book
When I first heard this book's title - An Immense World, I guessed that it would be a book about the grandeur of nature - something about marvelous US National Parks. Only half was correct; it was a book about nature, but not about the spectacular or wilderness.
giants
The MLB season opening is around the corner. I hope the 2023 Giants will be a greater team than 2021. I watched the last exhibition match at Oracle Park on TV. MLB this year has several rule changes, and the most noticeable one should be the pitch clock. The pitch
life
My daughter goes to an art studio for a lesson every Saturday morning. The studio is a half-hour drive away, and it wouldn't be wise to come back and forth and throw times on the road. So, I had to find a place to manage meaningful time. And
travel
Atmospheric rivers are still torturing the Bay Area these days. I heard from many that California's high tax rate was the price for perfect weather. While preparing the 2022 tax return, I'm wondering if I could ask the IRS for a tax refund for bad weather,
tech
Silicon Valley Bank fell down last Friday. The shocking news swirled in my company's Slack channel Friday morning. I didn't have much regard for it because I didn't have any accounts in SVB. But I realized it was not others' affair when I
baseball
World Baseball Classic began yesterday, and Korea couldn't make a good start. Baseball is a game in that even the best team could win 70% of the chances: the ball is round. Team Australia deserved the win; they threw faster balls with good command (except for the 8th
tech
Mark Zuckerberg said that this year would be his "Year of Efficiency." Eliminating redundancies and improving efficiency by flattening sounds reasonable strategy. At least, he looks like a working CEO - although there seemed to be some back blasts. But I believe the layers in Meta haven'
moloco
My company (Moloco, Inc.) opened a new Youtube channel - MolocoLife. We had one (Moloco channel) before, but it was mainly for our clients (advertisers). This new one was more about the company culture and people - mainly for employees and new hire candidates. Even though I worked in this
travel
It was already two months ago, but my family's last journey of 2022 was to Channel Islands National Park. I love to visit places where macOS version names came from: e.g., Yosemite, El Capitan, Mojave, Big Sur, and Monterey. And consequentially, this time was Ventura. Ventura was
anime
It is so sad to tell about the loss of great souls recently and repetitively, but Mr. Leiji Matsumoto passed away yesterday (85). He is the creator of Galaxy Express 999, Captain Harlock, Space Battleship Yamato, and many others. I mentioned that the opening theme of Captain Harlock was my
nfl
The bitter memory of two weeks ago made me think about whether I should have to watch Super Bowl this year till the last moment. I watched it just like the feeling of CMC: "I hope both teams lose." "I hope both teams lose" - CMC
market
In early 2020, I bought some Tesla stocks (about $1,000 value). At the time, it seemed that the Tesla-made world that my daughter didn't have to learn to drive was imminent. My stock value had sky-rocketed up to $10,000, then... fell down to $2,000. The
