Renew Passport "Normal" Application (by mail) This applies only if it's basically a 10-year passport renewal Sadly I lost my previous passport and my emergency passport is a 1-year, meaning I need to
Setting up a M2 Classic... setting up yet another laptop, this time MacOS M2 First things first... Of course, first things first... Download Essentials: Chrome (with Safari lol) Some of my friends are beginning to recommend something
Tokyo Day 2/17 Dear Journal, Today was an incredible day in Tokyo! I woke up early and started my morning with a run around the Imperial Palace. It was such a beautiful and refreshing way to
Tokyo Day 1/17 No wonder people live so long here-- My stress levels were actually quite high before the trip, I had trouble sleeping, I stress-ate, I wasn't taking care of myself or exercising or socializing
Japan Itinerary from ChatGPT Give me a three week travel itinerary for Hokkaido, Tokyo and Kyoto in the winter Here's a three-week travel itinerary for Hokkaido, Tokyo, and Kyoto in the winter: Week 1: Hokkaido Day 1:
life 2023 New year, new reflection post? Honestly as my career has progressed, the main take away I've noticed is my time is spent 80% on writing and speaking English instead of previously what felt
movies Watchlist (2022) [x] Pyscho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) [x] Scream (2022, Matt MBettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett) [ ] Paris, Je Taime (2006, Emmanuel Benbihy, 18 short films) [ ] New York, I Love You (2008, 11 short films) [ ] Ice Princess (2005,
books Readlist (2022) [x] Tampa (2013, Alissa Nutting) [wip] Fathers and Sons (1862, Ivan Turgenev) [wip] A Curious Life (2019, Thomas Haines, Mindy Lewis) [ ] Prometheus Bound (1922) [ ] Oedipus Rex (1949) [ ] Ishiguro [ ] Sex and the Single Girl
work help us help you below is copied from an internal post here are my thoughts people struggle with asking for help. it's not easy, but with a little bit of strategy, it's not that hard either, always
building a small pc [6/N] now to enable SSH This was actually really easy; just log into your router (figure out what your private IP address and admin password, written on the router) and just set up Port-Forwarding
building a small pc [5/N] Update: After doing a more intensive load test, the system eventually stabilizes at ~70C for both CPU/GPU during the day without my ridiculously unreasonably cold Air-Conditioning. But with the AC on during
Building a small PC [4/N] Misc Setup Notes Some more follow-ups Rclone: GDrive Syncing Setup RClone for a free CLI remote-agnostic rsync/mounting tool Since it looks like nice GUI-based linux GDrive solutions are paid-only; I'll just stick
Building a small PC [3/N] Now that the PC is finally built it's time to install OS and software! The first thing to do is check that the thing actually even turns on. Check! First try! Was pretty
Building a small pc [2/N] Last post [blog link] I wrote about some learnings on building small quiet PCs I finally ordered parts [pcpartpicker] and put the thing together A couple notes: Let's start with the easy fun
Building a small PC [1/N] Learned lots of stuff so far I like quiet! Quiet is good! https://www.quietpc.com/ is a good place to look up fan air-flow capability vs. max noise vs max RPM. Higher
movies Watch List (2020) Watched Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1968, John Hughes, starring Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones) Where'd You Go Bernadette (2019, Richard Linklater, starring Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer,
Psycho (1960, Alfred Hitchcock) Fantastic movie, I'm shocked I only watched this now. Really reminded me of Perfect Blue (1997, Satoshi Kon) in some ways (revealing this would ruin the plot or suspense of the film). Both
iTerm2/et/tmux MacOS Setup It's been a quite a long time since I've written a post on computer-setup. It's just been a while since I've been challenged to change what I'm comfortable with... Anyway, glad to finally
books Hunger (2017) Hunger by Roxane Gay "I do not know why I turned to food, or I do. I was lonely and scared, and food offered an immediate satisfaction. Food offered comfort when I
Dear White People (2017) A story of a racially segregated university and how people so similar can seem so different, and how people so different can feel so similarly. More nuanced was how the different black communities
books Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (2011) Adventures of Mindy Kaling from New York to LA, and a beautifully unfiltered view into her world of television comedy and late night show-biz. names Duante Diallo: first encounter of bullying, body-shaming, and
Reading List (June 2020) Have Read: [x] Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan [x] Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple [x] Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Mindy Kaling [x] Hunger by Roxane Gay [wip] Becoming
life talking past each other - a tragedy "I can't breathe." — Eric Garner, 2014 [1] — George Floyd, 2020 [2] I've had immense luxury of time to think about the recent events of H1-2020. Privilege to not have been personally
books Crazy Rich Asians (2013) goodreads Spectacular view into the world of excess and luxury, paired against the deeper nuanced social-family status tensions for outsiders peering in. [spoilers warning] Astrid/Michael and Rachel/Nick's relationship is wonderfully juxtaposed:
tips-and-tricks Upgrading to MacOS Catalina MacOS Catalina (10.15.x) has some cool new features, in particular Catalyst, enables iPad developers to run apps natively in MacOS, which is INCREDIBLE! I would love if all my iPad/iPhone
