The Cabling in This Hole Is Abominable

Just realized that all electrical outlet is type A. Except two of them, inconveniently located. Also, the phone jack is only available in the bed room.

Time to visit Home Depot.

Leeching Moment - Day #1

Started the day early, went to get my car diagnosed since it is severely overdue for one, Toyota sent me to the street in 1 hr at 8 AM with no vehicle problem, except dirty air filter. Not bad.

Next off to Peet's. Bad news, they only allowed me to leech for 2 hours max. Don't feel like asking for second wi-fi id since the quality of the pipe is bad, got kicked off the VPN several times and the speed is horrible. Fire up the EVDO 3G to finish a recording. Get out to Starbucks at 11 AM.

Starbucks is filled to the brim, with only 2 electrical outlets spotted, and they are all occupied.

Settle for Borders, fire up EVDO 3G again, work till 3PM. Finishing up at Sunnyvale Public Library.

Moving

Scrubbed the apartment clean after meeting with photographer.

Meet with a videographer.

Moved my last stuff out of the apartment (jug of water and mug) - and turn in the keys.

Slept with the light on, even though Mr Shinozaki guarded the door.

Leeching Moment

Since I am not going to have DSL connection for a couple of days (AT&T will connect the pipe next Thursday), I have decided to brave the Sillycone Valley and leech the pipe from friendly sources.

Must Have FF Add-ons

Name	FF3.5	FF3.0x
Delicious Bookmarks	x	x
DOM Inspector	x	x
DownThemAll!	x	x
Google Gears		x
Greasemonkey		x
Selenium IDE		x
Update Notifier		x
Web Developer	x	x

The First 5 Things I do When I Get a New BlackBerry

Riz from Inside BlackBerry Blog ask this question: "what do you do when you first get your device?" in this article.

This is what I always do, after upgrading from 7520 -> 8703e -> 8830:

1. Make sure the device works: make call to office land line and TALK to real person, shoot an email to people in the office and off-site (personal email account) & setup voice mailbox. This device should function as phone after all.
2. Just like Riz, change font size: BB Millbank 7 or 8, and make sure I still can read: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog".
3. Download favorite apps:
   
   • Gmail client
   • Google Maps - a recent favorite app after upgrading to 8830
   • Yahoo Messenger
   • Facebook
     
4. Again, following Riz, rearrange the application icons (X being non important application):
• Top: Messages, Call Log, Browser, Gmail, Calendar, Address Book
• Middle: Alarm, Keyboard Lock, Media Player, X, X, X
  
• Bottom: BrickBreaker, Calculator, Google Map, X, X, X
5. Get the latest OS and desktop upgrade, and test internet tethering.
   

I Hate April

Tons of crap happened this month - I don't want to look back.

R&G Lounge

631 Kearny St
San Francisco, CA 94108
Tel: (415) 982-7877

http://rnglounge.com/

Finally we are set, the paper work is done

Looks like we set to have a reception at Ritz Carlton, HMB. Ida received the countersigned agreement.

Kozy Korner

213 W Wilson Ave
Glendale, CA 91203
Tel: (818) 242-6608

Nice & small Thai restaurants, but parking is bad and the food is bastardized to suit gringo taste. John loves the Orange Chicken, I agree that it is good.

FB Application Notification Filter

I welcome this new FB feature: Hide the application spam only, not all notifications from your friends.

From Noodles

La Bodeguita del Medio

463 South California Ave
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Tel: 650 326 7762

http://www.labodeguita.com/

Order the skirt steak ... I would put the food at 4.5 stars

Anh Hong Saigon

233 W Calaveras Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035
Tel: (408) 946-9046

http://www.anhhong.com

Jang-Tu Restaurant

1012 E. El Camino Real
Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Tel: (408) 245-5720

I have never seen so many 'intestine' written on the menu.

Back To Blogging Again

After 3 months hiatus, I think I might want to start blogging again, need to journal my adventure in creating my own ppm repository and wedding planning.

This is going to be a fun spring.

PS: expect lots of back dating posts.