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Summer Love
Um, wow. Last post = how my AI final went? I had no idea that my poor blog had been trapped in the nooks and crannies of abandoned cyberspace for this long. Guess I'm here to rescue it (again). Notable...
View ArticleHome Is Where Your Stomach Rests
The first thing that happens when I arrive at home in the Tri-Cities at 3 pm in the afternoon is not a round of hugs or unpacking of suitcases or hearing about my brother's latest adventures at the...
View ArticleOde to Audio
Every quarter is different, but there's always this very distinctive turning point about four weeks in, when you go from "i'm so excited about this course I'm taking!" to "JUST GET ME OUT OF HERE...
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SoCal On Fire!
This was one of the hundreds of headlines I've seen in the last two days. On the many interactive google maps that have been put out by various news stations, it literally looks like Southern...
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My Fireblog: Trip to Paris. I mean, Perris.
Sign on San Diego's "fire blog" has been the most up-to-date source of news, including info on new areas that have been evacuated and/or caught fire. But for those of us without land lines, and without...
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I'm Made of Gingerbread, So...
Watching Knocked Up today for the second time reminded me how hilarious Kristen Wiig is. While Katharine Heigl and Seth Rogan and Paul Rudd were all completely brilliant and perfect for their parts, my...
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Blah Friday
Probably the only thing more American than being super excited for Black Friday is being super unexcited for Black Friday. But, whatever. This won't be a post about anti-consumerism or Buy Nothing Day,...
View ArticleIslam 101
For the past two months or so, I've been leading a "study" on Islam during our bi-weekly bible studies at CEC. Though our bible study (which is probably more accurately defined simply as a group of...
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Happy Seattle Morning
I woke up this morning to the glorious sound of pattering rain. When this happens, I usually get super excited and end up running around the house, thowing open all the windows and doors -- I like to...
View ArticleCan I Get a w00t w00t for Hillary?
Following the presidential primaries has been exciting. However, it also constantly reminds me that I would never, ever, cut it as a politician. Or anything even remotely related. Like Hillary, I'd be...
View ArticleAsians Who Like Garrison Keillor
Yesterday, Shiaokai and I went to the San Diego Civic Center for a Garrison Keillor concert (concert? show? whatever you want to call a man who is able to bring in a full house by simply sitting on a...
View ArticleWhen Code Gets Scary...
Me: ugh, i have to revisit my sight-reading tutor code Me: it's so scary Sk: haha Me: it's like discovering a box of take-out that's been sitting in the back of your fridge for half a year Me: i'm...
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HOLY CRAP
This movie was so well done. I don't even know if I liked it, but it was still extremely well done. Good, or bad, I left the theater feeling like I had just stepped off of a wildly themed...
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The Wisdom of the Customer
For a couple of months now, Lawrence, Jie, and I have been brainstorming with a professor from the UCSD Medical School about some potential assistive listening devices that Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing...
View ArticleEverytime I....
... make a table in LaTex, I lose a day off of my life. \[ \begin{small}\setlength{\tabcolsep}{3.5pt}\begin{tabular}{l | c c c c c c c c c c c c c c } &cc1 & cc2 & cc3 & cc4 & cc5...
View ArticleSo, When Is Your NLP Due?
I have been asked this question many times throughout the quarter, and the answer is usually, "um... two weeks ago?" It's been an unconventionally rough quarter :(
View ArticleVegas Is More Than Just _____
Last week, Jie and I took a roadtrip to Vegas for ICASSP 2008 where we presented a poster on our work with the Sight-Reading Tutor. A funny place to hold a nerdfest, I know... Throughout the week, we...
View ArticleHow To Study for a Midterm
(I'm sure I've posted blogs with similar titles back at UW. But, guys, this is 'how to study for a midterm' grad-school style. Not fooling around here.) Repair your toilet. The toilet's been leaking...
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Hello, Sunday Morning!
The best mornings ever: (1) wake up at noon to streaming sunshine, (2) walk over to Von's to pick up a box of strawberries, (3) make pancakes. Um, oh yeah, and (4)... work on ECE homework? :(
View ArticleMaybe I Should Start Blogging Again... ?
I find myself having random thoughts lately... but nowhere to store them! But now that I've caught the photo bug, words seem so last year... It's all about the photoblog now, and everyone knows a...
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My Attempt
...at a short, simple, non-epic blog post, following Carolyn's sound advice (btw, people, Carolyn is a fantastic blogger :). I'm trying to break out of the mindset that says every good blog post begins...
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