to answer a call …

Jul 7, 2014: Empty Chair A very effective commercial for a very good beer. Damn advertising!

Jun 30, 2014: Parenthood - Apple Ad Damn these Apple commercials keep getting better all the time. They are very smart now, showing what apps are highlighted in the commercial. They are …

Jun 27, 2014: #LikeAGirl I always knew I would have girls, just a feeling growing up with two sisters. I know they’ll have problems like any other kids. I hope they will …

May 23, 2014: RUN Jay-Z & Beyonce - Run [Cinematic Trailer] from Tony Zeven Curtis on Vimeo. Manage to get tickets to the second concert at AT&T Park. …

May 23, 2014: Lucky They Have Competition For several months, Amazon has been quietly discouraging the sales of Hachette’s physical books by several techniques — cutting the customer’s …

Dec 22, 2013: Seeing Santa The Santa Claus at Stanford Shopping Center has been our staple Santa over the years. The only other time we saw Santa Claus elsewhere was in Hawaii. …

Nov 11, 2013: Check Out Fan comic take on Batman and the Joker’s last dance. A bit bloody and violent, but it’s worth a quick read if you are a Batman fan.

Nov 11, 2013: Experimenting with a Nexus 5 Decent article on Ars Technica about what I’m doing now - an iPhone user using a Nexus 5. I hope to write a few words about this in the weeks to …

Nov 11, 2013: GPA and Tweets Of 381 college admissions officers who answered a Kaplan telephone questionnaire this year, 31 percent said they had visited an applicant’s Facebook …

Nov 5, 2013: Sharing in the Morning It’s always tough getting the girls ready in the morning. Sometimes they place nice, like this morning. This gives mom and dad the opportunity …

Nov 5, 2013: Big King or Big Mac It must be aslow news day. But seriously, why would you eat at either of these places since you have other burger joint choices? Though the fries and …

Nov 5, 2013: Everpix is No More Excellent service, but now it is (will) be gone. I did pay for the year, so I was supporting the product and service. It makes me wonder, will Loom be …

Oct 31, 2013: Panasonic Concedes on Plasma As the owner of a 65-inch plasma television, this is bad news. But newer technology will arise that will displace LCDs as well.

Oct 31, 2013: Days of Future Past The new X-Men trailer is something to see. It looks like a good movie, but trailers can be deceiving. I hope they don’t mess up this great comic …

Oct 25, 2013: MLB Team Valuations The San Francisco Giants placed 6th on this Bloomberg chart. Not bad. Of course, the Yankees are 1st.

Oct 23, 2013: Sherlock Series 3 Premiere Date Sherlock will return to PBS Masterpiece on Jan. 19 at 10 p.m. That means the show will air back-to-back for the first time with that other hugely …

Oct 21, 2013: Vaccine Deniers But there’s a big difference between not eating GMOs and not getting a vaccine. If I don’t eat a corn chip at my local taqueria because I have doubts …

Oct 18, 2013: Wolverine is Fired Funny clip about why Wolverine is no longer an X-Men.

Oct 17, 2013: The Sistine Chapel Problem In the 530-plus years since he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, the Renaissance artist’s famous frescoes have been dealt a …

Oct 17, 2013: Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Photos have been posted on BBC’s website from the upcoming special. I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Oct 17, 2013: Bath in Motion I love the time Farrah and I spent in Bath, London, and Paris. This video covers areas in Bath. It makes me want to go back again. Click the image to …

Oct 11, 2013: Photos of Proposed Apple Campus Photo exclusive on MercuryNews.com. The last photo of the model gives the campus some scale against Highway 280, which I think is toward the front. …

Oct 11, 2013: Facebook no longer lets users hide from search Another setting disabled. Seriously considering deactivating my Facebook account again.

Oct 11, 2013: Instagram Video Autoplay Enabled It seems the setting to disable autoplay of videos, which I enabled immediately when videos started posting on Instagram, is no longer there. This is …

Oct 9, 2013: iPhone Pacifier Trying to calm Graecyn down, who is sitting in the back seat, with the iPhone camera. Of course I’m recording it.

Oct 8, 2013: Nest Protect - A Thoughtful Smoke Detector Add this to the list of things to put in the house. It looks like a smart addition, especially if you use several of them to determine where in the …

Oct 7, 2013: I Do NOT Want This for Christmas The Samsung Galaxy Gear watch looks like a stinker. At least the first version of it. I’m sure when - and if - Apple comes out with a wearable …

Oct 7, 2013: iPhone 5s Tips and Tricks from Apple Apple came up with a tips page on how to use the features in iOS 7 and iPhone 5s. Take a good quick scan for some tips!

Oct 4, 2013: Wonder Woman Short Film Interesting short film concept of Wonder Woman. Nicely made, though no dialog, and more action sort of like 300. I don’t know if Wonder Woman …

Oct 4, 2013: AppleCare or Not? I’m the one in the family who is asked, “Which Apple product should I get?” I am also asked, “Should I get AppleCare?” …

Oct 3, 2013: 100 Great Children's Books Great list from the New York Public Library. I love The Story of Ferdinand, Goodnight Moon, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and The Very Hungry …

Oct 3, 2013: Cue Shuts Down I used Cue for over a year while I was at my previous job. It was a nice app and service, though I didn’t find any of the add-on features …

Oct 2, 2013: Lorde at The Fillmore General admission. Standing room only. A combination I do not look forward to in a concert. But if the artist and venue are right, I will endure. And …

Sep 27, 2013: The Average Woman Images of women from 41 different ethnicities were laid over one another before a computer programme deduced the common look Unfortunately, there …

Sep 27, 2013: Han Shot First A short video with four simple rules to make the next Star Wars movies great. They seem to be all valid points.

Sep 25, 2013: Bond Goes Solo A new James Bond novel. But it’s set in 1969. It might still be worth a read.

Sep 25, 2013: A Gold Samsung Galaxy S4 Seriously Samsung? I wonder what shade of gold it will be. The Samsung Galaxy S4 has an excellent plastic feeling back, so the gold may be the gaudy …

Sep 23, 2013: Not Enough Demand The Apple iPhone 5s and 5c sold a estimated 9M units this past weekend. Not bad for devices that lack innovation.

Sep 20, 2013: Success! I knew how I was going to purchase a new iPhone on launch day. I was going to do it online, not stand in line at an Apple Store. I had heard the best …

Sep 19, 2013: Check Those Expiration Dates Eggs, for example, can be consumed three to five weeks after purchase, even though the "use by" date is much earlier. A box of mac-and-cheese stamped …

Sep 18, 2013: Battling Wardrobing Wardrobing is the purchasing clothing, using it, and then returning it to the store for a refund. I was aware of the practice but did not know it had …

Sep 18, 2013: Apps Before and After Pics Do you wonder how the look and feel of apps change before upgrading to iOS 7? Well, tapframe’s page can give you a sense of the changes.

Sep 18, 2013: Upgrading to iOS 7 Thinking of upgrading your iOS device today? You should read this article on Macworld on how to prep for the upgrade.

Sep 17, 2013: Google releases a new version of Google Wallet dumps NFC requirement When the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s were announced, people in the office I work in commented, “And it doesn’t have NFC?!?!?” Looks like …

Sep 17, 2013: Racist Rants About Miss America Winner But within minutes of winning the title, Davuluri, whose talent routine was a Bollywood fusion dance, was the target of racist social media comments. …

Sep 17, 2013: Dining Out with Kids Etiquette Tips for San Francisco Of course, families should eat out—especially in a city such as San Francisco where young palates can be exposed to a wide array of flavors. What’s …

Sep 17, 2013: Color Me Rad Confident before the run. This past weekend, Farrah, Fina, Kristel, Kay, Chantel, and Marisa took part in the 5K Color Me Rad run. It was held at the …

Sep 11, 2013: Underground Water Discovered in Kenya "We are facing something completely new and we have to be careful," Gachet continues. "I don't want to see this land in the hands of [foreign] …

Sep 11, 2013: Innovation Expectation But nowadays, Wall Street sees Apple very differently — and this morning’s much-hyped iPhone announcements from the tech giant did little to stop its …

Aug 27, 2013: The Unhealthy Choice After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students …

Aug 27, 2013: What Does It Taste Like? The London Underground map has inspired a range of spin-offs over the years, with everything from musical icons to popular restaurants plotted along …

Aug 26, 2013: Miley Cyrus VMA Performance That young lady, who is 20, is obviously deeply troubled, deeply disturbed. Probably has confidence issues, probably an eating disorder. And I don't …

Aug 23, 2013: Ben Affleck is Batman I don’t agree with the choice. It’s going to set back the Batman franchise, even though this is occurring in a Superman-Batman film. …

Aug 12, 2013: Rumored Apple iPhone Event September 10 This was confirmed by The Loop so it must be true. I’m really looking forward to a new iPhone, having been with the iPhone 4S for close to two …

Aug 10, 2013: Every Second on the Internet It’s amazing how the Internet has grown.

Jul 30, 2013: The Cost of Being a Super Hero To live and breathe as Spider-Man, about 83K. Hulk? 415K Batman? 135M. Wolverine? 23.5M. And finally, to live as Superman, it would cost 24K a year. I …

Jul 15, 2013: Fired via Text Message According to the cook, at least 12 other employees received the same message. The surprise Fourth of July firing gave no notice, the employee said. …

Jul 11, 2013: Ziva Leaving NCIS Cote de Pablo is invoking Gibbs’ Rule No. 11 — “When the job is done, walk away” — and has decided to leave CBS' NCIS. Why is it that the female lead …

Jul 7, 2013: Renting Lego Pleygo seems like an interesting idea, renting Lego pieces for the kids. As long as the process is as described, it might be something to consider …

Jun 27, 2013: Yahoo! News Makeover I normally use Yahoo! News to get my online news. Went there today and thought the CSS for the page didn’t load as it looked stark. But I guess …

Jun 26, 2013: Please Put Your Cellphone in the Refridgerator Why a refrigerator? The answer does not, as some might assume, have anything to do with temperature. In fact, it does not matter particularly if the …

Jun 25, 2013: Planets Closer to Us Ron Miller, a former art director for NASA, used digital trickery to superimpose scale drawings of Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and …

Jun 22, 2013: The Fragmentation Argument Siri–the semi-intelligent virtual assistant feature–has been available on the iPhone since the iPhone 4S launched with iOS 5. However, Siri did not …

Jun 21, 2013: Matt Says Goodbye Never thought someone could take David Tennant’s place as the Doctor Who. But now I can’t imagine anyone taking Matt Smith’s place. …

Jun 21, 2013: Cover Songs By Monster Enjoy the Silence is one of my favorite Depeche Mode songs. This cover is great! Cover Version 4 from Kristof Luyckx on Vimeo.

Jun 21, 2013: Sidewalk Biking Per San Francisco Transportation Code 7.2.12 it is illegal and unsafe to ride on the sidewalk if you are over the age of 13. Not to mention there have …

Jun 21, 2013: Eating Cake You can have diabetes and have a piece of cake. You cannot have diabetes and eat a whole cake. Paula Deen can sure give out great advice. (via 7 …

Jun 19, 2013: Testing the Tubes “The aim is to create a better understanding of how to respond in the event of them being deliberately or accidentally released” A few days old story …

Jun 18, 2013: Time I feel I don’t have enough time during any given day. At least not enough to do what I want, when I want to do it. This is why my blogging …

Mar 15, 2013: Graecyn Mumbling youtube.com/shorts/gm… Graecyn is watching sitting back and watching Justin Timberlake’s fifth appearance on Saturday Night Live. I think …

Mar 3, 2013: Mia Following Kaleb Mia follows Kaleb up a hill during Kaiden’s first birthday party. Mia and Kaleb were blowing bubbles outside during Kaiden’s first …

Jan 23, 2013: Encourage or Discourage But rather than tell people they can’t shoot their food — the food they are so proud to eat that they need to share it immediately with everyone they …

Jan 23, 2013: Why I Bought Boys' Underwear For My Daughter Yes, it’s sexist, but it’s also just weird and sad. Why can a boy walk around with Yoda on his underwear, but a young female "Star Wars" fan can’t? …

Dec 4, 2012: Hallelujah Leonard Cohen "I wanted to push the Hallelujah deep into the secular world, into the ordinary world," he once said. "The Hallelujah, the David's Hallelujah, was …

Nov 19, 2012: Mia and a Sunday Afternoon Are you looking at me? We were hanging out in the living room on a Sunday afternoon before baby Graecyn’s arrival when I took this photo. Mia …

Nov 17, 2012: My iPhone 4S Camera Issue I wanted to take a photo of Graecyn yesterday with my iPhone 4S. I launched the camera app from the lock screen. The familiar shutter image appeared …

Nov 9, 2012: Graecyn Belle Graecyn Belle was born at 1:50am on November 8. 2012. She weighs 6 lbs 10 oz, and is 19 1/2 inches long, with a thick head of hair like her sister. …

Nov 6, 2012: Four More Years Yes!

Nov 6, 2012: Induction Day The plan today is to induce labor since Farrah isn’t showing any signs of giving birth as of yet. They asked Farrah to call in at 7 AM to see …

Oct 31, 2012: Mia and the Harvest Festival Mia enjoying snacks from the Harvest Festival at daycare. Instead of celebrating Halloween at daycare, they have a Harvest Festival. Parents are …

Oct 30, 2012: Kelly Lynch and the Murray Brothers By the way, speaking of Bill Murray, every time Road House is on and he or one of his idiot brothers are watching TV—and they’re always watching …

Oct 30, 2012: Disney Set to Aquire Lucasfilm Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for release in 2015, with more feature films expected to continue the Star Wars saga and grow the franchise well into …

Oct 29, 2012: Mia Enjoying a Sunny Day Mia Enjoying a Sunny Day This photo was taken back on April 21, 2012. Mia was watching us break down the cardboard boxes that had piled up in the …

Oct 21, 2012: Vertex On Friday morning Farrah and I went to the hospital for the version procedure. We went as prepared as could be. It was odd, walking to Labor and …

Oct 18, 2012: Breech About two weeks ago Farrah had an ultrasound to check the baby’s size. The ultrasound showed that the baby is a healthy-sized baby girl. But …

Oct 17, 2012: Debate Fodder Gotta love the political season. I didn’t get much out of the debate, but it was fun to watch the highlights. I pretty much have my mind made …

Oct 17, 2012: Verizon is Watching "We're able to view just everything that they do," Bill Diggins, U.S. chief for the Verizon Wireless marketing initiative, told an industry conference …

Sep 26, 2012: Andy Williams, 'Moon River' singer, dies at 84 Andy Williams, whose soothing baritone and relaxed performing style made him one of America's top pop vocalists and a popular TV variety-show host in …

Sep 20, 2012: West Wing Reunion of Sorts Brought to you by Bridget Mary McCormack, who is running for the Michigan Supreme Court. It seems Bridget is the big sister of Mary McCormack who …

Sep 18, 2012: Why the Fugees Broke Up I always wanted to know why they broke up. I figure it was relationships within the group that broke down. They did end on a high note, I suppose.

Sep 7, 2012: Meet Apple's Favorite Blogger The bottom line: John Gruber makes an estimated $500,000 a year from his blog Daring Fireball. But his relationship with Apple is priceless. I enjoy …

Sep 6, 2012: Downton Abbey Series 3 Trailer I know someone who is looking forward to this…and it’s not me.

Sep 2, 2012: Apple - iPhone 4S - Tips and Tricks With these simple tips and tricks, you’ll learn all the things your intelligent assistant, your remarkable camera, and your amazing iPhone 4S can do. …

Aug 27, 2012: No Reservations: The Final Tour I guess there are only so many places you can visit and talk about food.

Aug 24, 2012: Mother and Daughter Trying to recreate a photo from Farrah’s childhood. We’ll need to go back to Hawaii and try again. Trying to recreate a photo from …

Aug 10, 2012: Numbers 228. 44. Two numbers. Just numbers. The first number is the highest it has been in my life. It has increased by leaps and bounds over the years. At …

Aug 2, 2012: Doctor Who Series 7 Trailer Oh, I can’t wait. But I sure don’t look forward to seeing Amy and Rory leave.

Jun 29, 2012: My Gazelle.com Experience I just sold a somewhat old gadget to Gazelle.com. It is the first time I’ve tried selling back an old electronic device - that still had …

Jun 20, 2012: Girls I have always been surrounded by women. I grew up with two older sisters who tormented me through childhood. Most of the managers I’ve worked …

Jun 15, 2012: Vending Machine Pizza I’d give this a try.

Jun 10, 2012: Too Many iOS Camera Apps? A lot of photo apps, right? Seems like I’ve bought a ton of iPhone camera apps. But there is so much more. The latest one I have been using is …

Jun 10, 2012: Searching for Answers - Quick Review of Prometheus Prometheus The tagline for the movie is: They went looking for our beginning. What they found could be our end. Synopsis: Ridley Scott does science …

Jun 10, 2012: Django Unchained Teaser Trailer Ah, Quentin Tarantino’s movie for Christmastime. Nice. I’m not a big Jamie Foxx fan though, but I’ll probably watch this film. (via …

Jun 10, 2012: Garden of Your Mind I don’t think I ever imagined Mister Rogers being remixed, but it has been done. I was not a big Mister Rogers watcher when I was a kid. But …

May 31, 2012: Posting Photos New and Old I have been on a photo publishing streak lately. I have tried to be diligent to post new photos quickly, as well as going back to posting older …

May 21, 2012: The Top Five Films I’m Interested in Watching This Summer I think I’ll be able to actually watch a few films this summer. If all works out, I hope to watch the following movies. Half are comic book-based …

May 21, 2012: AMC Bought by Chinese Conglomerate The Wanda Group, a Chinese conglomerate with extensive interests in the entertainment business, has agreed to acquire AMC Entertainment, North …

May 21, 2012: Skyfall - Teaser Trailer A very calm and cool James Bond. I’m looking forward to this one.

May 18, 2012: The Talk Show Moves Networks One of my favorite podcasts has unexpectedly moved podcast networks! It was previously on 5by5 but is now on the Mule Radio. I don’t know the …

May 16, 2012: Stick the Landing Three Point Landing Want to look cool? Stick a three-point landing just like your favorite action movie.

May 14, 2012: Mia on a Merry-Go-Round After a Sunday Mother’s Day Brunch at Coconut Grove, we all headed down to the Boardwalk to watch Mia ride the merry-go-round. She did well for …

May 6, 2012: The Avengers Farrah and I were able to actually watch another movie! Last week we finally saw The Hunger Games - which I would rate Matinee. This week we watched …

Mar 30, 2012: Again Mia watching an iPad It has been a while. Again. Life has just been busy. But I have a few moments right now to put down a few thoughts. As I write …

Feb 12, 2012: Grilled Cheese Please! View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Feb 2, 2012: Future Table Tennis Champ This is how you build a future champion, by starting them off young.

Feb 1, 2012: I'll Be Using Redbox More Often I just lowered my Netflix account to streaming only. I’ll only rent DVDs - which I don’t often do - from Redbox now. Warner Bros.' deal …

Jan 30, 2012: Mia Izobel - Hummingbird for Life Hummingbird for Life Today was Mia’s last day with the Hummingbirds at 2nd Gen, the daycare at Genentech. She was there for fifteen months under …

Jan 30, 2012: Game of Thrones - Season 2 Trailer I’m excited about the new season. But I seriously need to watch the last few episodes from last season. I’m a bit behind, but I do know …

Jan 27, 2012: Warner Bros Messing with your Netflix Queue ...Warner Brothers are now imposing additional stipulations for its DVD movie new releases. Starting Feb. 1, the company has decided to restrict …

Jan 26, 2012: Nothing but Nuggets A teenage girl who has eaten almost nothing else apart from chicken nuggets for 15 years has been warned by doctors that junk food is killing her. …

Jan 24, 2012: 10 Misconceptions A new video by C.G.P. Grey about 10 common misconceptions. Good to know, except for the last one. I could have gone through life without knowing this …

Jan 18, 2012: What's with the blacked out sites today? PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo. It’s best explained by this short video. It is important to know if …

Jan 17, 2012: String Theory: Can You Design Tampon Packaging That Doesn't Suck? Anything can use a little redesign. It’s all about presentation. How Hokschirr came up with idea: “I started thinking about which products I use …

Jan 17, 2012: Anthony Bourdain comments on Paula Deen's diabetes Paula Deen having diabetes was previously a rumor but now has turned into fact. She’s known for three years. We can look forward to People or Us …

Jan 17, 2012: Hello, is it me you're looking for? Hello from Matthijs_Vlot on Vimeo via (Daring Fireball).

