Archive for June, 2004

Do Birds Sleep at Night?

Wednesday, June 16th, 2004

There I was, 2AM, wide-awake. Last night might have been my worst attempt at sleep. You see, for a while now, I have had a hard time getting a decent night of sleep. They say that on average, most people get 1 to 1 1/2 hours of deep sleep per night — [...]

Yahoo! Mail Strikes Back at Google Gmail

Tuesday, June 15th, 2004

When I checked my Yahoo! Mail this morning, I got a surprise email from Yahoo! saying that my email account has been improved:
* Increased storage capacity – from your current level to 100MB
* Increase in total message size to 10MB
* A streamlined interface that’s even easier to use
That’s not all. I use SBC [...]

Bringing Down the House

Friday, June 11th, 2004

Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Cindy got me this book right before our trip to Tahoe last week. Wow… what a great story! Brings back memories of when my friends and I would make trips to Vegas, Reno, and Lake Tahoe to gamble. [...]

Mt. Tallac

Wednesday, June 9th, 2004

One of our goals on our vacation last week was to hike up Mt. Tallac. In October last year, we made an attempt to summit, but ended up turning back 4.8 miles into it (at Gilmore Lake) — just ran out of time. So, last week, we were highly determined to make it [...]

Homewood Bound

Tuesday, June 1st, 2004

Time for my real Memorial Day extended weekend to start. We’re headed up to Homewood for a little R&R. It’ll be nice to be disconnected for a while. I’m beginning to feel a little too addicted to blogs — reading and writing. On this trip, I hope to do nothing but:
* [...]