Chris Cheng: there are some chinese food products imported here with melanine
JayWuTang8: uh oh
i ate fried rice tonight
Chris Cheng: yeah.. just don’t eat chinese milk products
oh watever
thats fine
no white rabbit candy
etc
JayWuTang8: there’s eggs!
Chris Cheng: MILK
JayWuTang8: same animal
On a completely different note, this video clip was posted on digg… and it’s EXTREMELY PAINFUL for software engineers to watch:
… house.
I happened to pass by an open house in dave’s neighborhood and decided to stop by at:
14210 Wild Plum Lane Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
Let me tell you, this thing was magnificent. The pictures don’t do it justice. Unfortunately, it’s a little out of my price range sitting at a pretty 5.5M. Of course with a nice 30 year fixed rate mortgage…
I got my results back! My username is ckcheng if you want to share your data with me. Also, if you sign up for a demo account (free), let me know and I can show you my results!
Sneak peak: I have two working copies of ALDH2! This means little or no flushing reaction from alcohol!
I talk about politics too much. I know I shouldn’t because there are simply too many people passionate about the issues and our discussions are pretty much fruitless. I’ve never seen someone switch a vote or an allegiance simply because I spoke to them about it, but this year, I can’t let it slide. This year, we have, from what I can tell with my limited life span, to be the most important election I have ever witnessed. We’ve got some incredibly important issues at stake that will change the way we live as global citizens in a world that’s largely becoming more and more tumultuous, along with an economy that everyone would agree isn’t that strong.
So now we’re faced with a decision between two candidates who probably couldn’t be more different. One, young and energetic. The other older and experienced, but I can’t help but wonder… why would anyone who has longer than 10 years to live vote for John McCain? I can’t figure the guy out. His economy policy lowers taxes… but mostly for the rich. He wants to spend more money in Iraq, money that we don’t have because he’s lowering taxes. His age is certainly an issue, and he’s got these glib little comments spouting out of his mouth all the time that make me cringe as I imagine his gaffs on an international stage were he to be elected.
So why are people supporting this guy? I mean seriously. Most people will pay LESS in taxes under Obama. The government will likely spend less under Obama. From a completely selfish standpoint, Obama still takes it. But even if you’re altruistic in the purest sense, what makes McCain in any way better? I just can’t figure it out. As I listened to the RNC speech today by Sarah Palin, I just felt disgust at what amounted to a bunch of petty attacks that I could only construe as misleading. She claims Obama will raise taxes. This is true, but not for most Americans. She claims that the government will spend more under Obama. This is most likely false. The war is costing us a fortune. I don’t think anyone doubts that drawing down military activity as opposed to increasing our stay in the Middle East will help lower government spending.
So now I’m just baffled, frustrated, and outright pissed. I feel like with the support from all those people in the RNC, we’re in for a tighter race than I’d like. The GOP would like to think McCain is a maverick, that he’ll do what’s right even if he has to break party lines. Well, history hasn’t really shown that to be true so I hope we’re not just throwing away our future simply because we believe that someone who’s been a POW is intrinsically a sound choice.
This super mario comic made me laugh…
Star!
Yesterday afternoon found me hanging out with Jay and some of his friends from college. We were wandering around downtown Palo Alto for their Art & Wine festival. For the most part, the art was pleasant but we didn’t even bother with the wine, but the point of my little story here occurs later on when we grab a drink at a local pub there.
A little synopsis first: Most of Jay’s friends in this group work on the business side of their company and a couple of them were currently on the east coast pursuing graduate degrees in either medicine or business. I don’t know how it happened, but they started talking about engineers, and I was thinking “oh man… here comes the engineer bashing…” I mean… we ALL know that MBAs love and respect engineers as vital to their business, each as a unique individual with their own set of skills. Right. They would NEVER just treat us as a cog or a cost center right?
Thats kind of the mentality I was in, but then I was pleasantly surprised when a couple of them went on to say they “miss” engineers and how there aren’t enough of them on the east coast. It was bizarre. The went on to say that engineers, while socially awkward upon first contact, become more fun to hang out with the better you know them. They contrasted this with MBAs who they claim are fun to talk to at first… but become unbearable with time.
The kicker? They even went on to say “Engineers are cool.” WHAT?? I’ve never heard such a statement! Jay and I couldn’t help but look at each other and chuckle. Hey, I’ll take whatever complements I can get, but this one was pretty surprising. In a good way.
Randy Pausch, noted CMU prof, succumbs to cancer
This is CMU professor made famous by the lecture he gaved.