Jan 11, 2012: A TARDIS Handbag If you’re a Dr. Who fan and have $250 laying around, you might consider getting a new purse - a TARDIS handbag.

Jan 10, 2012: Why I Hate Android All of this backstory knowledge fuels my rage. When I see Google talk about how “open” the platform is, setting it up as the foil to the “closed” (and …

Jan 9, 2012: Rejected plans for “Walking Dead” Season Two I enjoyed season one a lot. Season two was a snooze-fest. But reading this little story in Entertainment Weekly online (and the link to AICN) makes me …

Jan 9, 2012: This is Really Schticky The ShamWow guy is back with another product. This time it is a reusable lint roller. But, oh, of course, it is so much more.

Jan 6, 2012: Top 7 Common American Hand Gestures That Can Get You in Trouble Abroad Good information to know when traveling to other countries. Nearly everyone all over the globe know that flashing the middle finger is meant as a huge …

Jan 6, 2012: Remaking Art through Photography Interesting blog post on some art pieces remade using real people. Pieces are by various artists such as Frida Kahlo, Gustave Courbet, Annibale …

Jan 6, 2012: The Case of the Nude Actress In this week's BBC-aired episode titled "A Scandal in Belgravia," Holmes has a close encounter with a whip-smart dominatrix, Irene Adler (Lara …

Jan 6, 2012: Spotify - No Longer Free and Unlimited Spotify made its big U.S. debut on July 14, 2011. In one week, we’ll be marking the streaming music service’s six-month anniversary. And …

Jan 6, 2012: Who's Your Favorite, Mom or Dad? I’m sure this is a question we will ask Mia every so often. I know her answer will always be Mom.

Jan 5, 2012: Driving in the Snow This storm came out of nowhere. Weather was clear 15 seconds before the video started. I let go of the gas to slow down instead of braking in the …

Jan 4, 2012: No Pants Subway Ride 2011 There’s some good, and some bad to look at in this video. I don’t think I’d try this on BART though.

Jan 4, 2012: A Train in Oahu? The two-track line —a 30-foot-wide span, with 21 elevated stations — is designed to accommodate an increasing crush of commuters and tourists while …

Dec 30, 2011: Verizon scraps $2 fee It only took them a day for them to back down.

Dec 29, 2011: Verizon confirms $2 fee for online and over the phone payments All cellular phone companies are evil, aren’t they? Convenience cost extra.

Dec 22, 2011: Mia Izobel and Malasadas Mia enjoying a malasada I am so behind in posting photos that I have taken this year. I hope to rectify this by posting a photo album every three days …

Dec 22, 2011: Prometheus - Trailer Check out the trailer for the new Ridley Scott film. There’s a question of how or if this movie fits in with the Alien movies. Nonetheless, the …

Dec 21, 2011: The Hobbit - Trailer Something to look forward to for next Christmas season.

Dec 21, 2011: How Your Amazon Order Reaches You A link to a nice relevant infographic for the holiday season. Yup, I did a lot of online holiday shopping, most of it through Amazon.

Dec 19, 2011: The Dark Knight Rises - Trailer I can’t wait to see this movie.

Dec 17, 2011: Snakes on a Plane? Don't Worry About It I don’t think I’ll ever visit the Philippine rainforest. Mostly, the Agta fend off the serpents with machetes or shotguns. Only six people …

Dec 16, 2011: Burger Beef I believe the rule in advertising is not to mention your competitors - unless you can make them look bad. (via The Daily What.)

Dec 16, 2011: Robbers Want Only iPhones It should say no Droids as well: “The first victim complied, but the second only had a Droid, according to police. The thieves apparently …

Dec 14, 2011: The Facebook Resisters NY Times article on the people who are not on Facebook or have quit Facebook. I am (again) considering decreasing or completely stopping direct …

Dec 10, 2011: Vacation Photos with iPhone 4S We came back from our trip to Hawaii this past Thursday. I wanted to post a few photos I took during vacation. What’s interesting about these …

Nov 30, 2011: Pearl Harbor and the Zoo Today we visited Pearl Harbor to specifically see the USS Arizona. Unfortunately, Mia fell asleep during the short film that is watched before taking …

Nov 29, 2011: Mia's First Day in Hawaii - A Few Photos A few photos from our first day in Hawaii. The first day was mainly getting Mia acclimated to the new time zone, and for me to recover from my …

Nov 28, 2011: Anxiety Sucks I hope to be on a plane to Hawaii when you read this. I’ll be doped up on Dramamine which will help me make it through the plane flight. …

Nov 26, 2011: Photos Taken Today [gallery type=“slideshow” link=“none” size=“full” ids=“197057177,197057178,197057179,197057180”] These …

Nov 21, 2011: Ethan Hawke All of three of us have been having similar feelings that we're ready to revisit those characters. There's nine years between the first two movies …

Nov 21, 2011: How to Perfectly Cook an Egg I have been eating more eggs lately. It is most likely due to Mia liking eggs so much. This has led me to search for different ways to cook eggs. In …

Nov 21, 2011: Haywire - Trailer I’ll be posting a few trailers of movies I’d be interested in seeing in the theaters - if we ever have a chance to actually go into a …

Nov 18, 2011: Mia does her part for the occupy movement. Occupy Sunnyvale! View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Nov 10, 2011: Mia with Auntie Susana After a Long Day View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Nov 6, 2011: He would have been 102 today. I still miss him. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Nov 5, 2011: Mia and Mama Nellie - Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Nov 4, 2011: Haven't had a sip yet. WTF Starbucks?!? View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Nov 1, 2011: The Mythical and Elusive Bread Eating Monster View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ Giron (@verbal)

Oct 31, 2011: Wide and Tall This makes me want to get a dog. But of course, they never stay this tiny, do they? Via (halfway-through who sourced it from gusnyc)

Oct 20, 2011: The Jacket Farrah thought this multi-colored jacket Mia is wearing was lost. But luckily, the great folks at daycare found it - stuck in a backpack. So I put it …

Oct 14, 2011: Eating Tickets We were supposed to watch the Smashing Pumpkins last Friday night at the Fox Theater in Oakland. Unfortunately, fate intervened. Having no desire to …

Oct 12, 2011: Avengers Trailer (2012) I’m actually looking forward to this. I hope it turns out to be a decent movie.

Oct 6, 2011: Not Disappointed I’m fairly pleased with the iPhone 4S announcement the other day. It hit all the points I was looking for on a new iPhone. Granted, my points …

Oct 5, 2011: Steve Jobs I was in my office, packing up for the day when I received a text from my wife. It simply said: Steve Jobs?! Sadly, it could only mean one thing.

Oct 4, 2011: Just Annouce It Already! Apple can announce anything today. Just as long as it’s a new iPhone. I so desperately need a new phone. I’ve got problems with mine right …

Sep 6, 2011: Boardwalk Empire - The Subway Edition I’m not a big fan of the HBO series Boardwalk Empire. I tried watching a few episodes when it debuted earlier this year. But I just …

Sep 4, 2011: Mia and the Luau Mia’s daycare was having an end-of-summer luau. Even though sunglasses and hula skirts were handed out, the weather wasn’t exactly sunny …

Aug 31, 2011: My Next iPhone Case I really need to update my iPhone. It’s on its last legs. The volume button is broken off. The power button doesn’t work. And it started …

Aug 28, 2011: Irene This is a photo of Grand Central Terminal in New York City. Mid-day. Nearly empty. It’s one of those photos you wish you could capture yourself, …

Aug 27, 2011: Bixby Photo of Papa, Bixby, and Lucky. Bixby is on the left. It’s tough when you lose a pet. A pet who’s been a loyal friend and good companion …

Jul 1, 2011: Mia's First Birthday Mia Bathing At 10:16 am last year, Mia arrived in our lives. And what a year it has been. Ever since then, time seems to have been moving so fast, …

Jun 4, 2011: An Opportunity I’ve been meaning to write for some time now. I’ve had the desire to do so. But having the desire, and having the opportunity, are two different …

Apr 29, 2011: Mia Crawls! At almost ten months of age, Mia is now starting to crawl! I know everyone is different when they start crawling, talking, etc. There were signs she …

Apr 27, 2011: Mia's First Easter Rabbit ears. Eggs. Money. It’s Mia’s first Easter. It was a quiet Easter, spent at the house with the grandparents. It was quiet by …

Apr 27, 2011: The King's Speech I upped my Netflix movie discs this month in the hopes of catching up on a few movies. I hope to write a few words about each movie that I was able to …

Apr 26, 2011: Unsure About PlayStation Now Seriously? “Although we are still investigating the details of this incident, we believe that an unauthorized person has obtained the following …

Apr 26, 2011: The Waiting is the Hardest Part You are waiting to hear the news. It might be good news you are hoping to hear, something favorable to your future. Or, perhaps it’s bad news …

Apr 25, 2011: Domain Swapping If you found me - if you are reading these words on this blog - you could have only come here one of two ways. Either you’ve come directly to …

Apr 20, 2011: Mia and Her Bunny Ears Mia and Her Bunny Ears Bunny ears. A gift in Mia’s Easter basket from Grandma and Grandpa. She wore them yesterday and this morning, even though she …

Apr 13, 2011: Mia and Mommy at Whole Foods We were able to get a lot done this weekend. We first started at the Mountain View Farmers' Market, it was off to Milk Pailto get other fruits and …

Apr 6, 2011: Mia and Dr. Seuss Mia loves listening to Dr. Seuss stories on the iPad. She started off with Dr. Seuss’s ABC. In this photo she is making her first pass at Dr. …

Apr 3, 2011: A Sunday Post I wanted to start writing a regular post on Sunday, time permitting of course. I’m not sure what subject it may be. Perhaps it will be about something …

Mar 30, 2011: Mia and Her Chubby Cheeks Mia was sitting in her high chair, waiting for her next spoonful of lovely baby food, when I took this photo. Doesn’t this picture make you want …

Mar 29, 2011: Comment No Longer I read a lot of things online. I would often read comments that accompany the articles and blog posts. But I’ve grown tired of the often snide …

Mar 23, 2011: Mia Reaching We are trying to encourage Mia to crawl. Part of how we’re doing this is by placing the desired item just outside her reach. In this case, …

Mar 16, 2011: Mia and Her TiVo Remote Mia and Her TiVo Remote Mia discovered our DIRECTV remote while sitting on our bed. She would stare at the remote, running her fingers through the …

Mar 9, 2011: Mia and Her Reflection It’s amazing how babies can be occupied by their own reflections. Farrah placed Mia in front of the hallway mirror. Mia was able to occupy …

Mar 8, 2011: Which iPad 2 is for You? Thinking of getting an iPad 2? You should read Marco Arment’s write-up on which version you should consider. If I were to do it all over again, …

Mar 8, 2011: New Photos - Hoping More to Follow Mia and Kaleb I have a ton of photos that want to get out of Aperture and published on the site. Unfortunately, my time is not cooperating. I posted a …

Mar 7, 2011: iPad 2? Not for Me The iPad 2 was announced last week. It appears to be another cool Apple device, a nice upgrade from the original iPad – which I currently own. Though …

Mar 3, 2011: Mia and Kaleb Two videos of the kids playing together, and later hugging. Awwww! and These videos were taken on February 19, 2011.

Mar 3, 2011: Are You Typical? An informative video from National Geographic. Interesting little facts about what it means to be typical worldwide.

Mar 2, 2011: Mia at Eight Months Yesterday, Mia turned eight months old! Wow, it’s amazing how time moves so quickly. She’s not crawling yet, but she successfully flopped …

Feb 24, 2011: Rough Night Lately, Mia has been able to sleep through the night. Unfortunately, she had a rough night sleeping last night. She woke up crying around 1:40am. This …

Feb 23, 2011: Mia and The Dark Knight Wow, Mia has already caught The Batman bug. Fighting crime at such a young age. For now, she’ll do as daddy does and be part of The Batman …

Feb 16, 2011: Mia Reaching for Mommy This photo of Mia and mommy is from a previous set of pictures. Unfortunately, we’ve been under the weather, off-and-on the last couple of …

Feb 13, 2011: Learning to Fly Mia is still learning to crawl. She’s comfortable being on her belly on the floor. She can pivot left or right and can move ever so slowly …

Feb 9, 2011: Mia, Mommy, and The Monterey Bay Aquarium We have wanted to take Mia to the Monterey Bay Aquarium but hadn’t found a good weekend to do it. Fortunately, we had the last weekend of …

Feb 5, 2011: Volkswagen Commercial: The Force - Video Currently, my favorite commercial, even though I’ve yet to see it on television. I just love the kid’s reaction in the end. I can imagine …

Feb 4, 2011: Everything is a Remix Part 2 - Video Part 2 in the series. This one covers remixes in films, specifically Star Wars and Kill Bill. Watch this video past the credits for the portion on …

Feb 3, 2011: The United Kingdom Explained - Video I’ve often wondered what the difference was between Great Britain and the UK. And if you have ten minutes to spare, this informative video can …

Feb 2, 2011: Mia and Star Wars It’s a question I believe each dad asks themselves, “When do I introduce Star Wars into my kid’s life?" Well, it all starts …

Jan 26, 2011: Mia with Her Hair Up Mia is as playful as ever. Each day, Farrah tries to think of a way to tame all that hair. It’s difficult, but it needs to be done. Otherwise, …

Jan 23, 2011: MoBowl - A Review This week I had the opportunity to eat lunch at Mobowl. MoBowl is a food truck serving Chinese cuisine with a twist. We’ve tried MoGo, a similar …

Jan 21, 2011: Investing in a System I’m trying to invest in a cross-platform note-taking system. What I’d like for this system to do is: Be available on whatever device …

Jan 21, 2011: A Follow Up to Mia and Her Gloves (Video) This is a short video of Mia in her outfit. You can see how she rubs her gloves - or hands - together.

Jan 20, 2011: IfItWereMyHome.com - A Site to See The lottery of birth is responsible for much of who we are. If you were not born in the country you were, what would your life be like? Would you be …

Jan 20, 2011: Mia and Her Gloves Mia is all dressed up and ready to go out for a morning stroll. It was slightly cold and overcast outside on the morning of this photo, so Farrah had …

Jan 19, 2011: Winnie the Pooh - One Kid's Interpretation I never read Winne the Pooh. From this little girl’s synopsis of the book, it sounds like an adventure worth reading.

Jan 12, 2011: Mia in Pigtails Mia came home from daycare with pigtails! Well, in the photo you can see only one, but she does have another small pigtail on the other side of her …

Jan 12, 2011: List of Links for Today If you didn’t hear, Verizon is going to get the iPhone. Can you hear me now? Well, that would be a reason to switch from AT&T. Looks like …

Jan 11, 2011: 3 Minutes A very short film by Ross Ching, starring a Harry Shum Jr. from Glee and Stephen “tWitch” Boss from So You Think You Can Dance. Hey, …

Jan 11, 2011: List of Links for Today (LOLT) A few links to read: Star Wars will be available on blu ray this year! I'm placing my pre-order on this one even though I don't particularly like the …

Jan 7, 2011: Verizon iPhone? Not for Us - Yet There’s been speculation that Verizon will announce the availability of the iPhone on their network this coming Tuesday. It’s great news …

Jan 5, 2011: Mia at Six Months Time flies. Time flies very fast. January 1st not only marked the first day of the new year, but it also marked the sixth month Mia has been in our …

Dec 29, 2010: Mia and Mommy on Christmas Eve Christmas Eve was at the house as usual. But in the early afternoon, we stopped by Grandma and Grandpa’s house to see them, take a few photos, …

Dec 26, 2010: Salt - A Review Angelina Jolie as Salt Netflix Synopsis: After she's accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, rogue CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) goes on the …

Dec 25, 2010: Mia and Christmas A Christmas card type photo, don’t you think? Ah, Christmastime. It’s a time of joy and wonder and sharing good times with family and …

Dec 22, 2010: Mia and Binky Mia and Binky Binky. Waa Waa. Chup Chup. ‘cifer. Well, it’s that green thing in this photo that Mia puts in her mouth to calm herself. We …

Dec 19, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-19 I just earned the Pro badge on #Yelp # Photo: View from the London Eye (Taken with instagram) http://tumblr.com/xsr12c1z3m # I just earned the …

Dec 15, 2010: Thanksgiving 2010 Another video, instead of a photo, today. This video is from this past Thanksgiving. There are so many things to be thankful for this year. This was …

Dec 12, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-12 I’m happy I no longer host the blog on tumblr.com. Imagine, they’ve been down for 12+ hours. What’s up @tumblr? #fumblr # I swear, …

Dec 8, 2010: Mia and Nana Instead of a photo today, I’m publishing a small video. Mia loves going outside. It doesn’t matter if it’s cold or raining. We …

Dec 5, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-05 Trying out Seesmic 2 Desktop. Not sure if it’s the right program for me. I’ll give it a go for a couple of days. http://bit.ly/9jMisw # …

Dec 1, 2010: Mia Sleeping at Daycare This photo was taken by the good people at our daycare. Mia looks so comfortable, doesn’t she? Even though we miss these tiny moments because …

Nov 30, 2010: The Setup - A Site to See Visit usesthis.com An interesting site that is a collection of “nerdy interviews"revolving around hardware and software these nerds choose …

Nov 29, 2010: Immunizations Mia had her first immunization shots yesterday. Oh, the pain! But she’s a trooper, a tough cookie, like her mom. She was given three shots and a …

Nov 29, 2010: Goodbye Vox I’m extremely late in posting this, but it’s time to say goodbye to Vox. I hosted this blog there for a while - from July 2006 to June …

Nov 28, 2010: Darth Vader and Samsung I’m not sure what this is supposed to mean. Is Darth Vader everywhere?

