February 2012
2 posts
How to Eat Shabu Shabu at Home
Recently, a few of my coworkers and I have started a bit of a routine at work: Shabu Shabu once a week. Couple that with receiving an induction cooktop last Christmas and I knew it was about time to have my first shabu shabu meal at home.
I did extensive research aka Google and the most helpful guide came from a blog post by bibimblog. Below is my own hotpot experience. Everything was purchased...
MMMORPG
I want to coin this before anyone takes it. After a check on Google and Urban Dictionary, this does not yet exist.
Mobile Massively Multiplayer Online Role Player Game (MMMORPG)
The only game out there right now that fits the bill is Order and Chaos for iPhone/iPad/Kindle/…
It’s an MMORPG that can be played on the phone. More details to come!
January 2012
6 posts
4 tags
Best Romantic Dates in Berkeley
This post is for anyone planning to take a girl out on a date in Berkeley. After Telegraph burned down, I wanted to highlight a few fond memories at Cal in case any other area suffers a tragic fate.
1. Berkeley Rose Gardens - Imagine the sun is setting. You’re sitting on a rustic bench with the smell of roses drifting to your nose. Between you and the girl of your dreams is a box of...
Why should you care about the MSCI Indices?
Let’s go back to the infographic I created earlier this week about the country breakdown of the MSCI Indices. My initial response to seeing a color-coordinated wall of text would be ‘Why should I care?.’
If you ever plan to invest in securities, then you’ll need a roadmap of sorts. The MSCI helps to provide a guide to investing in countries you’ve never given more...
What is finance if not statistics?
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March 2010
2 posts
Earthquake in Chile Shifts Earth's Axis →
The scary part of this is how the shift in the axis now affects time. Earth’s rotation is cut by a few microseconds. That’s too crazy.
February 2010
2 posts
How to live to 100 Years Old →
This article describes a few practices that will have you statistically more likely to live to 100. The smoking one depressed me at first since it cuts out 10 years of my life but apparently I can get 6 of them back if I quit by 50 :)
November 2009
6 posts
College Music Playlists →
Check this out. They have a bunch of options for college students:
Party Mix Top40 Techno Artist of the Week Ladies Mix Rock Country 80s 90s Remix Central Slow Jams Underground Rap Chillax Classics Study Mix Power Hour
Amazing Project Planner →
Credit goes to lifehacker.com writer Adam Pash for letting me know about this amazing online tool.
I never really understood MicrosoftProject but I learned the basics of Tom’s Planner with a quick and easy tutorial (you can choose between the 1 minute tutorial or the 3 minute tutorial). My only complaint with it is that when I save the file, it downloads a .txt file and you have to open...
“A doctor can bury his mistakes, a politician can blame his mistakes on an...”
– Herbert Hoover