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Author Archives: Silicon Valley Dazed

Replaced power supply in HTPC

Replaced Antec power supply in HTPC with OCZ Modxstream. The larger 135mm fan on the new power supply is a lot quieter which is essential on a HTPC.

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Propolis is actually helping t…

Propolis is actually helping to alleviate my persistent cough. I’m not going to say “cure” until the week’s over.

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Wow, $120 to register for the …

Wow, $120 to register for the San Francisco Marathon! I guess it costs a lot to shut down all those roads.

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Enjoy seeing the SmugMug logo …

Enjoy seeing the SmugMug logo on their office on my daily ride to work.

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“It looks like his penis has a…

“It looks like his penis has a hairdo!” E’s comment upon seeing a picture of Michelangelo’s David for the first time.

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Driving through intermittent t…

Driving through intermittent torrential rain takes a lot of concentration.

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Fermented Taro in Hawaii

I read this Organic Gardening article about farming in Kauai, and the most interesting part to me was the information on taro. The taro root serves a similar position to the potato in Hawaiian cuisine. In Michael Pollan’s The Botany of Desire, he describes how there were hundreds of different varieties of potatoes created to … Continue reading »

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Liked Kim Yu-N’s blue princess…

Liked Kim Yu-N’s blue princess outfit, but I loved Mao Asada’s red and black fire demon outfit.

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Didn’t know Boner was Chekhov’…

Didn’t know Boner was Chekhov’s son. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b168878_cnn_offers_prayers_koenig_family_in.html

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Potato plants sprouted. Snails…

Potato plants sprouted. Snails cut down my flowering peas. I’ll have to put up a copper barrier. Plum and peach trees are flowering.

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