Nov 28, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-28 What generation do you belong to? Here’s mine: http://projects.usatoday.com/news/generations/results/#id=97529,share=true (@usatinteractive) # …

Nov 26, 2010: Thankful There are obvious reasons to be thankful, especially this year. As always, I’m thankful for my family who supports me in whatever I choose to …

Nov 24, 2010: Mia in Tights The plan in the morning was for Mia to wear this lovely outfit to daycare. (Aren’t those tights cute?) Of course, it didn’t turn out to be …

Nov 24, 2010: Minimalism Heroes Great work done by graphic designer Fabian Glez (via laughingsquid)

Nov 23, 2010: When It Drops.com - A Site to See Visit whenitdrops.com In a previous life, I was a record store manager. (Yes, I can hear Mia now, “What’s a record?") Back then, I …

Nov 21, 2010: The Wedding of Lotte and Angche Yesterday, we were very grateful to share a special moment in our friends' lives as we attended their wedding. The ceremonies and reception took place …

Nov 21, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-21 Listening to Mia over the intercom. She’s trying to talk herself to sleep. At least I hope she’s going to go back to sleep. # It’s …

Nov 18, 2010: A Bunch of Quick Movie Reviews Wow, a post other than photos and Twitter updates! Yeah, I’ve been a bit behind in reviewing movies that I’ve been able to watch the last …

Nov 17, 2010: Mia and Roseola Mia and Roseola I believe it started on Sunday. A slight redness developed on her cheeks. By Tuesday, it spread ever so slightly to her arms. Today we …

Nov 14, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-14 Enjoying the rain & light wind in dwntwn SF. Spending alone time at Sears Fine Foods. Hope to take photos 2day, but not sure it I can. # Hoping to …

Nov 10, 2010: Mia and Wink One of Mia’s favorite toys is the Winkel, or Wink as we call it. She just seems to like gnawing on the little sucker. She also can wave it …

Nov 7, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-11-07 I get Lyle Lovett and KD Lang mixed up. #LetsGoGiants # On Mia’s 4-month birthday the Giants won the World Series! Congrats to the SF Giants …

Nov 3, 2010: Mia and The Pumpkins It’s Mia’s first Halloween. We carved three pumpkins that afternoon - one representative of each of us. (The fourth pumpkin in the back is …

Nov 1, 2010: Tatooine - by Jeremy Messersmith Catchy tune, and the paper animation is great. Found via Daring Fireball

Oct 31, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-31 It’s going to be a long day. Hopefully I’ll have the energy to watch the Giants win game two tonight. #letsgogiants # @MoGoBBQ Where are …

Oct 27, 2010: Mia and The Giants Mia is cheering on her favorite baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, as they head to the World Series. Her favorite player is Tim Lincecum because …

Oct 24, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-24 Reading “Where is Baby’s Belly Button?” to Mia this morning. Such a captivating, yet all too short, story. http://yfrog.com/eh1u9wj …

Oct 20, 2010: Mia and the Pink Starbucks Doughnut Is this a lollipop? I blame Auntie Sarah for talking about Starbucks doughnuts last week. Of course on Saturday, during our regular coffee run, we had …

Oct 17, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-17 Ordered and waiting for ‘Medal of Honor Limited Edition’ http://amzn.to/bTe9vd But will I have time to play it?!?!?! # There’s no …

Oct 13, 2010: Mia Takes a Bath It’s bath time! Mia thankfully enjoys taking a bath. She’s always been calm when she’s doused with water. It sure makes bath time …

Oct 10, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-10 My daughter has just discovered her feet. She's acting like she's never seen them before. # Was thinking of upgrading iPhone since volume toggle …

Oct 6, 2010: Damn Commericals (Video no longer available) The Ford Edge 2011 commercial has placed Shayna Zaid & The Catch’s song “Morning Sun” deep in my …

Oct 6, 2010: Mia Making Faces Mia channeling her inner Gene Simmons(not Jean Simmons). She was very active just before bedtime. She just started moving around, making faces, and …

Oct 5, 2010: Brandon Flowers - Crossfire Charlize Theron doing music videos now? I guess the movie business is slow. I take it the song didn’t do well since this video has been out …

Oct 3, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-10-03 Mia started, on her own, rolling onto her belly this morning. Ugh, another thing to worry about while she sleeps. # @standardtheme Does your theme …

Sep 29, 2010: Mia and Auntie Susana We spent part of this past Sunday morning in Santa Cruz. Farrah, Mia and I had breakfast at The Buttery. Afterward, we stopped by my sister’s …

Sep 26, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-26 Took my last dose antibiotics. Hoping to no longer feel lightheaded and nauseous - side effects of the drug - after today. #

Sep 23, 2010: Side Effects It has been a week now since I’ve started to take the antibiotics meant to cure what ails me. I find it funny how drugs that are meant to help …

Sep 22, 2010: Mia in a Hat This is how Mia looked when we got her ready to meet friends at Stanford Shopping Center one Sunday. Since it was a nice sunny weekend, Farrah decided …

Sep 21, 2010: Mia's First Day at Daycare Ok, this is a photo for “Make Up Monday” since didn’t post a photo last Wednesday. I took this photo of Mia as Farrah was getting …

Sep 19, 2010: Been Ill I’m sorry I haven’t been posting lately, especially missing the weekly Wednesday Mia photo post. But I was sick. Actually, I still am a …

Sep 19, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-19 @tumbleroo iPad app hasn’t worked since updating. Time to delete it from my iPad! # Guilty before proven innocent - or how crying can get you …

Sep 12, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-09-12 The girls are taking a brief afternoon nap. Time to surf the net for awhile.

Sep 9, 2010: Waistline Or So You Think If this is what men go through, I can’t imagine what women experience.  **Waistlies of the Day:** Esquire’s Style Blog investigates the …

Sep 8, 2010: The New Television Season is Almost Here Hollywood.com has an easy-to-follow breakdown of the upcoming fall television season. I’m looking forward to the new season. I’m just …

Sep 8, 2010: Mia's Mohawk Mia had just gotten out of the bath and was all nice and dry when I took this photo. Her hair, of course, dries into a Mohawk state on its own. This …

Sep 3, 2010: When Did Yahoo! Start Doing This? I went to log into my Yahoo! Mail account, which I haven’t done in quite a while - since I don’t really use Yahoo! Mail any longer. And …

Sep 2, 2010: Apple's New iPods and Apple TV Thinking of getting one of the newly announced shiny Apple toys? You may want to pop over to Ars Technica and get their initial hands-on impression of …

Sep 1, 2010: Mia Yawning I propped Mia up on one of Farrah’s pillows while she was in the shower. I managed to get a few good photos of her. This photo was taken on …

Aug 27, 2010: Smiling Mug Every time I launch my iPhone, I see this photo of Mia. I can’t help but smile.

Aug 27, 2010: My Instapaper Links for the Week What’s this? It’s a list of links I’ve read this week, which I hope you’d find interesting as well. I usually get interesting …

Aug 26, 2010: ...and now Zombies Video no longer available Vampires on television are successful (e.g. Vampire Diaries, True Blood). So why not try Zombies? Zombies are getting their …

Aug 26, 2010: Tumblr Fails as My Blog Replacement I tried. I really tried. But Tumblr just didn’t meet my blogging needs. Tumblr was supposed to make my life easier by allowing me to post …

Aug 25, 2010: Samsung Galaxy Tab Teaser I always smile at these iPhone / iPad killers. I wish they’d come out first before people (e.g. people in blog comments) declare victory over …

Aug 25, 2010: Mia Boppy Surfing Farrah placed Mia on the Boppy and I took a series of photos. The little lens flare is light from the bedroom window, not some Photoshop effect. This …

Aug 24, 2010: Frank Miller's Gucci Guilty Ad Gucci Guilty - Frank Miller from Honore Lacroix on Vimeo. Gucci Guilty - Frank Miller from Honore Lacroix on Vimeo. Sin City-esque

Aug 19, 2010: The Candwich Gross. I do NOT want to try this. From Eater.com The Candwich comes in three flavors: peanut butter and strawberry jam, peanut butter and grape jam, …

Aug 18, 2010: Verizon to Put Live TV on the iPad Interesting idea. I’ve actually watched a whole movie and a few tv shows on the iPad. To me, it was just a step up from watching on a laptop.

Aug 18, 2010: Mia and Mommy Mia is smiling in mommy’s arms. The photo was taken on August 10, 2010.

Aug 17, 2010: You are in Manhattan. Seriously, there must be a better place to get a bagel than Starbucks!

Aug 17, 2010: There's Something Wrong About This Martin Loofah King - There’s something wrong about this. (via deleteyourself)

Aug 17, 2010: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - My Review Netflix Synopsis: Journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist) and rebellious computer hacker Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) team up to investigate …

Aug 17, 2010: Daryl Lang: Look at the photos. This neighborhood is not hallowed. The people who live and work here are not obsessed with 9/11. The blocks around …

Aug 16, 2010: The 2010 Zagat Fast-Food Survey Zagat’s says Five Guys has the best burger. Anyone try it out yet? The only one I know of is in San Jose. The Best Burger - according Zagat- in order …

Aug 16, 2010: Prison Break Distracted? Five inmates escaped a police precinct in Agora, Lapasan in Cagayan de Oro City…. A police officer was busy playing the video game “Plants …

Aug 14, 2010: Mia Thinking This photo was taken with the iPhone 3GS using the Camera+ iPhone app. It was also edited within the same app, and uploaded through the Tumblr app. We …

Aug 13, 2010: Skinny Jeans For Toddlers? I think I’m going to be sick.

Aug 13, 2010: DOA Too funny. In a move that must have been unsettling for thousands of Iowa’s seniors, the state changed the name of its Department of Elder Affairs to …

Aug 12, 2010: Web Photo Geotags Can Reveal More Than You Wish I’ve been interested in geotagging photos, only on occasions, such as vacations and parties that happen in public places. But I would never consider …

Aug 11, 2010: Mia and Mama Nellie This photo was taken on August 7, 2010, in San Jose. Yes, Mia’s hair stands up like that naturally.

Aug 11, 2010: Did Powdered Milk From China Cause Baby Girls to Grow Breasts? Scary and interesting story. It’s also interesting how Time Online manages to squeeze in a related link on their website at the end of the second …

Aug 10, 2010: Back to the Future - Timeline “It’s an information graphic of the events during the course of the Back To The Future trilogy.” (via 4.bp.blogspot.com)

Aug 7, 2010: Couples Dynamics I suppose. (via thedailywhat): Punnett Square of the Day: Sad but (mostly) true. [reddit.]

Aug 6, 2010: Mia Sleeping “Let the baby sleep.” Wise advice.

Aug 6, 2010: Guerrilla Dancing in NYC Amazing. Nice collection of dancers in New York. The dancer in the rain is my favorite, especially considering the back story that it took 96 takes to …

Aug 6, 2010: Eminem and Rihanna This song has been stuck in my head for the last few days. Decent video with Megan Fox and Dominic Monaghan.

Aug 4, 2010: Mia and Manang Tiana Mia’s Manang Tiana is visiting from Hawaii this month, along with her Auntie Jane. This is one of the first photos I took of them together.

Jul 31, 2010: Nike Women Interesting ad copy from Nike. (via laureola)

Jul 31, 2010: New iPhone 4 - the verdict is in - From Australia No apparent problem with the iPhone antenna outside the US. Is it time to start blaming AT&T yet? (via Daring Fireball)

Jul 31, 2010: All My Friends are Dead I can’t say I’ve seen this book before. Looks like a good read. You can order it from Amazon. (via prettyheartattacks): …all my friends are dead.

Jul 30, 2010: Project Runway Season 8 Starts tonight and is now 90 minutes long. This is one of the few reality shows I enjoy watching with Farrah. The other - is Top Chef. Also, I’m happy …

Jul 29, 2010: Four Weeks It has been four weeks. In the quiet times, when there is a chance for reflection, time seems to have passed by rapidly. At other times, especially …

Jul 29, 2010: Searching for Answers? Ask Facebook Questions I’ve used the other “ask question” services only sparingly, such as formspring.me and tumblr. Facebook’s implementation may work better since everyone …

Jul 28, 2010: San Jose Japantown I haven’t been to San Jose’s Japantown in a long time. Perhaps it’s time for a visit.

Jul 28, 2010: Green Lantern Movie Poster Oh man! This does not look good. I’m not liking the Green Lantern movie posters. I got a bad feeling about this superhero film as well. I hope I’m …

Jul 28, 2010: GPOMW - First Week Photo Edition Now I understand why so few photos are taken during the first few weeks of a baby’s birth. First off, the baby is often asleep. Seriously, there are …

Jul 28, 2010: Worth Trying coconut chocolate chip bread pudding. This looks worth trying. (via edatrix)

Jul 26, 2010: The Avengers Assembled I’m seriously hoping “The Avengers” movie doesn’t suck. But it has great potential to do so. (via agentmlovestacos): The Avengers! From the @Marvel …

Jul 25, 2010: Red Cliff The Netflix synopsis: When a warmongering prime minister (Fengyi Zhang) advances his armies against two rival kingdoms, he unwittingly prompts his …

Jul 25, 2010: Whiteout Kate Beckinsale The Netflix synopsis: “The lone U.S. marshal at a research station in Antarctica, Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) stumbles upon the …

Jul 25, 2010: I Miss the Rain I miss the rain a little bit. (via laureolaibri, ausgruenden)

Jul 21, 2010: GPOYW is GPOMW to Me GPOYW - Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself Wednesday - is a tumblr tradition I’ve never participated in. But I think I’ll start, but change it up to be …

Jul 20, 2010: NASA I don’t understand what is said about this clip, but it looks incredible. Repeated activation of a filament in what looks like a decayed, dispersed …

Jul 20, 2010: Mia Getting Ready Mia getting ready for her first pediatric appointment.

Jul 20, 2010: The Beatles Hairography Would you call this a hairography of the Beatles? (via thedailywhat): Infographic of the Day: “A History Of The Beatles As Told By Their Hair” by …

Jul 19, 2010: Tron Legacy - Oliva Wilde Oh, Olivia! I plan on watching Tron Legacy. But enough of this 3D stuff already. (via suicideblonde): Olivia Wilde in Tron

Jul 19, 2010: Star Wars Subway Car Another Star Wars post! For more information on how Improv Everywhere pulled off this stunt, see their page

Jul 18, 2010: Warranties I seem to be having problems with the appliances lately. Last week, the Sony LCD television we bought just last year has decided to go on the fritz. …

Jul 18, 2010: Dyson Air These little fans cost a bit, so reproducing this trick would get very expensive. But they do look like cool fans. (found via Unplggd)

Jul 18, 2010: Star Wars Cereal I don’t think I’d want to eat those “grape-hutts”. (via thedailywhat): Star Wars Swag of the Day: These Star Wars-themed mini cereal boxes by Gus …

Jul 17, 2010: Clean Start Given the recent changes in my life, I decided to make part of my online life easier on me. I’m moving the blog off of a self managed web hosting …

Jul 10, 2010: Mia's Birth Day Video Two video clips from Mia’s birth day. I didn’t take photo or video of the actual birth, but these videos are within hours if not minutes afterwards. …

Jul 1, 2010: Mia Izobel Mia Izobel was born at 10:16 am on July 1, 2010. She weighs 7 lbs 12.2 oz, is 19 1/2 inches long, with a thick head of hair. Mommy and baby are doing …

Jun 22, 2010: The Green Hornet Trailer The first trailer for “The Green Hornet”. It looks promising even if Seth Rogen is the lead actor. Of course, often trailers are better …

Jun 21, 2010: Imogen Heap @ The Mountain Winery, Saratoga The last time we saw Imogen Heap perform was at the Warfield. She was ill during that show, battling a cold. But the effects of the cold didn’t …

Jun 16, 2010: iPhone 4 Delayed I’m a bit glad that we are skipping this year’s iPhone upgrade. Though the retnia display, camera with flash, and even faster processor …

Jun 14, 2010: The Thundercats Redux? Image no longer available Another remake, reboot, whatever you want to call it? (discovered via thedailywhat): First Look of the Day, Too: Warner …

Jun 10, 2010: Dungeons & Dragons Anew It looks as if Dungeons & Dragons is making a play to be relevant in the age of video online gaming. I have fond memories of playing D&D on …

Jun 9, 2010: Nike World Cup Video The World Cup is inspiring some pretty interesting advertising. This is a long version of a Nike commercial. The time has come for players to carve …

Jun 8, 2010: Cloak Camera Bag An interesting idea for a camera bag. Too bad it only comes in white. (discovered via photojojo): The Cloak Camera Bag: a shoot-through satchel with a …

Jun 7, 2010: adidas Originals - Star Wars™ Cantina 2010 The Star Wars cantina scene re-imagined with “David Beckham, Daft Punk, Snoop Dogg, Franz Beckenbauer, Noel Gallagher, Ian Brown, Ciara, Jay …

Jun 4, 2010: My Short Review of Iron Man 2 We were finally able to watch Iron Man 2 the other night in Cupertino. I know its been out for some time, but we’ve been a little busy these …

Jun 2, 2010: Baby Shower Weekend We had our baby shower this weekend in Cuesta Park. Luckily the day was warm and sunny, a welcome break from the unusually raining weather we’ve …

May 27, 2010: Iron Baby IRON BABY (via PatrickBoivin)

Apr 25, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-24 Elevator is acting wonky. I wasn’t expecting to hike up 5 flights of stairs with my 15 lbs backpack this morning. I’m out of shape. # Just …

Apr 18, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-18 I forgot my coffee mug. This fact, plus the rainy weather, make for a bad start to the day. # I hate plumbing issues. I was able to fix the clogged …

Apr 11, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-10 Working on draining the battery on the iPad. It was cool that it came fully charged! # in Whole Foods Market http://loopt.us/KgAgPg.t # The soda …

Apr 5, 2010: Initial Impressions of the iPad I wanted to write down my thoughts about the iPad, after using it for a few days. The Good It was fully charged when I unpacked it. This made it very …

Apr 4, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-04-03 Having a surprise birthday weekend breakfast with Farrah here @ Sears Fine Foods Restaurant http://loopt.us/cHYwOQ.t # Second part of my birthday …

Mar 28, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-27 I’ve been up since 4:30am. What the heck am I doing up so early on a Sunday? # Evil Girl Scouts are outside selling cookies. @ Best Buy …

Mar 26, 2010: Whopper Face I’m sure someone in the US would sue Burger King if they tried this here.

Mar 22, 2010: Monday Monday started off well. We had an early morning appointment where we were able to hear the baby’s heartbeat again. It is always a great thing …

Mar 21, 2010: Japan - The Strange Country Japan-The Strange Country (English translated ver.) from Kenichi Tanaka on Vimeo. This Is Informative, You Should Watch It of the Day: Graphic …

Mar 21, 2010: What's on TV? I’ve always watched way too much television. I’m sure this will change soon, but things are staying the same for now. Here are a few shows …

Mar 21, 2010: IKEA and Paris via Pascal Terjan on flickr. More photos can be found here Looks as if IKEA did a minor upgrade to a few Paris Metro stations. I wonder how dirty the …

Mar 21, 2010: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-21 This fight is very boring at this point. # I came into work today and found someone else in my cube. I was beginning to wonder if my boss forgot to …

Mar 20, 2010: Mesmerizing Isn't? via juliasegal

Mar 15, 2010: About a Girl We are having a girl! We reconfirmed this with an ultrasound earlier this week. Farrah had an ultrasound about four weeks ago. During that ultrasound, …

Mar 3, 2010: Dogs at 1000 FPS It’s dogs in slow-mo-catching treats. What could be better?

Mar 1, 2010: Celebrate! Steak and corn for dinner tonight! To celebrate the nice day outside, I decided to throw a couple of ribeye steaks and corn-on-the-cob on the grill. …

Feb 28, 2010: New Photos Posted Three new albums are posted on our Smugmug page today. They are: Celebrating Farrah’s Birthday Celebrating Kayla’s 16th Birthday …

Jan 30, 2010: Lost! Just because I'm hurting Doesn't mean I'm hurt Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserve No better and no worse --- Lost! by Coldplay I was laid off …

Jan 28, 2010: Room in the Middle If you haven’t heard, Apple announced the iPad yesterday. It seems everyone who hasn’t seen or used it in person describes it as giant …

Jan 20, 2010: Japanese Glee Is there no stopping Glee? Japanese promo for Fox’s Glee, featuring former Japanese sumo great Akebono (aka Chad).

