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Curiosity and utility
Curiosity is an interesting thing. The purpose of it is purely to understand, and not necessarily make anything of the information gained. Utility,...
Cookie jar
They say that shooting a basketball is as easy as pretending to reach into a cookie jar on a high shelf. I don’t know about you, but Michael Jordan...
Oh My Auth
Today reminded me of a Sherlock Holmes story – The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb (no, I didn’t lose my thumb or almost get crushed by a...
Mental fun
This xkcd post resonated with me. Not just about fighting, but also about arguments, witty things I would say, or funny things that I wish would...
Au fait
I remember when I got a D in my Economiques et Politiques class on exchange at HEC Paris. The fact that I probably spelt the name of that course...
Dance websites, dance!
It’s been a few days since I posted, and the reason is because I’ve been holed up in my workshop making toys. By workshop I mean my computer and by...
It's alive!
So after toiling for an entire day, our first app is finally live! It might look scary (especially under the hood…) but hey, we have to live with...
Familiaris
Ever noticed how dogs can be so different? Yet they are all still part of the same Canis Lupus Familiaris species. According to that Wikipedia...
Connect the dots
If I hear one more time, “You’ve gotta try In-N-Out Burger” I swear, I’ll go have an In-N-Out Burger (animal style). So yes, after my dinner at a...
Bignum
Imagine a 2. Good job! Now imagine that same two with 170 zeros behind it. That’s bigger than a googol. That’s how many legal combinations there...
I1!
You sunk my battleship! Like Jasper, today, I took great thrill in hearing those words. Unlike Jasper though, I actually was playing battleship –...
Learning or lessons
I’ve often wondered which is the better path when learning something - doing it with or without direction right from the start. I’d like to coin a...
3.times do puts ‘Gratitude’
According to this TED Talk, happiness leads to success and not the other way around. Even though Shawn Anchor talks so fast you want to check to...
A little faith
‘A Whole New World‘ is one of the few songs I know all the words to (including Jasmine’s part) which goes to show how much I respect Aladdin....
Energy
This morning felt a little off. I think it has to do with my breakfast. Each day, I have a breakfast of yogurt, with lots of berries, other fruits,...
@@all_planets
If coders created the universe, our solar system would probably be included as aclass variable. Why? Because then, when we discovered that Pluto...
With the spirit of the dragon and the horse
On Saturday, I attended the famous Chinese New Year parade in San Francisco. Apparently over 600,000 firecrackers were set off! We got there early...
Respect
How does one define respect? On Thursday, we had a speaker called Dale Stephens who has incredible credentials, having been one of the coveted...
Look at yourself
Has someone ever asked you to look deep within yourself? That would be a wild ride. Not only because of the dark secrets you might hold, but also...
Young padawan
As a child, I used to train myself in the ways of the force. My dentist used to give me bouncy-balls for good behaviour and I used to take them,...