Jan 20, 2010: BumpTop for Mac I wish the “piles” feature in BumpTop Mac would work for my real world desk. I’m not sure I’d use this application a lot since …

Jan 11, 2010: She's Having My Baby Ultrasound of the Little Dude or Little Dudette Farrah is pregnant! [Note: Apologies to our shared friends on Facebook. I know you’ve heard this …

Jan 7, 2010: My Year in Review Plus More or Less List A belated Happy New Year to all! Welcome to Twenty-Ten! This is the proper way to say it, right? Again, I blame the Winter Break for not doing this …

Jan 3, 2010: New Year, New Photos I haven’t done well with my goal of completing past dailyshoot photo assignments, as I had hoped to in a recent post. But I did have a chance to …

Jan 1, 2010: Christie's in Burlingame I didn’t have definite plans this morning, other than driving my wife to work. Unfortunately, she’s working New Year’s Eve day …

Dec 26, 2009: A Bunch of Photos Kaleb! I’ve posted a bunch of photos on our Smugmug account. The four new albums are: Visiting Kaleb on Christmas Day, Christmas Eve, Getting …

Dec 23, 2009: Motivation and Inspiration I’ve been in an inspirational slump. Often, I would bring my camera to any family occasion to capture moments. But even on those occasions, …

Oct 30, 2009: Photography Websites and Forums One of my sisters recently was given a DSLR as a gift. She went to the Canon side, whereas I’m a Nikon person, so we won’t be able to …

Oct 27, 2009: Shooting in Low Light My photography background consists of taking a few classes at the local junior college, and what I’ve read online and in books. All of these …

Oct 17, 2009: I Wasn't Here I wasn’t here during the Loma Prieta earthquake 20 years ago. I was out of California, doing my stint for God and country. I remember when the …

Oct 14, 2009: I Don't Hate My iPhone My online reading habits lean toward technology. I read a lot of blogs and newsfeeds, keeping up with what I find interesting. One way to get me to …

Sep 26, 2009: Go Free When Possible Rethinking I am rethinking this new blog thing. Yes, it only took me two months to start rethinking this endeavor. What started me thinking was Nick …

Sep 18, 2009: Missing Link List #4 So much read this week: One of my favorite bloggers, Dooce, started publishing her hate mail/ comments. People can be nasty Is the Palm Pre really …

Sep 17, 2009: Paolo Nutini at the Fox Theater in Oakland Paolo Nutini - Candy from Nikke Osterback on Vimeo. This past weekend, we attended our first concert at the Fox Theater in Oakland. The theater opened …

Sep 11, 2009: Missing Link List #3 This week’s Missing Link List includes: 33 things you should stay away from. Did you know Apple released a new iPod Nano this week? You do have …

Sep 10, 2009: My Ratings Scale Revisited A few months back I decided to change the way I rate movie reviews. Previously I used the old standard of assigning a letter grade to a movie. I then …

Sep 9, 2009: Missing Link List #2 This weeks list includes: Tips regarding secret menu items Rare photos of now extinct animals. How sad is this? An interview with Natalie Portman in …

Sep 3, 2009: Underneath It All I am not really a handyman, but for the past several months I’ve had the urge to fix. I’ve attempted to fix things that I normally wouldn’t think …

Aug 28, 2009: Missing Link List A Missing Link List (MLL) is a weekly list of links, stories, photos, etc., I happen across during the week. The list will be things I want to share, …

Aug 27, 2009: Starting a New Blog I’m starting a new blog. The domain name, alex-is.com, wasn’t my first choice. It wasn’t even my second or third. I wanted the domain name to be short …

Jul 23, 2009: Getting Ready for HE I’m watching videos and reading information on HE (High Efficiency) detergents. We just purchased a new HE washer - waiting for it to be …

Jul 2, 2009: My Short Review of iPhone 3GS I’ve had the iPhone 3GS for over a week. Here are a few thoughts on how I feel about the phone. Background I bought the iPhone 2G back in September …

Jun 12, 2009: Reserve your iPhone 3GS Online I just reserved our iPhone 3G S for pickup at an Apple Store next Friday. Reserving and buying are two different things, but I’m thinking we’ll end up …

Jun 8, 2009: My Short Review of Dane Cook at HP Pavilion Dan Cook at San Jose Event Center I’m not a big Dane Cook fan. If someone was playing his CD or DVD I would listen or watch. But watching him live in …

Jun 4, 2009: Palm Pre Reviews The reviews are starting to come in on the Palm Pre. Reviews from Engadget, Gizmodo, Walt Mossberg, and David Pogue. All the reviews seem positive for …

Jun 3, 2009: Twitter Your Way to Getting Robbed I was in a seminar about twitter a few weeks ago. One person about the safety of tweeting, such as mentioning you are at a restaurant or traveling and …

Jun 3, 2009: My Short Review of Taken You don’t know what I’m capable of. Liam Neeson does his best Jason Bourne in this action movie. Neeson is an ex-Preventer who must now …

Jun 1, 2009: Data Corruption or Compromise? Damn! Somehow, someway my main blog was compromised. I’m not sure if it was on the server level or if my password was somehow guessed. I don’t think …

May 21, 2009: Cal Academy of Sciences - My iMovie Clip www.youtube.com/watch We visited the California Academy of Sciences last week. I cobbled all the videos we took, and a few photos, and edited them in …

May 14, 2009: My Short Review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine It’s Wolverine, bub! First off, I hated the title of this film. It’s more suited as a comic book title than a film title. I think they could …

May 12, 2009: My Short Review of Star Trek The crew of the Enterprise 2009 I tried to set my expectations low for this movie, hoping it would be good. Looking back I didn’t need to do …

May 9, 2009: Marely & Me - My Short Review Puppies. Evil puppies. This is another one of those feel-good movies. But if you know your dog movies, then you know what’ll happen. Yeah, it …

May 8, 2009: Redbox - A Review Hello Red. What are you doing here? You may have seen Redbox in your local grocery store, Wal-Mart, or even your local McDonald’s. It’s a …

May 7, 2009: Slumdog Millionaire I think there’s something on your face. I finally watched the Oscar-winning-feel-good-movie-of-the-year on DVD. Yes, the actors are likable. Yes, the …

May 7, 2009: Latte Zoo - Or How To Make Cool Designs in a Latte I remember individual baristas at Yahoo!’s coffee bars being able to make simple designs, such as a heart. But this is ridiculous! (discovered …

May 6, 2009: Casablanca Oh Rick! Casablanca is one of my favorite films. I’ve seen it on VHS, laser disc, and DVD. I anxiously wanted to see this on Blu-ray. I …

May 1, 2009: Filipino Food I follow people on Twitter for specific reasons. I try not to follow people just to gain followers in kind. This sounds like the subject of a future …

Apr 30, 2009: Visible Tweets Another way to enjoy Twitter Visible Tweets - Beautiful visualizer thingy, nicely done in Flash. (via and kangster)

Apr 30, 2009: Flickr Hit Hard By Yahoo Layoffs It’s always difficult to hear about layoffs, especially in times like these. Flickr has always been a great site to look at, and be involved in. …

Apr 26, 2009: The Third Man Orson Wells! I was able to watch a few movies over the last several weeks. A few were classics reworked on Blu-ray. The first film was The Third Man. …

Apr 14, 2009: Backblaze I tried the beat. Simple, straight-forward setup. Not much needed to do afterward. The problem is I have a lot of data already on Mozy, so no …

Apr 7, 2009: Blockbuster–R.I.P.? I went into a Blockbuster a couple of weeks ago in the hopes of a blu-ray disc. Wow, the prices for renting two discs pretty much equaled my monthly …

Apr 6, 2009: BYOC - Bring Your Own Currency Printing their own money? This is getting scary.

Apr 6, 2009: Gottschalks is Gone We’ve been to a Gottschalks - the one in Santa Cruz - but have never bought anything from them. Nonetheless it is sad to hear of places closing.

Apr 2, 2009: Windows Viruses I dealt with two different Windows viruses this week. The solutions were radically different. With one, I spent 6+ hours backing up data, …

Apr 2, 2009: Warehouse Deals by Amazon? Anyone ever buy anything from Warehouse Deals by Amazon? I just purchased a sound bar for our TV, hoping it gives it a little more umph! The best deal …

Mar 31, 2009: A New Profile Photo? [Reposted because the ‘Let people answer this’ wasn’t enabled] I need to create a new profile photo. You can see my current profile photo on Facebook, …

Mar 27, 2009: Goodbye Genentech & Your DNA Acquisitions are always tough.

Mar 24, 2009: Watchmen Hey, it’s the Watchmen! The graphic novel finally comes to the big screen. It translates fine and looks great on a big screen. There was a lot …

Mar 15, 2009: Eagle Eye It started out as a promising thriller but devolved into a forgettable action film. The leads are both likable, but they cannot save this movie from …

Mar 13, 2009: Kung Fu Panda Finally saw Kung Fu Panda on blu-ray. A simple straightforward movie, with humor and action that is appealing to both kids and adults. Rating: Matinee

Mar 11, 2009: Mr. Brooks A surprisingly solid and suspenseful film. Solid acting all around by William Hurt, Demi Moore, Dane Cook, and even Kevin Costner. Rating: Matinee

Mar 9, 2009: Australia Watched Baz Luhrmann’s Australia on blu-ray this weekend. The movie seemed to be two movies in one. The first part was light and breezy. The …

Mar 9, 2009: How I Rate Movies I’m changing the way I rate movie reviews on the site. I started with an old standby - the letter grade. I recently moved to a liked it slash …

Mar 7, 2009: Target Opening on Oahu It’s nice to see Target finally coming to the island.

Mar 2, 2009: How to Eat at a Sushi Video no longer available How to eat at a Sushi Bar (via Konkaver)

Feb 25, 2009: 15 online photo editors compared I’ve used Picnik and Photoshop.com. Both get the job done. I may need to try the others though.

Feb 24, 2009: 30+ Websites to Visit When You're Laid Off I hope to not use these sites, at least not for the stated purpose in the article.

Feb 20, 2009: Samsung LN46A630 - A Review [Note: My reason for documenting my HDTV purchase is to simply share my experience. I’m just your average Joe trying to figure this out.] I was …

Feb 18, 2009: Starbucks VIA™ Ready Brew instant coffee Instant coffee from Starbucks?

Feb 17, 2009: Umbrella Today? Great site. The answer lately has been YES here in the Bay Area.

Feb 16, 2009: Nights in Rodanthe Fair acting, but a weak story. Not exactly a memorable movie. My Rating: Neutral

Feb 15, 2009: My First Five Blu-ray Movies I remember the first five DVDs I bought when I purchased my first DVD player. They were: The 400 Blows L.A. Confidential Hard Boiled The Seven …

Feb 9, 2009: 15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009 Some interesting names: Blockbuster, Rite Aid, Chrysler, and Krispy Kreme. (via Steven)

Feb 9, 2009: Trying to Figure Out the HDTV Thing [Note: My reason for documenting my HDTV purchase is to simply share my experience. I am, by no means, an expert in this or have a particular 'eye' …

Feb 8, 2009: 25 Random Tips for the Busy Facebook User This helps out in filling out the list.

Feb 7, 2009: Half A World Away The last time I saw my uncle was thirty-three years ago when I went to the Philippines. It was the first and only time I had been to the homeland of …

Jan 26, 2009: Bloody Monday: Over 71,400 jobs lost It’s getting depressing. I really need to stop watching / reading the news.

Jan 23, 2009: Quantum of Solace Solid action from beginning to end. But the story falls short of the superb Casino Royale. The Bond character doesn’t develop as much as he did in the …

Jan 22, 2009: MasterCard, Visa Security Breach Be sure to check your credit card statements.

Jan 17, 2009: The Women of BSG Grace Park has only mentioned once in this article: Other strong women on the show include Grace Park (pictured, right), who plays Lt. Sharon “Athena” …

Jan 15, 2009: 25 Films for 2009 Of the 25 films listed, I’m looking forward to “Inglorious Basterds” the most.

Jan 15, 2009: Fix your 5 biggest money mistakes Never too late to read about money issues.

Jan 14, 2009: Palm Pre: everything you ever wanted to know I’m interested in seeing how the phone is when it is done. But I wouldn’t go to Sprint for this phone. Sprint was my worst experience with a cell …

Jan 13, 2009: Gran Torino - Quick Review Eastwood’s solid acting skills are on full display in this movie. The other actors, some apparent first-timers, are not so great. The movie moves at a …

Jan 13, 2009: 12 Common Photoshop Mistakes, Misuses and Abuses I’m still learning Photoshop. There seems to be some good advice in this posting.

Jan 13, 2009: How to Save $419.50 in Less Than One Hour A few tips on how to trim a few dollars during these difficult economic times.

Jan 12, 2009: Girl, 13, sends 14,528 texts in a month This girl averages 484 text messages a day!

Jan 12, 2009: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Quick Review On a previous version of janella.com… …when I would write a movie review it would be long. Time is short, so my new movie reviews - when I have a …

Jan 11, 2009: And So It Begins Anew I blame the economy. The web hosting account for janella.com has come up for renewal. Dotable, where the site is hosted, has been a great web host …

Jan 9, 2009: Thoughts About the Palm Pre The Palm pré looks very interesting. Too bad it’s going to be on Sprint. I was with Sprint once. I had a problem with their billing / customer …

Jan 8, 2009: S.F. Yelp user faces lawsuit over review Wow. Now we can’t complain on Yelp?

Jan 7, 2009: iTunes Store and DRM-free music: What you need to know If I update my “current” iTunes tracks, it’ll cost me about $15. I’m waiting until they update their whole catalog to DRM free. I’ll then decide …

Jan 6, 2009: My Year in Review Happy (belated) New Year to everyone! I suppose my year in review is a bit late, but hey, I was enjoying my Winter Break! I didn’t feel the need …

Dec 12, 2008: Tips, TWIP, and Tack I enjoy taking photos, but I am nowhere near being a good amateur photographer. My biggest problem is not spending enough time developing my skills. …

Dec 3, 2008: Pownce No Longer I’m saddened by the demise of Pownce - in its current form. They were acquired by Six Apart earlier this week which means…I don’t know exactly …

Nov 5, 2008: Oh Happy Day However long you live, you will remember where you were when you heard that Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. Did you …

Oct 29, 2008: The Bridge Benefit 2008 Farrah and I went to the Bridge School Benefit concert this past Sunday. The lineup for the concert on that day was: Cat Power Wilco Death Cab for …

Oct 25, 2008: Waaaasup! 2008 “Waaaasup! The Pro-Obama Version” Yeah, those are the same guys.

Oct 22, 2008: Losing Your Vision The man speaks the truth - in 2000. He must have lost his vision (of the future) or his ability to articulate his stance on the issue. I’m …

Oct 19, 2008: Cartman Eats His Shorts - A South Park Clip NSFW due to language. Listen at your own risk. I haven’t watched South Park for some time now. But it seems that they are still as funny as …

Oct 19, 2008: Presenting Vimeo Plus I’ve been thinking of creating more and more video. I can post video onto my Smugmug account, but I like the controls and feel of Vimeo more. …

Oct 19, 2008: My Bandwidth Results I wrote in a previous post about having to track my bandwidth usage since Comcast was implementing bandwidth limits. Well, my results for September …

Oct 7, 2008: Rachael Yamagata @ Cafe Du Nord The other night Farrah and I went to Cafe Du Nord to see Rachael Yamagata perform. We enjoyed her first album, Happenstance, which is a somber but …

Sep 2, 2008: Figuring Things Out with Tomato Comcast made a lovely announcement last week that they were imposing bandwidth caps for their users. The limit is 250 GB a month. I have no idea how …

Sep 1, 2008: Erase and Rewind The Matrix has been reloaded. Reason? No real reason, just sheer boredom. Anyone who’s been reading these pages knows that I’ve been …

Aug 24, 2008: Happy 60th Birthday and Happy Retirement Happy 60th Birthday and Happy Retirement

Aug 24, 2008: My iPhone Contacts Disappeared! My iPhone Contacts Disappeared!: While I was out and about today, my iPhone contacts disappeared. I noticed this when I received a text message from …

Jul 30, 2008: Handsfree Beginning in July, California went ‘handsfree'. Now, I don’t talk on my cellphone often while driving but Farrah does. And so I did some …

Jul 30, 2008: Belated Congratulations to Lotte and Angche! I don’t know how I forgot, but I did. Angche proposed to Lotte at her birthday celebration several weeks back. You can relive the moment on …

Jul 30, 2008: Review - The Dark Knight: IMAX Experience Anyone who knows me knows that Batman is my favorite comic book character. When The Dark Knight was announced, I couldn’t be more excited to see …

Jul 29, 2008: Last-minute Las Vegas Two Sundays ago I received an unexpected phone call from old friends who were traveling to Las Vegas for a vacation they had planned over a year ago. …

Jul 25, 2008: Welcome Timothy! Yen and James welcome Timothy into this world. Congratulations! Update: I just posted the photos we took.

Jul 17, 2008: The Sidebar I’ve incorporated, once again, RSS feeds into the sidebar of the page. This should give my many visitors - I say this smiling - access to our …

Jul 8, 2008: Always Behind the Curve It’s a fact that when it comes to hi-tech toys you will eventually be behind the curve. Sometimes it can take a year to fall behind. Other times …

Jul 7, 2008: Will You Upgrade? Are you going to get the iPhone 2.0? I have been asked that several times the past few days. As Friday fast approaches the answer is still the same, …

Jul 5, 2008: What's Up with Wordpress? For some reason the blog has been acting up lately. Pages have been loading slowly and posting has been difficult. The problem does not appear to be …

Jun 21, 2008: Ketchup with Pepper I don’t know when Farrah starting putting massive amounts of pepper on her ketchup when we have fries, but now I can’t eat fries any other …

Jun 20, 2008: Camera Fun I have had about five digital cameras. I didn’t enjoy the Sony Cybershot DSC-T1 as much as I had hoped. Daytime results were good, but anything …

Jun 19, 2008: Changes I forgot to acknowledge several accomplishments on the blog. Kayla graduated middle school this year, and Jonathan graduated high school. …

Jun 18, 2008: Leaving I don’t blog about work much, but it’s difficult to read that many talented people are leaving Yahoo! lately (here, here, and here). When …

Jun 17, 2008: Missing Green For the last couple of months, I’ve had the urge to start running. I was never much of a runner. My lack of endurance only allowed for short …

Jun 17, 2008: Dreaming of Vacation Farrah and I are planning on going to Hawaii in September. Luckily we purchased our plane tickets before the whole crazy mess with the gas prices. …

May 30, 2008: Review - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I wasn’t sure what to expect when Farrah and I sat down to watch the latest Indiana Jones film. It has been nineteen years since the last movie …

May 12, 2008: At about 5:30 PM yesterday Farrah heard a large crashing sound in our backyard. It seems the old lemon tree we have there decided to partially crash. …

Apr 21, 2008: I Know A Little Bit OK, I have an idea of what I can write in the future on Janella.com. I have always said of myself, “I know a little bit about a lot of …

Apr 17, 2008: Morcheeba @ The Fillmore 4.11.2008 I’m a bit late with my review of the Morcheeba concert Farrah and I went to last week. The taxman could not wait, taking up all my spare time …

Apr 9, 2008: My First Flickr Video

Apr 7, 2008: New York City Recap Grand Central Terminal It has been a week since we came back from our trip to New York City. I thought about writing a day-by-day account of our …

Apr 1, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-31 Landed @ SFO! A bit late, but here. # The waiting (for luggage) is the hardest part. Still @ SFO. # Back @ the office. Downloaded my work email last …

Mar 31, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-30 Just got back from Gray's Papaya. Deciding if we should get a drink before packing. # Having a Long Island (and Farrah is having a Dirty Martini) @ …

Mar 30, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-29 It's cold and windy at the Top of the Rock. We can see the Empire State Building all lit up. # @ Katsu-Hama for dinner. Yelp, don't fail me now # …

Mar 29, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-28 Intermission @ Young Frankenstein. Too bad Megan Mullaly isn't playing her role. The show is good so far. # We just got up. Trying to get our bearings …

Mar 28, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-27 We are planning to see Lower Manhattan. Later in the day it's Central Park. We'll see how it goes. # Standing in line for the bus tour. We are taking …

Mar 27, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-26 Driving to the airport. # OK, Virgin America is in the International terminal. # We've landed in New York City!!! # Our plane was initially early - …

Mar 26, 2008: Here's Looking At You Kid As this entry posts, I will be in New York City with Farrah. First off, I want to thank everyone who celebrated my birthday the other night. I was …

Mar 26, 2008: Twitter Updates for 2008-03-25 Heading out to eat soon. Getting some Japanese food. #

Mar 26, 2008: Taking Off To New York City We’re getting ready to go to New York City! We’re taking Virgin America as our airline. I’m hoping for as a good flight experience …

Mar 23, 2008: Happy Easter! Happy Easter everyone! I can’t say much is going on this fine and sunny day. We’re still in the midst of cleaning up, planning, and …

Mar 23, 2008: My Fault - I Know What Happened OK, I figured out how I “screwed the pooch” on the web site. I fracked an upgrade to a new version of Wordpress, not following directions …

Mar 22, 2008: Late Start On The Day I got up late this morning, around 10:30. I was up too late trying to figure out what is up with the web site. I still haven’t figured it out …

Mar 22, 2008: Able To Recover March OK. I am still not sure what happened, but I was able to recover March entries. Worse case scenario is everything is lost. I don’t think that is …

Mar 22, 2008: The Kids Photo no longer available My sister sent me this mobile photo of the kids, who I have not seen in a very long time. I was surprised to receive the …

Mar 22, 2008: What Happened? I’m not sure what just happened. If you visit this page with any frequency, you would know there were many posts here. I was messing with the …

Mar 17, 2008: Celebrating March Birthdays Yesterday, we celebrated Rex and my birthday with a small dinner at Nana’s house. The other birthday boy this month, Big Gordon, is in Nebraska. …

Mar 7, 2008: Care to Comment? I wasn’t sure what to title this post. What I’m thinking is that as of April 1, 2008, I am going to disable comments on the blog. This …

Mar 4, 2008: A Fantastic (Big Apple) Birthday Gift Farrah let me in on my birthday gift early. It is quite a gift: a trip to New York City! Hesitantly, she revealed my present to me a couple of weeks …

Mar 1, 2008: Free & Dirty Dirty. Nasty. The dirtiest hotels according to TripAdvisor (TripAdvisor.com) We Are The Ones. New Obama inspired video by will.i.am. (Dipdive.com) …

Feb 27, 2008: Yes, We Can. (Better quality version available directly at Dipdive.com Interesting Presidential race this year. Choices seemed plentiful earlier in the year, but …

Feb 26, 2008: Photo (Links) Rule the Day A few things to look at for today. A sad story without words. You can figure it out, can’t you? (Imageshack) [Update: If you can’t access …

Feb 21, 2008: Around the Horn This is a new type of blog entry for me, at least on the main blog. It is simply a collection of links that were either IM’d to me or I ran into …

Feb 19, 2008: 40-40 Club The 40-40 club. In baseball, it is an exclusive club. You need to have stolen 40 bases and hit 40 home runs in a single season. Currently, only four …

Feb 11, 2008: The Strike is Over. Now Get Back to Work! It’s great to hear the Writer’s Strike is over. But according to Kristin at E!online, some of my favorite shows won’t be on until …

Feb 11, 2008: Dang Filipino Accent Since I had ordered my Dell over the phone, I tried to seek technical support the same way. The Dell answering menu kept directing me to seek help …

Feb 9, 2008: Busy.Sick.Busy I’ve been meaning to blog more this year than I have in the past. Unfortunately (or fortunately), it has been busy at work. Then two weeks ago I …

Jan 25, 2008: And this is why I try not to use MySpace.... …or post private photos online. A 17-gigabyte file purporting to contain more than half a million images lifted from private MySpace profiles …

Jan 14, 2008: American Male Salon - A Review I have been to a salon twice before Farrah and I were married. The salon was Atelier Aveda on Santana Row. Aveda is for everyone, both women and men. …

Jan 9, 2008: Skitch Invite Anyone one a invite to Skitch? I just got invited, and have been playing around with it. I think the only requirement is Mac 10.4.6 or later. Leave an …

Jan 9, 2008: What the...? People are crazy interesting, aren’t they? For example, take a look at the below photo. Yes, what you see is a wedding cake made in the …

Jan 4, 2008: The Past One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged. -- Oscar Wilde Since the site change in late December, only a week …

Jan 3, 2008: If You've Had Too Much Drink.... Photos no longer available Interesting building I found on my visit to Digg.com. Imagine being drunk and wandering by this place in Paris. I guess …

Jan 1, 2008: A Review of Juno The first movie to be reviewed on the “reloaded” website is Juno. Farrah and I watched Juno about a week ago at the AMC Cupertino Square …

Jan 1, 2008: Happy New Year!!! Happy New Year to All!!! May your year be a joyous and prosperous! Now, I need to do that resolution thing, right? Ok, in particular order, my …

Dec 31, 2007: ./Janella.com Reloaded I am starting with a clean slate. Janella.com is rebuilding from the ground up. I’m starting from zero. This means blog postings previous to …

Dec 25, 2007: Merry Christmas to All Merry Christmas everybody!

Dec 23, 2007: Celebrating a Graduation This is the second post about last weekend. As I mentioned previously, a great deal happened. Last Saturday was Kristel’s college graduation …

Dec 21, 2007: What's in the Box? As you have most likely noticed, I have update the site once more. I have added a Twitter widget. What is Twitter? Twitter is a service for friends, …

Dec 15, 2007: Tori Amos - The Paramount Theater in Oakland, CA This review is about a week late, but it has taken me a bit of time to digest the Tori Amos concert Farrah, and I saw it last Friday. Tori is touring …

Dec 15, 2007: Genentech Holiday Party 2007 Last Saturday I attended the holiday party for Genentech. It was held at AT&T ballpark. Yes, Genentech took over the whole baseball park. First …

Dec 15, 2007: Being Smug Again I’m working on bringing photos back up on Smugmug - which will be the primary source for most photos. I’m thinking of using Flickr more …

Nov 24, 2007: Spider-Man 3 Spider-Man is not one of my favorite comic book characters. I’m more of a Batman guy, but I have enjoyed the Spider-Man movies. I thought the …

Oct 20, 2007: Unwillingness I decided to finally learn Adobe’s Photohop, so I signed up for a class at my local Junior College. The classroom has about forty computers, ten …

Oct 1, 2007: Two Weeks with an iPhone If you haven’t heard, I have dumped my problematic LG-VX8500 (aka The Chocolate) and moved onto an iPhone. The recent price cut, coupled with …

Sep 7, 2007: No New Material from the Fugees Fugees fans won’t be hearing any new material from the ‘Killing Me Softly’ stars anytime soon. (via Lauryn Hill should ‘see a psychiatrist’ | …

Sep 7, 2007: New Navigation I wanted the website to have a splash page introduction. I was going to code some HTML but then I thought of another way to do it. I’ve used …

Sep 6, 2007: iCovet I covet both the newly announced iPod Touch and the iPhone. The iPhone price went down $200. It is still pricey, but it does look sweet. If I were …

Aug 24, 2007: Mandy Moore Covers I wasn’t sure if I heard Marlon right when he was talking about Mandy Moore doing Umbrella at Music in the Park. But I guess she could have …

Aug 12, 2007: Transformers How do you make a kid’s movie about talking and transforming robots into a live-action summer blockbuster? You get Steven Speilberg to produce …

Aug 11, 2007: Knocked Up I am playing catch-up on my movie reviews. Knocked Up is the first film Farrah and I watched at the new AMC Theaters in Cupertino Square (formerly …

Aug 10, 2007: Fumbl-log I’m sure you have noticed another change on ./Janella.com. Yes, I keep fiddling with the look, never been satisfied with one layout for too …

Aug 9, 2007: Managing Email You got problems with managing email at work? I have problems myself. This little lecture by Merlin Mann [by way of [Daringfireball.net] just may help …

Jul 27, 2007: Kayla Recovering Kayla went into the hospital this morning for surgery. The reason: to remove a cyst that had grown on the left side of her neck. The surgery lasted …

Jul 20, 2007: Web Trend Map 2007 Version 2.0 from Information Architects A cool map - at least I think so - of “200 most successful websites on the web” done as a tube/subway map. You can see the original map …

Jul 18, 2007: Big Fish in a Small Pond - Summer Concerts This is going to be a long post. Forgive me, I’ve been a bit behind on posting this and decided to just lump these all together. Is a bigger …

Jul 15, 2007: flickr Album Update Photos from Kristel’s Surprise Birthday Lunch are now posted on the flickr account. I’m 50/50 on how the photos turned out. I took them …

Jul 12, 2007: QotD: My Email Address(es) How many email addresses do you have?  What are they for?  Submitted by clippedwings. Four active ones. I have an old @yahoo.com address …

Jul 11, 2007: Why Pownce? I received an invitation to Pownce the other day. I must say I was really curious about Pownce when I first read about Pownce on Techcrunch. After …

Jun 25, 2007: Visiting from Hawaii Just wanted to make this quick post saying that Tiana, Jane, and Ann are visiting from Hawaii this week. This weekend was packed with activities …

Jun 22, 2007: Lunch - First Kobe Beef Experience Lunch!

May 21, 2007: Back in the USA Farrah and I are back from our trip! We’re pretty exhausted. Farrah is out like a light and I will be short. I just wanted to post something …

May 19, 2007: Can We Stay A Little Longer? Early this morning we went through a list of sights we still haven’t seen in London. The list was long. We asked ourselves, “Out of the …

May 19, 2007: The Friday Squeeze We arrived in sunny London from Paris by mid-day. Luckily we gain an hour since France is one hour ahead. The Tube ride back to the flat got us back …

May 19, 2007: To Paris and Back We got up early yesterday morning to catch the Tube to Heathrow Terminal 4. We considered this our dry run for when we take the Tube to Heathrow for …

May 17, 2007: Paris is a No Go I have two phobias I am keenly aware of - a fear of heights and of enclosed places. Fear sucks. When the Irrational fear becomes debilitating, it …

May 15, 2007: London Lite We made today a light day since we are heading to Paris tomorrow. In Paris, we need to cram in as much in one day, and I know we’ll be tired. …

May 14, 2007: The Big Four Today was my first experience with Tube congestion. It’s Monday so people are off to work. Plus we got a little late start in getting out of the …

May 13, 2007: To Market, to market, to buy.... This weekend we went to the two big markets that happen on the weekend: Notting Hill and Camden Town. Both markets are very popular, very crowded, but …

May 11, 2007: In London - Catching Our Breath Stonehenge! We are in our rented London flat now. It is an excellent one-bedroom flat in St. Christopher’s Place, which is of one of busiest …

May 11, 2007: UK Photos Posted! You can view photos from our current trip through our Flickr account here! I will update this when possible.

May 7, 2007: Tours: Our First Full Day in Bath After a good night’s sleep, we headed down to breakfast, which started later than usual since it is a Bank Holiday. Our breakfast table is …

May 7, 2007: We're Here! As I write this right now, it is around 21:18 (9:18 PM) on Sunday here in Bath, UK. Farrah and I are sitting in our room at The Parade Park bed and …

May 1, 2007: Regina Spektor - The Warfield Photo Title: reginaaa3 which was initially uploaded by beisenhood You are my sweetest downfall I loved you first, I loved you first Beneath the stars …

Apr 28, 2007: Progress and Packing Our passports arrived today!!! The passports were sent by overnight mail and arrived in our hands this morning. There was a slight scare earlier in …

Apr 25, 2007: View from the dentist chair View from the dentist chair

Apr 22, 2007: Google is Everywhere! Did you know about Google Voice Local Search? Google Voice Local Search is Google’s experimental service to make local-business …

Apr 21, 2007: Ultimate Star Wars Personality What Star Wars personality are you most like? Well, you can see my results below. To find out who you are like, click the image below. I guess …

Apr 18, 2007: How We Planned Our Trip Trip Itinerary As with any trip you take, the first thing we decided on was when to go. When Farrah went on her semester abroad she did most of free …

Apr 14, 2007: Congratulations!!! This morning we had breakfast with Yen and James at Hobee’s. They shared with us great news- they are engaged!!! Congratulations to you both!

Apr 10, 2007: Easter Photos Available Photos: SmugMug | Flickr | Zenfolio Photos from Easter day at Auntie Tina’s home in San Jose are now posted at the above links. Yes, three …

Apr 9, 2007: We Be Trippin' For those of you who do not know already, Farrah and I are in the midst of planning a trip to the UK and France. We’ll be going for a total of …

Apr 2, 2007: Kermit - Hurt [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57ta7mkgrOU&w=640&h=480] Almost the right tone for Kermit - NSFW.

Mar 31, 2007: Do You Still Watch SNL? If not, you might have missed this funny clip: http://www.hulu.com/embed/QsW1kYHYxNC8zeCRAVRc0g This one of Drew Barrymore brings back bad workout …

Mar 26, 2007: These Are A Few of My Favorite Things picnik - Great online photo editing site. You can upload photos or access your Flickr photos to edit. Very easy to use. tripadvisor.com - Are you …

Mar 25, 2007: IMAX 300 Farrah took me to watch 300 today at the Sony Metreon’s IMAX theater. But first she took me to breakfast at Sears Fine Foods in Union Square. …

Mar 22, 2007: 4 Themes - 4 Looks - You Decide One of the best things about Wordpress is the ability to change the look of your site pretty quickly. So how do you like this current theme now? …

Mar 22, 2007: Standing in Line - Forever!!!

Mar 21, 2007: Tori Amos New Album on the Way! Just received the spam announcement that Tori has a new album coming. Looks like she’s doing the different persona thing she did with her cover …

Mar 20, 2007: Another One? Yes, Another One. OK, last I heard, Facebook was the new MySpace. At least that was what I heard. I then go surfing the other night looking for Wordpress themes for …

Mar 17, 2007: Conan is Coming to Town If you haven’t heard, Late Night with Conan O’Brien is coming to town. His show will be filming at the Orpheum Theatre from April 30 to …

Mar 16, 2007: Another One? OK, last I heard, Facebook was the new MySpace.   At least that was what I heard. I then go surfing last night looking for Wordpress themes for …

Mar 15, 2007: A New Layout? I’m working on the website a little, so if you happen to be on it and the page changes suddenly, do not be alarmed.

Mar 13, 2007: Playstation Home [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZY2vwlh5-g&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Interestingly scary.Save & Close

Mar 11, 2007: Using Google Spreadsheet BossaNova asked me to look at some web hosting companies for him. The rates on his account were going to increase over 50% I believe - I’m not …

Mar 10, 2007: Back Home I’m posting again directly to Janella.com using the famous Wordpress. Yes, I have left my irregular blogging on my Vox account. Actually, I will …

Mar 8, 2007: Going Home I've been on Vox for a while now and I have enjoyed it.  I've met new people and reconnected with old friends.  But lately I've been …

Mar 4, 2007: I'll Tumblr For Ya! I was listening the TWIT podcast this past Tuesday. Leo mentioned a site called Tumblr which sounded interesting by his description. (He also writes …

Mar 2, 2007: Moving Weekend This last weekend farrah and I flew down to San Diego to help Heidi and Yen move to their new apartment. Unfortunately, I was just getting over a cold …

Feb 27, 2007: My Standard Avatar My standard avatar I use when blogging or commenting.

Feb 21, 2007: The Weekend Lost This past three-day weekend could have been more than what it was. Unfortunately, I caught the cold that has been hounding farrah for the past week. …

Feb 15, 2007: Back to Blogging I know I haven’t been blogging much lately. There are several reasons for this, but the task taking up most of my free time has been trying to …

Feb 2, 2007: February Mix 2007 Feeling Good by Michael Buble Smile by Lily Allen Tell Me 'Bout It byJoss Stone The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani featuring Akon Glamorous by Fergie …

Jan 20, 2007: When You Created Your Very Own Universe.... Baron Papanoida aka George Lucas …you can do anything you want. I usually don’t go to StarWars.com, but I received a spam message and …

Jan 20, 2007: Commercials Work After having dinner at home, farrah and I were watching TV a commercial for Carl’s Jr. milkshakes came on. Well, not twenty minutes later did I …

Jan 15, 2007: Party

Jan 14, 2007: Breakfast  

Jan 13, 2007: Snowtime

Jan 13, 2007: Snowtime 2

Jan 13, 2007: Check-in

Jan 13, 2007: Still Driving

Jan 13, 2007: Breakfast

Jan 7, 2007: Redwood City

Jan 6, 2007: Tiana on her way to see snow This was a photo I took on our New Year’s Day trip to see snow in Lake Tahoe. I’ll post the photos I took on my Flickr account soon.

Dec 24, 2006: Christmas is Near [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToIAsk6Q0Q4&w=480&h=390] It’s pretty late, but I wanted to upload this video clip. farrah and I …

Dec 22, 2006: QotD: One Lump or Two? How do you take your tea or coffee? Submitted by Vasquez. If the coffee is regular cup size, I take two sugars, one creamer.  If it happens to …

Dec 19, 2006: Shabu Shabu Lunch BossaNova treated Kelvin and I to lunch - as a thank you for covering his work duties while he was on vacation. It just gave me an opportunity to try …

Dec 18, 2006: Celebrating Our Wedding Anniversary So it’s been one year today that farrah and I have been married. As you can tell from the photo it was a little windy that day in Hawaii. But …

Dec 14, 2006: Happy Birthday Farrah!!! Happy birthday to my beautiful wife, farrah Today is your big 3-Oh! But babe, you don’t look a day over 25 to me :)

Dec 4, 2006: Imogen Heap @ The Warfield farrah and I went to see Imogen Heap at the Warfield this past Sunday, December 3rd. We hadn’t been to a concert in quite sometime. I think the …

Dec 1, 2006: December Mix Money Maker Ludacris Fergalicious Fergie Feat. Will.I.Am My Love (Feat. T.I. & Timbaland) Justin Timberlake Show Me Janet Jackson Work It Out …

Nov 30, 2006: QotD: Stupid Human Trick What is your stupid human trick? Submitted by Scarlett. I can fold my tongue in half - from front to back.

Nov 25, 2006: Rest In Peace This morning we had to put Tigger to sleep. He was 19 years old. He hadn’t eaten on his own the last six days. We brought him in on Friday and …

Nov 22, 2006: Little Big Fella Anybody know what kind of spider this may be? Just found him in our bedroom. Yikes!

Nov 22, 2006: Nothing Less Then Kelly Clarkson Oh, my friends at Yahoo!, how I hope the rumor is not true. I went to only one YEP (Year End Party) out of three opportunities. I missed The Flaming …

Nov 11, 2006: QotD: My Dream Career What's your dream career?  Submitted by Something. If I could do it all over again I would have probably be a chef.  I thought of being a …

Nov 11, 2006: Weekend in San Diego - Part 1 farrah and I took a trip down south to visit friends. We haven't visited Yen and Heidi since they moved there last year. My friend Tage has lived in …

Nov 8, 2006: QotD: OS Preference Windows, Mac, Linux - What's your preference and why? Submitted by ramblingsbymark. In order of preference: Mac, Linux, then Windows.  I've …

Oct 25, 2006: QotD: All My Computers < div> How many computers do you have in your house?  Submitted by Foomper. Four. 24" iMac - Just purchased this about three weeks …

Oct 23, 2006: Vox Hunt: In Motion Take a photo of something in motion. Inspired by Meg.

Oct 23, 2006: QotD: On Podcasts Do you listen to podcasts? Are there any you'd recommend? Inspired by Alex. I listen to a lot of the twit.tv podcasts, or as Leo Laporte has been …

Oct 22, 2006: Found Today Farrah Fawcett Trading Card It cleaning month here in the city. They call it extra dump days. The first two weekends of this month we were able to …

Oct 10, 2006: QotD: Save It For A Rainy Day What's the best way to spend a rainy day? Submitted by Vee. With farrah, making Banana Pancakes (If you didn't know, it's a Jack Johnson song). …

Oct 4, 2006: Vox Hunt: I Love This Mug Show us your mug. My Chipped Batman Mug My Batman mug is used for most liquid beverages. Unfortunately, I chipped it while washing it earlier this …

Sep 29, 2006: QotD: Set Your DVR What TV show(s) will you be watching this season? Why?  Submitted by ducnly.vox.com. Since I got a my first Tivo from BossaNova, watching …

Sep 19, 2006: Today I took today off to attend a company anniversary party.  The party was for a biotech company my wife recently joined.  We had heard they …

Sep 13, 2006: Happy Birthday, Tessie and Tiana!!! A quick happy birthday to Tessie and Tiana!!! farrah and I wish we could be there to help you celebrate!

Sep 1, 2006: A Few Photos from the Walk I need to start labeling my photos, either locally or on my Flickr account, but preferribly locally. Part of the whole tagging and captioning bit is …

Aug 31, 2006: Can't Seem To Sleep I can’t seem to fall asleep yet. My wife farrah went on a mini-vacation to Hawaii this morning. The bed feels a little different, so I’m …

Aug 30, 2006: Vox Hunt: Orange Crush Take a photo of something orange. Koi Fish Pondering

Aug 29, 2006: Everyone Wants To Be Jack It seems that anything with a modicum of success is cloned. For this entry I’m focusing on the cloning of Jack Bauer. At least, to me, it seems …

Aug 29, 2006: QotD: Home Sweet Home What is your browser's default home page set to? Submitted by Kelev T. Cat. Currently, it is set to my web site - Janella.com  I think it's going …

Aug 23, 2006: Vox Hunt: That Rules Show us some rules. No Swimming @ North Shore, Hawaii

Aug 21, 2006: Vox Hunt: Stuck On You Take a picture of something that someone put a sticker on. Tiana with Stickers Fun with stickers!!! Give a child a sheet of stickers and they will …

Aug 18, 2006: Movie Review - Brick Look, I did what she said with the brick.  I didn't know it was bad, but The Pin's on it now for poor Frisco, and they're playing it all on …

Aug 16, 2006: QotD: The Best Part of Waking Up... What's your morning beverage of choice?  Coffee, tea, juice?  Homemade or store-bought? Coffee, and lots of it.  I would prefer a …

Aug 14, 2006: Social Networking Explained If you haven’t seen this, it explains all there is to social networking. So many online friends, so little time.

Aug 14, 2006: Coming Clean Alternate Title:  Simplifying My Social (Networking) Life   It looks as if the big web hosting move is done.  I've managed to clean up …

Aug 13, 2006: QotD: My Intro to the Big Screen          What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater?  Question submitted by mainmor. Star …

Aug 8, 2006: QotD: Baby Love How cute were you as a baby/child? Let's see those baby pics! <img …

Aug 6, 2006: Any Web Hosting Suggestions? My website is down for the second time in about six months. The reason my hosting company gives is hard drive failure - again! Two times, on two …

Aug 4, 2006: Mugged @ McDonalds [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HWWnQXiXRs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&enablejsapi=1&w=640&h=480] The guy go into McDonalds …

Aug 4, 2006: QotD: Reality TV Star If you could be on any reality TV show, which one would you pick and why? farrah and I always wonder how we would do on The Amazing …

Aug 3, 2006: Mac Heart Stopping Moment - A Reason to Backup [caption id="" align=“alignnone” width=“500.0”]I dropped by 12" PowerBook[/caption] I’m a recent Mac …

Aug 1, 2006: QotD: Can you hear me now? What's your cell phone's ringtone? What made you pick it? U2’s Vertigo is my default ringtone You know the part? Hello hello I’m at a place …

Jul 26, 2006: Our Cat Has Friends Tigger has, as of this writing, twenty-four friends. Twenty-four friends? Yes. He has about nineteen more friends than I have on //LJ; eighteen more …

Jul 25, 2006: QotD: Sugar, Sugar What was your favorite candy when you were a kid? How does that compare to now? I was partial to "Bottle Caps" - especially the root beer …

Jul 24, 2006: Steely Dan's the Man (Actually they're a duo) Did you read the open letter to Luke Wilson by Steely Dan - or more specifically from Don and Walt of Steely Dan?  Take a gander.   I'm not …

Jul 22, 2006: Can't Sleep with this Heat It’s about 12:40 am right now and it is still warm in the house. All I can think about is how hot it is supposed to be tomorrow. I can’t …

Jul 21, 2006: QotD: Shaken not stirred What's your favorite drink or cocktail? What's in it? Question submitted by charm.vox.com When I gt in the mood, I like to take a trip to Long Island …

Jul 20, 2006: Oh Paris. Paris? Paris Hilton "It will surprise a lot of people because there's real artistry coming from Paris." This above quote is about Paris, France, right? No, …

Jul 20, 2006: Yahoo! Japan Those guys in Yahoo! Japan get all the fun, don’t they? I found this video while surfing YouTube. I never heard of the guy or the show, but hey, …

Jul 20, 2006: I've Been Vox'd!!! You heard about //Vox? Well, Vox is the new social networking site from //Six Apart, the creators of Movable Type, TypePad, and LiveJournal - all good …

Jul 20, 2006: I’ve Been Vox’d!!! You heard about //Vox?   Well, Vox is the new social networking site from //Six Apart, the creators of Movable Type, TypePad, and LiveJournal - …

Jul 19, 2006: QotD: Celebrational Muppetational! Who is your favorite Muppet? Why? QotD submitted by knitwitology.vox.com. Fozzie the Bear of course! “Wocka Wocka Wocka!" I just love …

Jul 19, 2006: The Walking Weekend The weekend started with a slight dilema. On Friday night I was surfing //bayarea.com looking for things to do on Saturday. I stumbled upon a blog …

Jul 19, 2006: The Walking Weekend The weekend started with a slight dilema.  On Friday night I was surfing //bayarea.com looking for things to do on Saturday.  I stumbled …

Jul 18, 2006: QotD: Summer Music What's the one CD that will totally remind you of the Summer of 2006? Pearl Jam Has the Summer of 2006 come and gone already? Well, if I had to …

Jul 18, 2006: You Don't Need Talent So, you don’t need talent to draw comics any longer? I saw this article on CNet’s site. It seems a company, working with Marvel Comics, …

Jul 18, 2006: Another Blog to Mess With Ok, so I’m invited to the world of Vox! I’ll need to see how this goes. I do have a one blog I maintain at Janella.com (a mirror of which …

Jul 15, 2006: July Mix 2006 Take It Easy (Radio Edit) - Fugees Buttons - The Pussycat DollsSingle ('06 Mix) - Natasha BedingfieldStars Are Blind - Paris HiltonAin't No Other Man …

Jul 12, 2006: Sony PSP white is coming Sony PSP white is coming originally uploaded by puckman So this was a controversial ad for the new Sony PSP white? When looking at the series of ads, …

Jul 9, 2006: Care to Donate for AIDS Walk San Francisco? Farrah and I are doing the AIDS Walk in San Francisco next Sunday. Care to donate (sponsor us) on our walk? Click here to donate for Farrah. Click …

Jul 2, 2006: Sitting and Thinking I’m sitting in a new Starbucks on Shoreline and Pear Ave in Mountain View. I just finished eating a late lunch at //Maruichi. I tried the …

Jun 27, 2006: Bjork DJ'd in the City? Oh to live in the City and have an opportunity to see special events such as Bjork playing DJ. Oh well. [Source]

Jun 21, 2006: Big Brother Watching - Time to Leave AT&amp;T It must be time to stop using AT&T services all together, not just DSL access: The new policy says that AT&T  --  not …

Jun 16, 2006: New Photos Posted New photos are posted on the Photos@Smugmug account. The new albums are: Kay's GraduationSunnyvale Art & Wine FestivalSpending Time in Santa Cruz …

Jun 6, 2006: Installed - Finally The installer for Comcast, Jose, finally arrived at 6:10pm. The installed took over an hour, as Jose needed to drill a hole and do the cabling under …

Jun 6, 2006: Not a Good Sign My install time for cable Internet: between 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Current time: 5:13pm. A not so quick call to Comcast, and they tell me the installer …

Jun 5, 2006: Still No Show 5:40pm. Still no installer. I’m on the phone with Alan from Comcast. Hmmm, is this worth it?

Jun 3, 2006: Documenting My Comcast Experience I thought I’d just write about how this switch to cable Internet will go. Hopefully there won’t be many bumps (I would prefer none), but …

Jun 2, 2006: The Promise of a Faster Tomorrow I’ve been a Pacbell / SBC / AT&T (or whatever the heck they are called now) DSL customer for a long time. According to their records …

May 23, 2006: Lyric Earwig Syndrome For some reason I can’t get the following lyrics out of my head after hearing them at the Banana Republic in Gilroy this past weekend: I'm a …

May 20, 2006: Catch Up I meant to post this awhile ago, but lately I haven’t had much free time during the weekdays. This is a good thing since it means the new job is …

May 19, 2006: Should Our Heroes Grow Old? At Home With Evel Knievel Originally uploaded by cheesebikini I saw this linkon the CNN front page. It goes to a story about a childhood hero I had by …

May 8, 2006: May Mix 2006 Promiscuous (Radio Edit) - Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland SOS (Edited) - RihannaWorld Wide Suicide - Pearl JamCrazy - Gnarls BarkleyAgain And Again …

May 5, 2006: Aeon Flux I have an observation that seems to rarely fail me: action movies that are around ninety minutes in length rarely work. The problem I have with this …

May 1, 2006: WiFi Everywhere Today is a traveling day for me. I’m running errands enjoying one of the last few weekdays I will have off. I’m still waiting for my …

Apr 29, 2006: In Groups of 3's Events (things) tend to come in threes, don’t they? Take these three recent events: Exhibit A - chipped Batman cup. My favorite drinking mug! It …

Apr 9, 2006: Trying to Fight the Good Fight Too many tempting goodies at the grocery store lately. With the large amount of time on my hands, I have the opportunity to fully consider my snacking …

Mar 28, 2006: Recovering and Searching I’m not sure how to start off describing what’s going on in my noggin right now. So many thoughts are floating around, most involving the …

Mar 16, 2006: Wedding Photos Posted on Flickr Well, I’ve posted our wedding photos on Flickr for viewing. Here is a quick sample: In order to view them, you will need to (1) have a Flickr …

Mar 13, 2006: Serenity "She is startin' to damage my calm." -- Jayne Cobb from the movie Serenity We are constantly threatened with television shows being re-conceived and …

Mar 8, 2006: Creature of Habit I’m sure I was told this when I was in the military, most likely when I was overseas. I was told to vary my routine. I was told to take …

Mar 8, 2006: "Saving Face" &amp; "Rent" The //Netflix summary for Saving Face: Dutiful daughter Wil (Michelle Krusiec) sidesteps her mother's (Joan Chen) attempts to marry her off in Alice …

Mar 4, 2006: End of Month Rant - Three Days Late I haven’t been busy, but busy enough I suppose. I’m still unemployed at the moment, with optimistic hopes on one of two positions I …

Feb 27, 2006: When It Rains... The day started off slow. I took Farrah to work a little after 7:30 AM, later than I was planning. I went back home, took a shower, then headed off to …

Feb 24, 2006: Laughing at the Enemy A little clip from Family Guy. Good for a Friday laugh.  

Feb 21, 2006: "Just Like Heaven" &amp; "Elizabethtown" I don’t know if other people have the same problem I have, but I sometimes get Reese Witherspoon and Kirsten Dundst mixed up. I don’t get …

Feb 21, 2006: Holiday Weekend The holiday weekend found Farrah and I not doing much out of the ordinary. On Saturday, we decided to drive up to Tiburon for a quick look around …

Feb 17, 2006: Changes and Updates If you are reading this on //Janella.com then you know there have been some navigational and layout changes – again! Well, I’ve listened …

Feb 13, 2006: Relapse 2.0 I’ve injured my left eye again. It seems the scratch I endured //last October did not fully heal. I had felt some discomfort earlier this week, …

Feb 8, 2006: What's Public is Public When I post my photos online, my main goal is to share them with family and friends. Most of the photos are private, but some that I truly like and …

Feb 8, 2006: Not Asleep Yet I’m having a difficult time falling asleep tonight. I’ve had a headache for the past two days. The ache is located in only one spot in my …

Feb 6, 2006: Website and Photo Updates As i mentioned previously, I’ve been updating the website. The ‘theme’ that is implemented now will be the default look. If you have …

Feb 5, 2006: The First Saturday in February I’m sitting outside Express in //Bay Street shops in Emeryville. Farrah is in one of the many shops, and I just got out of the Apple store. …

Jan 22, 2006: Cool Site - Pandora You might have heard of this site already or not. It’s called //Pandora, created by the Music Genome Project. What the heck? To sum up what the …

Jan 14, 2006: Working on the Site I’m working on the site layout right now. The page may change from time to time while you are on it. I’m working on implementing a theme I …

Jan 10, 2006: Are You Pissed? Apple today announced some new products. The Mac Intel versions were announced, as expected, with particular attention paid to the new laptop offered. …

Jan 4, 2006: Mac or Windows? Heard of the latest //Windows flaw? From what I understand of it, and I may not understand all of it, but the only thing a user needs to do is visit a …

Jan 1, 2006: Happy New Year!!! Happy New Year to you all!!! May 2006 be a wonderful year for you.

Dec 30, 2005: Things To Remember from this December I wanted to jot down a few things to remember this month, besides the wedding. Most of these events happened in Hawaii, so I guess it still involves …

Dec 29, 2005: Our Wedding Mix Below is the list of songs we had on our wedding compact disc: Songbird Eva CassidyPualena VikaYou've Got a Way Shania TwainSunday Morning Maroon …

Dec 25, 2005: Merry Christmas To All!!! We just wanted to say Merry Chirstmas to everyone!!! Hope you have a great Christmas day!!!

Dec 23, 2005: Friday Afternoon I’m sitting in //Starbucks again as Farrah finishes some Christmas shopping. Last night my mom left back to California, arriving safely home …

Dec 19, 2005: We're Married!!! It is official! Farrah and I our now husband and wife! We took our wedding vows on the lagoon lawn at the //JW Marriot Ihilani yesterday afternoon. …

Dec 15, 2005: Checked In We checked into the condo on our tour of Hawaii. More in a bit.

Dec 10, 2005: Meetings The morning found us having Kim Chee Fried Rice with two eggs over easy for breakfast. We knew today we had two important meetings, so it required a …

Dec 9, 2005: It Begins This Way... When I post this blog entry, I will be in a Starbucks in Aiea, Hawaii. Farrah and I arrived in Oahu last night, earlier than we thought, since the …

Nov 28, 2005: Thanksgiving Dinner and Surviving the Shopping Weekend Thanksgiving was the usual affair at my sister’s house. This year was a little different with it being the first year without Bill. It reminded …

Nov 21, 2005: Black Friday is Coming Just wanted to post a quick to find some deals on Black Friday. What is Black Friday? The first day of holiday shopping (the Friday after …

Nov 21, 2005: Updating the Photos Page Well, I’ve been updating a few things on the website. The biggest update is the use of a //Flickr plug-in called //FAlbum To see it in action …

Nov 15, 2005: Too Many Photo Sites to Choose From I have been trying to find an online solution to display my photos that isn’t reliant on hosting the software myself. If you go to …

Nov 10, 2005: Sideshows Come to Sunnyvale? I pull out of the house this morning around 7:00am. I get to the corner of Ahwahnee and Fair Oaks, the first major intersection I hit as I head into …

Oct 27, 2005: October Rant Ok, here’s my end of month rant for October. The only times I do rants is when I haven’t written much or I have so much to write about. So …

Oct 24, 2005: It's Been A Long Two Weeks A lot has happened in the last two weeks. I’ll write more on the End of Month Rant which is coming up shortly. In the meantime check out the new …

Oct 6, 2005: Cyclops I’ve been out of commission the last couple of days. It seems I have a [corneal abrasion] on my left eye. How’d that happen? I had some …

Oct 1, 2005: October Mix Get It Poppin' (Featuring Nelly) - Fat Joe Feel Good Inc. - GorillazGo (Feat. John Mayer) - CommonBeverly Hills - WeezerMaybe I'm Amazed - JemFalling …

Sep 29, 2005: Finally a Day Off I’ve been working since last Monday and finally had a day off!!! But I’m back to work for three days in a row. Yes, I have to work on …

Sep 18, 2005: Hawaii, Pictures, and the Photo Gallery Farrah and I took a quick trip to Hawaii last week, from the 9th to the 13th. We were meeting vendors and looking at other items to use for the …

Sep 3, 2005: The Sleep Machine This entry fall under the too much information category, but I want to vent about my sleeping condition. It goes something like this: ...83% oxygen …

Sep 2, 2005: Disaster Relief If you haven’t already, please consider donating to the relief effort for those affected by Hurricane Katrina. You can find a list of online …

Aug 28, 2005: Big Camera Big Pressure Yesterday I attended a wedding banquet for one at my friends at [eGain], Ali Chan. I was able to meet his lovely wife Meeko, some of his family, and …

Aug 25, 2005: Photos from Yesterday I just posted photos of celebrating Farrah’s dad’s birthday last night. You can access the [specific photo set here] on Flickr.com You …

Aug 22, 2005: Jack Johnson @ The Greek Theater - UC Berkeley Concert date: 08.20.2005 Matt CostaAnimal Liberation OrchestraGirl I Wanna Lay You Down F-Stop Blues Inaudible Melodies Fluke Sitting, Waiting, …

Aug 20, 2005: 43 Things Ah another me site. I heard about [43 Things] some time ago, but never really took a deep look at it. It is a web site where you can list your hopes …

Aug 20, 2005: "Hitch" &amp; "Must Love Dogs" Just finished watching [Hitch] on DVD. The movie stars the likeable Will Smith as a matchmaker for men. Hitch puts his clients in the best possible …

Aug 18, 2005: A9 Maps: Intereting / Scary Anyone check out [http://maps.a9.com/], the Amazon map search engine? If you haven’t, pop on over there and see if you can find where you live. …

Aug 18, 2005: Fiona's Back Just downloaded [Fiona Apple’s O' Sailor] from iTunes. It’s good to hear her voice again, but the song sounds like something off her first …

Aug 15, 2005: Things This Weekend Farrah and I went to San Francisco this morning, going to [Paper Source] to look at paper products (of course). While there we had breakfast at the …

Aug 12, 2005: At It Again As you can see, I’m at it again. I’m changing site pages here and there, trying to keep up with some technical skills. I am hoping it …

Aug 1, 2005: Add One More to the Driving List I received the following IM: Lil' Gordon (8/1/2005 11:34:00 AM): i got my lisence Lil' Gordon (8/1/2005 11:34:02 AM): license i mena Lil' Gordon …

Aug 1, 2005: July - End of Month Rant I haven’t written anything of too much substance this month. So let’s see what I can pull out of my butt right here. First off, I added …

Jul 31, 2005: #1 on Yahoo! I know it’s difficult to tell in the image above, but when searching for ‘janella’ on Yahoo! this web site is the first result now! …

Jul 29, 2005: Pulp Fiction in 30 Seconds You have 30 seconds to spare and Flash installed? Then watch [this quick version of Pulp Fiction] Also available: [Alien][Jaws][Titanic] and others.

Jul 24, 2005: Albums Offline Ugh! Bad update last night. The [photos]janella.us is offline. Any photos to see are only on the Photos@Flickr site. It’s going to take sometime …

Jul 14, 2005: Dave's Headshots Met up with Dave yesterday to do our weekly coffee talk. I had a chance to test out the replacement 50mm since I needed to get headshots of him for a …

Jul 14, 2005: The Music I Listen To - Another ME Thing Ah, another Internet and ME moment. Found this nifty plug-in/site called [Audioscrobbler]. From their site it states: Audioscrobbler builds a profile …

Jul 12, 2005: Governor Arnold and Y! The Governor of California visited work today to make a little speech. We waited in line, hopeful to get in, but fell about 50 people short of the …

Jul 9, 2005: Esthero @ The Filmore Thursday was one of the times I was glad I checked my spam email. I get the weekly email from [Ticketmaster] about concerts. I guess I missed the one …

Jul 6, 2005: Welcome Emmalia Rose!!! “I was born Wednesday, June 29, 2005 at 8:24am. I weighed 7lbs 3oz and measured 18.5 inches. My turn-ons include nipples, balmex and pink …

Jul 5, 2005: July 4th Weekend - Pretty Quiet It’s been a pretty low-key weekend. I have just been trying to recover from this cold-thing. Saturday I spent most of the day in bed, hoping I …

Jul 4, 2005: Mitsuki and Sunny 16 Farrah and I ran into Doug and Mitsuki on their mid-morning walk. I had the camera with me and started to take some photos of Mistuki, which I …

Jul 2, 2005: Still A Little Under the Weather ... Still Amazed I’m recovering from this damn cold still. I got the stuffy head thing going right now. Hopefully it will be gone soon so I can enjoy the rest of …

Jul 2, 2005: New Albums Posted These new albums now available for viewing: Photos from Yen’s birthday dinner. Photos from Lotte’s birthday dinner.

Jul 1, 2005: Steak and Tylenol Its official: I got some kind of bug. Aching back. Runny nose. Hacking cough. Ugh, I hate this stuff. Of course, I decided to go out yesterday after …

Jun 30, 2005: End of the Month Rant Most of the postings lately have been about birthdays. Let’s see, birthday’s this month were for Skylar, Little Gordon, Yen, Lotte, Doug …

Jun 22, 2005: Black Eyed Peas - Monkey Business Still, there are plenty of early Peas-heads who remain disgruntled about the  group's leap to the pop world. But go ahead and call them sellouts. …

Jun 20, 2005: Father's Day and Aloha Kitchen Today we had Father’s Day breakfast/brunch at Aloha Kitchen in San Jose on 1041 East Capitol Expressway.. Uh, the food was so good. I had the …

Jun 18, 2005: Dance Recital Rehearsal I went to Kayla’s dance recital practice to take some photos, because there is more freedom to use a tripod or move around during the practice …

Jun 17, 2005: The Self Portrait Thing Well, I broke out the 50mm lens - which I’m going to use for Kayla’s dance recital practice - and took some self portraits. They turned …

Jun 16, 2005: Batman Begins Rating: **** out of 5 Quick shot: The movie chronicles the Batman’s beginnings. What I liked about the move: It’s back to the serious …

Jun 15, 2005: Cool Site: Challenge Darth Vader Can Darth Vader read your mind? Visit [this web site] and challenge a Lord of the Sith. He did guess correctly what I was thinking! Weird.

Jun 13, 2005: Two Weeks Well, I have had the D70s for two weeks. I’m loving the freedom of taken the shot and seeing the results right away, but with an SLR type …

Jun 13, 2005: Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith Rating: *** out of five Quick shot: Boy and girl meet. Boy and girl get married. Boy and girl are spies for competing agencies and don’t know …

Jun 12, 2005: Writing Here and There I think I mentioned a post or two ago that I was starting a new blog. Yeah, another blog. This makes a total of three blogs!!! Well, actually …

Jun 10, 2005: Keep Shooting Some photos I took on my day off this past Wednesday. The weather was a little overcast, which minimized some of my outdoor shooting as it was raining …

Jun 7, 2005: Dinner and Photos I’ve been able to get some more reading and shots in the last day. Last night Farrah, Yen, and I went out to look at fabric and dinner. I was …

Jun 5, 2005: Sun Time Not much happening today. My picture opportunities have been limited. I spent about an hour and a half walking around the [Sunnyvale Art & Wine …

Jun 5, 2005: Finally - Some Shooting Well, I’ve finally started some shots with the D70s. I haven’t read all of the instruction manual. In fact I have probably read less then …

Jun 3, 2005: Friday = Lazy Day @ Work It’s been a pretty quiet day so far. Not heavy on the work stuff. I’m using the time to study some photo techniques. Problem with studying …

Jun 3, 2005: Too Many Memory Cards The memory card pain continues today. I found out I can’t return the memory card I accidentally bought, even if I didn’t open it (which I …

Jun 3, 2005: Got the D70s Today But... I received my delivery from FedEx today at work. It difficult to not open the box and look at the D70s, but I held off for a while. I should have open …

Jun 2, 2005: TrekEarth.com - Visit It Today Cool site: TrekEarth Found this cool photo site as I was doing research for my new blog. New blog? More on it later. Anyway: “The underlying …

Jun 2, 2005: Why I have what I have I hope this doesn’t sound too much like ‘look at me and what I have" but I wanted to write down why I chose the equipment I currently …

Jun 2, 2005: June Mix Mr. Brightside The Killers Somewhere Only We Know KeaneSleeps With Butterflies Tori AmosBreakdown Jack JohnsonCollide Howie DaySuper Duper Love Joss …

Jun 1, 2005: My first post on this blog tri’al Pronunciation: ‘trI(-&)l Function: noun : a tryout or experiment to test quality, value, or usefulness b : one of a number of …

Jun 1, 2005: Our Dinner with Ernie Ernie @ Prolific Oven Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. Farrah and I had dinner with Ernie today. We ate Yan Can in the Rivermark Center - at …

May 30, 2005: A Stinky Plant and the Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers 052905039 Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. Today was good day. Farrah and I decided yesterday to go to the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers. …

May 27, 2005: #1 on Google!!! google-janella Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. I know this is cheesy, but janella.com is the #1 search result when searching for …

May 27, 2005: William's Memorial Service We attended a memorial service for Bill today. It was a very nice ceremony at the Los Gatos United Methodist Church. Rex and Wendy shared some …

May 19, 2005: Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith Rating: *out of five Quick Shot: Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader, killing every Jedi in sight. What I liked about the movie: A lot of action, …

May 18, 2005: Should Gordon Cut His Hair? Gordon Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. My nephew Gordon might be coming out for the summer. Should he cut his hair before he comes out to …

May 17, 2005: Coming Soon..... …but not soon enough. Have you seen the new Playstation 3 design? From what I read it has a pretty powerful processor comes in different colors …

May 16, 2005: William (Bill) - You Will Be Missed Hand-to-hand Combat Training Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. Susana called me to tell me that Rex’s father had passed away. He suffered a …

May 15, 2005: Looking @ My Old Blog Since I was contemplating a new blogging service, I was looking at my old blog at [blogger.com] You can take at look at it here: …

May 15, 2005: National Treasure National Treasure Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. Rating:** 1/2 out of five Quick Shot:Nic Cage plays a treasure hunter/treasure protector in …

May 14, 2005: Visiting Yen and Heidi and Changes to Janella.com Drawing on Yen's cast Originally uploaded by sith_kicker. These are photos from our visit with Yen and Heidi last week. You can see the rest by …

May 5, 2005: Buying a Home? Thinking of being a first-time home buyer in the Bay Area? Well, you might have to put in a couple more hours on the job: "The San Francisco Bay area …

Apr 28, 2005: Time to Play: Guess-the-Google Check out the flash game [Guess-the-google]. 20 images are shown to you and you need to guess the term used to bring up those images. Worth a couple …

Apr 27, 2005: Remembering Rockville I was feeling nostalgic yesterday afternoon. It most likely started because I was listening to R.E.M.’s (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville, a …

Apr 25, 2005: Tori Amos @ Davies Symphony Hall Last night we saw Tori Amos perform at the Davies Symphony Hall. It was our first concert at Davies, but not our first Tori concert. I have been to a …

Apr 12, 2005: U2 @ San Jose HP Pavillion Ok, a moment to reflect on last night’s concert. This was the sixth time seeing U2, but my first general admission experience in seeing them. …

Apr 11, 2005: Still a Little Wired Just got back from the U2 concert at the HP Pavilion. I’m still a little jazzed from the experience. I’ll probably be really tired some …

Mar 27, 2005: Thoughts from Yosemite Lodge Today’s blog entry was typed in the Yosemite Lodge, room 4109 Aspen building in Yosemite, California. It’s around 10:40 pm right now. …

Mar 20, 2005: What's Been Happening Besides Site Updates? I haven’t posted anything personal lately. I’ve been a bit busy with little things here and there. Plus most of the things I want to vent …

Mar 20, 2005: Theme Switcher Ok, I couldn’t stand just having the Spring Fairy theme as an option. So I implemented the [Theme Switcher] plug-in for WordPress. In order to …

Mar 19, 2005: Spring Theme!!!! - Very Girlie Well, spring is just around the corner. So I decided to use a spring theme on the site. Don’t worry, it’s only temporary. It’s a …

Mar 3, 2005: Friendster Joins the Blogging Craze It looks as if [Friendster] has joined the blogging craze! I just did a test blog at http://giron.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/ It seems simple …

Mar 2, 2005: Allerigies or a Cold? I haven’t been feeling too well, especially since last night. I had that itch behind my nose feeling on last Saturday. Sunday it was the same as …

Mar 2, 2005: How Popular Is Your Name? Visit the [Baby Name Wizard] for a visual historical look at your first name’s use. Just enter your name in the upper left corner, next to the …

Mar 1, 2005: Male or Female? Insight / joke forwarded by Tage (and worth sharing): A Spanish teacher was explaining to her class that in Spanish, unlike English, nouns are …

Feb 24, 2005: Upgrade and Break When I found out the weblog wasn’t resolving, I looked on [wordpress.org] for answers. There I found a new version of Wordpress available. I …

Feb 23, 2005: Down Most of the Day The weblog has been down most of the day due to database issues. Hopefully they’re resolved now.

Feb 20, 2005: Random Thoughts for a Cloudy Day Well, I’m no longer an AT&T Wireless customer. I’ve made the switch to Verizon. It wasn’t as painless as the [previous …

Feb 20, 2005: The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi Rating: ***1/2 (out of 5) Quick Shot: A blind masseur is more than he seems. What I liked about the movie: There are about three or four subplots in …

Feb 19, 2005: Leave the British (Television) Alone Recently I saw a long preview commercial of NBC’s [The Office], which premieres in March. The original version, which you can watch on …

Feb 18, 2005: What [block] Time Is it? [Using animated stacking blocks] to tell time. It’s in military format. Watch it for a while to see the animation in action. This cool site …

Feb 18, 2005: After Midnight.... For the past three days, including tonight, I haven’t been able to go to sleep until after midnight. I don’t know why. I’ve been …

Feb 16, 2005: Blogging By Email? Wordpress has this cool feature where you can post an entry by email submission. I guess it’s pretty cool to do this is (1) you are traveling …

Feb 14, 2005: Cool Site/Puzzle [This lovely puzzle] comes to us courtesy of Steven. So blame him if you can’t solve it.

Feb 14, 2005: Happy Valentine's Day Everyone have a lovely Valentine’s Day. I know it’s a Monday, but try to enjoy it anyway.

Feb 12, 2005: Wanting to Vent It’s been one of those weeks. one of those weeks where the days last longer than they should. I wish I could write, put down what is on my mind …

Feb 5, 2005: On The iPod Here are some of the new/old albums we’re listening to on the iPod - in no particular order: [Careless Love] - by Madeleine Peyroux : Farrah …

Feb 5, 2005: Adding to the Blog Ugh, I’m on a blog improvement kick. No, I’m not thinking of messing with the layout. I think I’m pretty happy with how the page and …

Feb 4, 2005: Blah blog Blah blog Blah Blah Why do I blog? I’ve been thinking about it the last couple of weeks. I guess because I do it so infrequently while others make it a daily …

Feb 2, 2005: Un long dimanche de fiançailles Rating: **** of 5 Quick Shot: World War I love story. Audrey Tautou is the Mathilde to Gaspard Ulliel Manech in this magical journey to find each …

Jan 30, 2005: The Ticketmaster/U2 Experience This morning Farrah and I took a whack at trying to buy U2 tickets on [Ticketmaster.com]. I’m usually the only one trying to get tickets, but …

Jan 29, 2005: They're Here!!! The Girl Scouts are back to spread their good cheer by selling you those evil cookies. Yeah, my niece is one of them ! I put down some money to buy at …

Jan 23, 2005: Another Lazy Weekend Not much happening this weekend. I think we’re still recovering from the holiday season. I’ve still got a little cough/congestion going. …

Jan 19, 2005: November 2004 Mix Wait, isn’t it January 2005? Well I haven’t posted a song mix for a while. This mix I made for November broke some rules I usually set …

Jan 15, 2005: Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Rating:**** out of 5 Quick Shot: Vince Vaughn plays the underdog/hero gym owner trying to save his gym from the evil (and hilarious) Ben Stiller. So …

Jan 15, 2005: No Plans This Weekend Ugh, this cold is still hanging on. It’s coming up on the worst part: the running nose and coughing. It supposed to be a good sign - a clearing …

Jan 12, 2005: Sick Again? I got a little stuffy nose action happening these last couple of days. I think I’m sick again! I was sick Christmas week. I managed to take …

Jan 5, 2005: Additions Today’s addition in the albums: The Christensens Visiting California [2001] (under Family)

Jan 5, 2005: Christmas Photos Plus Old Stuff Just got the Christmas photos back from the lab. They are now posted in the Holidays section. Tried using Longs Drugs this time to see how they are. …

Jan 2, 2005: Trailer Watching Catching up on some movie trailers since we haven’t been to the theater in a while. If you view these trailers, most require Apple’s …

Jan 1, 2005: Happy New Year!!!! Happy New Year!!!!! Have a happy 2005!

Jan 1, 2005: Photos Now Using Gallery The photos section is now set to use [Gallery]. So much for the weblog portion and photo pages looking the same. At least the color scheme is close. I …

Dec 31, 2004: Moving Directories Yes, I moved the weblog from [http://weblog.janella.com] to the main site [janella.com] And the layout has also changed. The photo header above …

Dec 25, 2004: Merry Christmas!!! Merry Christmas to all!!!

Dec 23, 2004: Now in Beta [project.janella.com] has now been changed to [beta.janella.com] What exactly does that mean? Well, I started going back toward a CMS (Content …

Dec 18, 2004: Searching for... Bobby Fisher? Mr. Goodbar? Videos with Bjork in it? There’s a new beta search engine by Yahoo! that allows you to search for video clips. Go to …

Dec 12, 2004: Christmas in Egypt A Christmastime. Farrah, my mom and I went to see Kayla’s play a Christmas in Egypt. Kayla played the part of Delta, an Egyptian with a southern …

Dec 8, 2004: Asians and Voting Farrah told me about [this ad] with Asian actors stating the importance of voting. I never saw it on television, but I did vote nonetheless. If you …

Dec 6, 2004: You Too Can Have a Green Thumb Disposable cell phones that turn into sunflowers??? With the inventors being from Amsterdam I thought the plant/flower type would be different. …

Dec 6, 2004: Short Weekend...for Me! Oh its been a short weekend for me. I had to work yesterday because a co-worker needed to take one of their floating holidays before the end of the …

Nov 23, 2004: Shopping List For Tomorrow (as dictated by tessie) *regular baking potatoes (5 lbs)*gravy (e.g. turkey - can or jar)*beef gravy (no mad cow in it)*stuffy (e.g. stuffing)*corn, …

Nov 20, 2004: Another Hawaii Album Posted The last of the Hawaii trip photos are posted. The photos are located under Trips | Hawaii 2004 Part II for both the [photos] and [project] pages. …

Nov 20, 2004: Tiana's First Birthday Party New albums posted are: Tiana's Birthday 2004 - Tiana's first birthday party celebrated at Ko'olau. Currently only the photos taken with the Nikon …

Nov 19, 2004: Spiders, blah! Farrah and I found this huge spider on our wall after coming home from Toys R Us: We tried to corral the spider but, unfortunately, ended up killing …

Nov 18, 2004: Back From Hawaii Yeah, we’re back from Hawaii!!! I’m working on getting the pictures posted. Right now I’m a little tired but managed to get the …

Nov 9, 2004: Firefox 1.0 Now Available The final release version of Firefox is now available at [mozilla.org]. The site is really busy since it is the first day of release, so you may want …

Nov 9, 2004: Can You Hear Me Now? We’re getting ready for our trip to Hawaii (yes again). One of the things we wanted to do before going was to get a new phone plan. Our current …

Nov 6, 2004: Missing You... Today would have been my father’s 95th birthday. I know if he lived this long it would have been quite a feat. Nonetheless I do miss him still.

Nov 5, 2004: Nice Headline

Nov 4, 2004: The Fantastic Four? I saw these images below posted on some messageboard regarding the new [Fantastic Four] movie being made. From the looks of the these images I’m …

Nov 3, 2004: More Thoughts on Election Day I’m watching tv right now, seeing how the Presidential race is going. It’s interesting to see the color coded map on the screen, and how …

Nov 2, 2004: Go Vote! Yeah, it took me an hour in line to cast my vote, but GO VOTE!

Nov 1, 2004: Halloween Day &amp; Night Today we went up to the City to Lotte’s place to (1) celebrate Matthew’s birthday - which was last week, (2) a house-warming for Lotte, …

Oct 31, 2004: My DVD Burner Experience I get worried about my computer. Actually, the data stored on the computer, such as email and the family digital photos. Computing, as some of you may …

Oct 22, 2004: It's The Political Season Are you registered to vote? Hope so because it’s too late to register for this year’s election - at least in California. For a comedic …

Oct 18, 2004: Saturday is Birthday Celebration Day Wow, today was a busy day. I helped celebrate my sister and friend’s birthdays. First off was Susana’s birthday in Santa Cruz. My mom and …

Oct 13, 2004: Look Who's Talking "So you wanna breakdance instead? -- Purported mumbled word by me. Ok, I know I talk in my sleep. But I can’t imagine any situation where I …

Oct 11, 2004: soaring gas prices are gas prices going up in your area? according to a [cnn] article regular unleaded is on average $1.99/gallon. wish that were the case here. you can …

Oct 9, 2004: rest of the hawaii photos posted ah, finally got through the rest of the hawaii vacation photos. albums posted are called: cruising oahu - hitting chinaman's hat and other points of …

Oct 5, 2004: like reading blogs? do you like reading blogs? pop on over to [metblogs] where you can see specific regional/city blogs discussing life in the city and such. there is a …

Oct 4, 2004: are your bookmarks social? you’ve heard of [friendster] right? if you haven’t, friendster is considered a social network. we’ll, if you’ve been using the …

Oct 3, 2004: get lost our favorite new television show this season has to be [lost] wednesay @ 8pm on abc. quick shot: plane crashes on a deserted island. survivors try to …

Oct 3, 2004: russell &amp; marjorie's home man, it’s october and i’m still talking about our hawaii trip that took place back in august!?!?!?! well, my memory on specifics is fading …

Sep 26, 2004: onto kauai the following day, after pali lookout, we went to kauai. our plane left early in the morning. funny thing going to kauai, and coming back, was being …

Sep 14, 2004: hellboy rating: ** 1/2 out of 5 quick shot: ron perlman brings hellboy to life, embodying hellboy both physically and emotionally. what i liked about the …

Sep 13, 2004: gotta get back...in time! every wanted to see how a web site looked, oh say, two years ago? [plug the website address in here] to find out. link courtesy of sa - the slient …

Sep 12, 2004: template changes made a template change to the weblog page as well as the photos@ page. lmk if there are any problems with the template, as some customization had to …

Sep 11, 2004: pali lookout and around oahu the day after hanauma bay, we went did more driving around oahu, specifically toward pali lookout. we could have gone the day before, but after six …

Sep 7, 2004: who's cadi??? who’s new cadillac is this? well, let’s ask the car who she belongs to: yes, farrah’s dad, as of this weekend, is the proud owner of …

Sep 5, 2004: hanauma bay well, time to write more about the hawaii trip, since i have some time on my hands. it’s a hot one here today in sunnyvale. i’m not sure …

Sep 2, 2004: slowing getting vacation pics online ugh, getting back from vacation has been rough, especially with work being a drag right now. i’m slowly getting the vacation pictures up. log on …

Aug 25, 2004: welcome seth emilio salvotti congratulations to scott and stefanie on their new baby boy! seth emilio salvotti was born on august 18, 2004 @ 12:33. we’ll need to meet seth …

Aug 22, 2004: video site thanks to fina for this link

Aug 22, 2004: spartan rating: **1/2 of 5 quick shot: val kilmer does his bit for country and mamet. a good thriller even though the ending is a bit deux machina. what i …

Jul 28, 2004: the new batmobile? [this link] courtesy of sa. here’s hoping th new batman is better than the last two films. check out the trailer also at the [batman begins] …

Jul 14, 2004: guns and poses ernie and i went to the shooting range after dinner yesterday. it was ernie’s first time, while i hadn’t been to the range in over three …

Jul 13, 2004: new homes for janella sites the web hosting of the janella sites has changed. fina’s galleries are now located at [http://nothingcouldbefina.janella.us/] and janella.com …

Jul 5, 2004: dvdcompare.net did you know that dvd movies can be different from country to country? they are not only defined by region (north america is region 1) but specific …

Jun 24, 2004: walking the line how far canyou make this dude walk drunk? use your mouse to control the left-to-right movement.

Jun 14, 2004: reading comic books again i’ve been reading comic books again. it has been several years since i picked up comic books on a regular basis. but late last year i was in a …

Jun 7, 2004: adding back photos i’ve been quietly adding back photos to the page. by quitely i mean i forgot to update this page! anwya, here is what’s been done so far: …

Jun 1, 2004: oh that crazy jewel original story appears at [http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/05232004/news/17777.htm] Fan calls it the worst concert ever HAMPTON - Gloria …

May 30, 2004: graduation celebration pictures posted pictures from yen’s after graduation celebration are now posted on [photos]. please login to see the photos. yeah, i’m trying to be …

May 29, 2004: graduation day today is a day of graduations: yen is graduating from sjsu and john for sfsu. and here i am stuck working at home, not able to attend either ceremony. …

May 25, 2004: dido was rocking farrah, madelyn and i went to see dido at the berkeley community theater. it’s been about four years since the last time farrah and i saw her …

May 24, 2004: concerts we've attended this is a ‘concert’- me list listing all the concerts we’ve been to (so far). updated when another concert comes along. [Bill Graham …

May 22, 2004: interesting image of bush found this image of bush on a weblog site [american leftist]. the person made it with pictures “of the American service men and women who have …

May 22, 2004: check the facts before you vote trying to get informed before this year’s presidential election? you might want to see [factcheck.org]. the site seem very informative and …

May 20, 2004: finding a look well, changed the weblog face again as the style previously used (called zen) seemed too light to read. luckily with [wordpress] i’m able to …

May 20, 2004: worth a new cut? dvds are cool aren’t they? it’s almost difficult remember a time without dvds. the things i love about dvds are: the crisp picture and …

May 18, 2004: who gives a hooters? dave and i had lunch today at the new [hooters] in dublin. dave had never been to hooters before, and i hadn’t been to one in over 15 years. …

May 17, 2004: wordpress is impressive i gotta tell you, i’m really impressed with this wordpress program. i was able to setup this new weblog, import all the data from movabletype, …

May 14, 2004: trials last night i went to a rosary for my cousin who passed way last thursday, may 6, 2004. i didn’t know anthony that well. he was always big quiet …

May 12, 2004: access to archives slight change in the sidebar menu, where previous entries can be accessed by categories. so if a ‘cool site’ was listed on [janella.com] …

May 8, 2004: kill bill volume 2 rating: **** out of 5 quick shot: continuing the revenge story of the bride from kill bill volume i. what i liked about the film: slightly different …

May 3, 2004: mean girls rating: ***1/2 out of 5 quick shot: smartly written tina fey comedy. a cut above your average teenager movie. what i liked about the movie: the way it …

Apr 28, 2004: master and commander: the far side of the world rating: *** out of 5 quick shot: men at sea battling a faceless (for most of the movie) enemy, and amongst themselves. you can feel the isolation at …

Apr 26, 2004: ...to the beat of just one drum speakers on! - [cool flash animation find] courtesy of lotte.

Apr 25, 2004: somethings gotta give rating: **1/2 out of 5 quick shot: jack and diane try to find love at there age! overall good story of may-december romance and how it works for both …

Apr 24, 2004: beware of strange atms general warning brought to you by tage down south. [this tricky modified atm] is geared to grab your card info, pin, and later on your money from your …

Apr 16, 2004: kill bill volume 1 rating: **** out of 5 quick shot: a tale of bloody revenge tarantino style. loved the bloody brutality mixed in with the animation and poppin' …

Apr 11, 2004: leaping to satellite i’ve been wavering on whether to take the plunge to go to satellite tv. cable has been good to me for so long, having it here in california …

Apr 7, 2004: b-day pics - site update pics posted from my b-day weekend. some are missing (on purposes of course ;) other pics are viewable on fina’s gallery at …

Apr 5, 2004: yosemite redux just got back from yosemite, where farrah and i spent about three days. i’ll have a few pictures to post from the digital camera later this …

Apr 1, 2004: moblogs? never heard of it before, but i guess moblogs are the next big thing [cnet article] a moblog is a mobile blog (i guess) in which you can post pictures …

Apr 1, 2004: cool site - jerry and supes watch [uniform] a short film with jerry seinfeld and superman. the film requires macromedia’s flash. i’m a batman person myself, but this …

Mar 31, 2004: feeling like cartman? john or lotte, you gotta translate this!

Mar 29, 2004: thank you for a great weekend i want to thank everyone for a great birthday weekend! it will be one i will never forget. the weekend started early with dinner with doug at our old …

Mar 25, 2004: cool site - can you pass the third grade? [can you pass the third grade] is a flash drag and drop game. on my first try i got 21/48 so let’s just say i didn’t. what can you get? …

Mar 22, 2004: bond, james bond just picked up the playstation 2 game [james bond 007: everything or nothing] it’s a pretty nifty third person game that has you shooting, …

Mar 20, 2004: new photos added some new photos have been added to the photos pages [of all places]! click the above images for a preview or go straight to the photos page to look at …

Mar 3, 2004: lost in translation rating: **** out of five quick shot: a man lost. a woman ignored. friendship [and more?] follows. what i liked about the movie: the acting, direction …

Mar 1, 2004: smack the pingu not the most animal friendly game, but try playing [smack the pingu]

Mar 1, 2004: might have noticed just a quick note: you might have noticed that all the postings are now listed by ‘janella’. well, i thought it was a weird thing when …

Mar 1, 2004: established some accounts i have established a few accounts for login from memory. if you try to register for the [photos] page and it says your name is already taken (or in …

Feb 28, 2004: the long walk back II the [photos page] is starting again, and i emphasis starting. i started a photo renaming project awhile back. i am trying to change photo names from …

Feb 27, 2004: ::nothingcouldbefina:: is restored the pages at [::nothingcouldbefina::] have been partially restored. only certain albums made it through the recovery. if you are a frequent visitor …

Feb 26, 2004: the long walk back part I well, hosting company has managed to recover backups of most of the flat files, but the database is shot. so they placed all the files back. …

Feb 25, 2004: it's wet out there it’s looking pretty ugly outside right now. the winds are supposed to gust up to 40mph down here. in the santa cruz mountains it’s suppose …

Feb 25, 2004: page will look funky btw: this page will probably look kinda funky until i make more postings. i’m not going to try and bother to recreate any of the previous …

Feb 25, 2004: web server crash janella.com has, not by choice, had to go another change. the webserver crashed some time this weekend. this affected not only janella.com but over …

Feb 18, 2004: tigger comes home my mom heard tigger meowing in a neighbor’s backyard. she rushed over to the next street, knocked on the neighbor’s door and told her our …

Feb 15, 2004: to the spca again farrah and i went to the pound this afternoon. still no sign of tigger. it’s been almost a week (on monday). i’m starting to get really …

Feb 12, 2004: looking for tigger went to the local SPCA to see if someone may have found tigger. it was my first time there. i never knew the SPCA had so many animals there. it was …

Feb 11, 2004: the lion king the lion king was a great show to see (only dampered by tigger going missing yesterday). the costumes, the singing, and the settings were incredible. …

Feb 10, 2004: tigger has gone walkabout my mom was doing yard work and left the gate open. tigger must have wandered off. funny thing is he usually comes back, but he hasn’t yet …

Feb 3, 2004: only in kenya [another loopy flash cartoon]

Jan 25, 2004: underworld rating: ** out of five quick shot: decent run at the vampire mythos. werewolves versus vampire war is somewhat effective, though the story gets bogged …

Jan 21, 2004: better luck tomorrow rating: ***1/2 out of five quick shot: good small movie. somewhat predictable half way through, but overall an enjoyable film. what i liked about the …

Jan 16, 2004: silly site of the day [let this one play] for about a minute to get the full effect. link courtesy of bigfil

Jan 13, 2004: building a box part III well, the box has been built and ran through the burn-in test without error. so now i’m running a sweet p4 3.0gHz machine. i can only see the …

Jan 11, 2004: another saturday another saturday at work. not too many things to do in the queue, but getting stuff done. there are some good football games on this weekend. tomorrow …

Jan 9, 2004: building a box part II well, i’ve just slapped all the pieces together. i was a little worried about putting in the cpu as it can be delicate. you have to put this …

Jan 7, 2004: shake it like a polaroid picture [cool clip of the moment] - it requires flash so you may be prompted to install if you don’t have it already. it’s a play on the current …

Jan 7, 2004: building a box part I i decided late last year that i was going to get a new computer system this year. my current system is a p3 733 mHz running winxp and win2k (swap …

Jan 1, 2004: quick resolutions here are my quick new year’s resolutions: watch more movies read more books donate blood - or some deed like that no health resolutions for …

Jan 1, 2004: happy new year!!! happy new year to everyone!!! hope you have a great 2004!!!

Jan 1, 2004: cool site - common sense media guide [common sense media guide] - another site i heard on a radio talk show. i think it was on the ron owens show on kgo radio. ron owens likes to talk …

Dec 31, 2003: cool site - sing365.com [sing365.com] - i always go to this site when i want to know the lyrics to song. lately they have gotten much better in organizing the site. there are …

Dec 25, 2003: merry christmas!!! merry christmas to everyone! have a safe and happy holiday.

Dec 25, 2003: chirstmas eve christmas eve is almost done. everyone has gone home after having a full lovely dinner and desert. pictures should be posted as soon as i get them …

Dec 23, 2003: standing in line [watch this clip] and think about how long would you stand in line for something.  Update: The original user’s dot mac address is no longer …

Dec 23, 2003: cool site [earthware biodegradables] - another site i heard about on kcbs radio (740 on your am dial) during their eco-talk minute segments. this company makes …

Dec 23, 2003: cool site - or maybe not like everyone else i get sites sent to me from friends and family. i also get website addresses from the radio, newspaper and magazine. i usually …

Dec 22, 2003: brunch at the hukilau today we had brunch at the [hukilau] in san jose, a nice little place serving hawaiian food. the brunch was to celebrate the winter solstice, which …

Dec 17, 2003: lotr: return of the king for the third year in a row, dave and i went to amc mercado to watch lotr. the show, as always, started a little past midnight. there was bout 15 …

Dec 11, 2003: keeping up with the flu [keep up with the flu] the cdc has put up the above resource to keep track of this year’s flu outbreak.

Dec 8, 2003: i remember that night.... i remember this night, 11 years ago today. it was the night my father died. i remember pretty much everything that night, and right now i’m not …

Nov 22, 2003: idiot in sunnyvale Man Targets Canadian Company He Wrongly Believed Was Source Of Spam SUNNYVALE, Calif. – A Sunnyvale man has been arrested on federal charges for …

Nov 21, 2003: a bright blue light.... saw a meteor streak toward the horizon tonight as i parked my car. pretty cool.

Nov 18, 2003: mario, zelda, and the prince of persia after much research and debate, farrah decided to get a gameboy advance sp. a nice titanium gameboy advance sp. the idea to purchase such a shiny new …

Nov 17, 2003: funny how the net works can you ever make a mistake in this world, especially when you’re famous? nowadays i suppose not. a friend forwarded me a link regarding the …

Nov 15, 2003: kayla's church play just added photos from kayla’s church play back in september. it is available in the family album when logging in at [photo.janella.com]

Nov 15, 2003: figured it out ok, after thinking i screwed up the page somehow, i find that the reason it looked so darn funny was that i haven’t written anything! wow, a …

Nov 13, 2003: ex-mozilla customer care dinner tonight i had dinner with some ex-netscape customer care people at chevy’s in sunnyvale. it was good seeing everyone who made it. peter and sue …

Nov 11, 2003: the matrix revolutions farrah and i headed down to the [sony metreon] to watch the [matrix revolutions], the last a trilogy by the wachowski brothers. i would have to rank …

Oct 16, 2003: the curse of the cubs continues? the chicago cubs are losing right now, 9-4. it seems it shouldn’t have gotten to this point but it has. last night they should have won the …

Oct 15, 2003: pac bell no more it had to happen sooner or later. pac bell park is no longer. it shall forever be called [sbc park]…for at least 24 years. it just …

Oct 14, 2003: site of the day wish they had this when i went to school [ratemyteachers.com] it’s a site in which you can rate your teachers. some of the reviews can be …

Oct 14, 2003: one busy morning ugh, it’s MY monday. it is kind of cool working off the normal monday through friday routine, but man it can wear on you. today everything is …

Oct 14, 2003: staying away from the evil empire for some reason lately i’ve been trying to use different tools than your basic microsoft install tools. i guess with all the security and virus …

Oct 14, 2003: getting things set welcome to a new test page for janella.com. yes, i have gotten bored again and wanted to try something new. the new item used is called movabletype …

Oct 12, 2003: meeting mitsuki so i had the pleasure of meeting mitsuki for the first time today. i saw her as i was picking up doug to go to the s’vale dump (extra dump …

Oct 5, 2003: confidence while farrah was studying in the room tonight we watched the dvd confidence. it stars edward burns, rachel weisz, and dustin hoffman. the movie is …

Oct 4, 2003: giants lose the giants lose to the marlins. no world series this year. ugh.

Sep 29, 2003: kayla's play today we went to see kayla perform at a church play (photos of course to follow when developed). she was fantastic in her performance, both dancing …

Sep 16, 2003: what i'm doing now i noticed, besides the previous post, it has been awhile since i have posted any thing. i’ve been trying to get the photo pages up using the new …

Sep 11, 2003: welcome mitsuki-chan! doug called to tell me saori and him are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. her name is mitsuki-chan. we have yet to meet her, but i’m …

Aug 16, 2003: and then there was coppermine changes taken place. new photo program used to catalog images. it’s called coppermine and it uses a database as well as php for photos. it is …

Jul 8, 2003: changing things around ugh. changing some stuff around for now. i’m feeling/thinking photo pages are loading too slow, so i’ve gone back to hand coding. your …

Apr 15, 2003: saying of the weekend saying of the weekend: you smell like milkduds

Apr 15, 2003: tori @ sjcpa the weekend, or more exactly my weekend, was good and bad. saw tori amos with farrah, lotte, and yen (and her tiger pants) on saturday. tori was good …

Apr 11, 2003: optimizing photos i am working on optimizing the photos for faster loading of both pages and photos. i’m working on limiting size to 640 x whatever, and a max …

Apr 11, 2003: pick-me-up it’s good to have friends, isn’t? i was pretty down the other day. not a mid-age crisis, but just one of those thinking funks, you know …

Apr 10, 2003: layout change site layout change of text pages as well as color scheme. no new photos added.

Apr 10, 2003: a little down as you can see, design and color scheme seems to have changed. call it being bored. i hope the color isn’t too drabby. right now it’s a …

Apr 1, 2003: SARS alert SARS comes to SJO! at least that’s what the news is blurbing this lunch hour. i was hoping it was a april fool’s joke, and i still am …

Mar 30, 2003: web journal redux? this is really the beginning of my web journal. i know i’ve made entries using blogger before, but i wanted to get a little more personal. it …

Mar 26, 2003: album update here are the latest photo album additions. all are located under the ‘newest additions’ album. Yosemite 2003 Rex's Birthday 2003 A Day …

Feb 25, 2003: taxi ride [flash video of taxi ride] by tori amos. done by a fan i believe.

Feb 16, 2003: back in black messing with colors and frames again.

Feb 6, 2003: quick funny site vulgarity involved, but fun for about 5 minutes [http://members.shaw.ca/wpgclan/whatyouare.htm]

Jan 24, 2003: contemplating i’m sitting here on a thursday night, contemplating life with a cold bottle of sake. otokoyama to be specific. a nice brand (and bottle) …

Jan 23, 2003: super bowl sunday went to lotte, andy and farrah’s place up in the City to watch to super bowl, and move a tv up there too. the place was nice and big, but the …

Jan 20, 2003: the cirque is in town it’s pretty late right now but wanted to jot down a few thoughts from today. we went to go see [VAREKAI] in san jose. the show was great, and it …

Jan 15, 2003: stacks, gym...oh, i'm sore went to stacks yesterday with dave for a little monday brunch on my day off. stacks is a pretty good breakfast/lunch place in campbell. i guess, …

Jan 9, 2003: rainy days and.... listening to diana krall’s Live in Paris on a nice drizzling day. too bad i’m at work right now, otherwise it would almost be perfect. …

Jan 8, 2003: smack-down oh man…my mouth feels like its been punched a hundred times. went to the dentist today for only the second time in…well, in quite a long …

Jan 7, 2003: rock the vote vote for what the california state quarter should look like.

Jan 5, 2003: foggy morning musings it was a nice foggy morning when i got up at 6 AM. i was planning to go up to the City and take some pictures. but the fog, along with the crunchy …

Jan 4, 2003: harry potter chamber of secrets… just got back from watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. pretty good flick if you ask me, even if it clocks …

Jan 3, 2003: how slow can you go? slowwwwww this has got to be the slowest longest day in recorded history, and it’s not even MY friday! i figured i would have been off of work …

Jan 3, 2003: new albums well, posted new photos in the new albums section. photos from Christmas, the Christmas Gift Exchange, Farrah’s Birthday and Jordan’s Show …

Jan 3, 2003: look outside! quick, look outside: beautiful sunset happening!

Jan 2, 2003: the numbers wow…today is 01/02/03!!!

Jan 1, 2003: always learning still so much to learn it’s new years day and there isn’t much to do. i had lunch with ali and steven from my former job. they seemed in …

Jan 1, 2003: happy new year!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Dec 31, 2002: final one of 2002 last day of the year working it right now. what a way to spend the last day of the year. i guess i should have called in sick, but i’m not that …

Sep 1, 2002: september cd mix here is the song list for the september mix - presented in order: ordinary day - vanessa carlton goodbye to you - michelle branch underneath it all - …

Aug 11, 2002: updating albums while looking for work First off, album update: added Santa Cruz II Beach Boardwalk album to the Christensens 2002 Visit area. Now on to some venting. I’ve been laid …

Aug 3, 2002: august mix for august, the mix includes (in order) most high - jerzee happy - ashanti dilemma - nelly featuring kelly rowland i need a girl (part ii) - p. diddy …

Aug 3, 2002: under the weather I’ve been feeling under the weather since Wednesday. I haven’t been to work, fighting this stuffy-head-congestion thing that is bugging …

Jul 28, 2002: new layout Hello again! Welcome to the new layout for Janella.com. Yes, I know: changes again? Well, it has been a couple of months since I’ve done …

Jul 24, 2002: the push I was just notified my services are no longer required at eGain Communications. My job ends on August 7, 2002. Strangely I don’t feel that bad …

Jul 10, 2002: story First cool story of the day.

Jul 8, 2002: good cooking bbq Nice day today. Not as hot as they said it would be. Hopefully, the rest of the week will be fine. Today we had an impromptu Good Cooking episode with …

Jul 7, 2002: up late Staying up pretty late tonight. I’m just enjoying the last two days of vacation. I’ll write a little later about what happened during my …

Jun 28, 2002: June Mix The June 2002 CD mix is: Norah Jones - Don’t Know Why The Cranberries - Never Grow Old Alanis Morissette - That I Would Be Good (unplugged) …

Jun 18, 2002: busy weekend Wow, what a weekend. Kayla had her annual dance recital on Saturday. I got to try shooting pictures with the N80 and 800-speed film. I was really …

Jun 15, 2002: ugh, photography class The class didn’t go too well last night. I’m having problems with printing pictures correctly. I’m getting a little discouraged. …

Jun 13, 2002: enjoying time off well, I’ve been on vacation since thursday, which was an interesting day in itself. I helped someone get into an accident on that day. how did i …

Jun 13, 2002: blogger Well, I gave in to the Blog. I wanted to be able to update this portion of the website from wherever I may be (e.g., work, school, home, Europe ;)) so …

Jun 12, 2002: new home page look Introducing the new home page! This is where I will mainly write things that I think are interesting, but in reality, might be boring to you. What you …

Dec 10, 2001: about janella.com what’s the story….. I purchased janella.com as a fourth anniversary present for farrah. janella, if you didn’t know, is …