Anepiphanycameduringourrecentvocabulary
building.InoticedthatTimhadnotroublewith
manyshortAnglo-Saxonwordsusedtoexplainthe
keywordsthatweweretryingtomaster.ThenI
realized,asanimmigrantthroughpursuinghigher
education,thewordsIworkedhardtoacquirewere
forpassingexamsandmostlymadeoutofGreekor
Latinrootswhichbookssuchas"WordPowerMade
Easy"doagoodjobexplaining.
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Choose Strong
For Tim.
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(2018-01-07 08:32:24)
(2017-12-31 07:49:29)
Thebook"WordPowerMadeEasy"byNormanLewis
arrivedonDec14,2017andittookmemorethan
twoweekstofinish. Ilikeditrightaway.Foronething,Iscored
highinitspretestandmyvocabularylevelwas
rankedthehighest"superior."Vanityaside,it
wasararekindofwordbookthatoncestartingto
readIdidnotwanttoputdown. ItblendsintheGreekandLatinrootsengagingly
whenexplainingthecom...[閱讀全文]
arrivedonDec14,2017andittookmemorethan
twoweekstofinish. Ilikeditrightaway.Foronething,Iscored
highinitspretestandmyvocabularylevelwas
rankedthehighest"superior."Vanityaside,it
wasararekindofwordbookthatoncestartingto
readIdidnotwanttoputdown. ItblendsintheGreekandLatinrootsengagingly
whenexplainingthecom...[閱讀全文]
(2017-12-23 11:24:07)
IlovetheGracieCombativescoursewhich
identifies36mostimportanttechniquesand
organizestheminaverybeginner-friendlyway.
Theempahsisonstreet-readinessappealstome
instantly.Toexecutethemoves,oneonlyneeds
basicleveloffitnessandmobility.Thisisfun,
too.It'salmostagame. Itookclassesforonemonthbeforedecidingto
stopgoingdowntoSantaCruzandtostart
learningathome.Ihadthesp...[閱讀全文]
identifies36mostimportanttechniquesand
organizestheminaverybeginner-friendlyway.
Theempahsisonstreet-readinessappealstome
instantly.Toexecutethemoves,oneonlyneeds
basicleveloffitnessandmobility.Thisisfun,
too.It'salmostagame. Itookclassesforonemonthbeforedecidingto
stopgoingdowntoSantaCruzandtostart
learningathome.Ihadthesp...[閱讀全文]
(2017-12-16 08:23:49)
Itwasamemorableweekend.Afteryearsof
listeningtothenomadfitnessguru,ImetSteve
attheLavinMMAgyminSanRafael.65years
young,hestoodat5'7".Hehadveryshorthair,
sparklingeyes,andlookedveryfit.Testinghis
arm-lockinaweapon-defensedrill,Icouldtell
hisstrengthwasgreat. His"Jiu-JitsuforaLifetime"coursecoversmany
aspectsofhealthandlongevityandonereally
doesn...[閱讀全文]
listeningtothenomadfitnessguru,ImetSteve
attheLavinMMAgyminSanRafael.65years
young,hestoodat5'7".Hehadveryshorthair,
sparklingeyes,andlookedveryfit.Testinghis
arm-lockinaweapon-defensedrill,Icouldtell
hisstrengthwasgreat. His"Jiu-JitsuforaLifetime"coursecoversmany
aspectsofhealthandlongevityandonereally
doesn...[閱讀全文]
(2017-12-09 08:58:37)
Dearreader,ifyouhaven'tnoticedfromtheposts
inthisblog,Iloveafewboringthings,e.g.,
longdistancerunning,swimming,andweight-lifting.
Inthemindgame,Ilovecollectingwords. NomatterhowmanyvolumesonwordsandphrasesI
accumulated,Istillenjoyleafingthroughabook
abouttheminalibraryor(brick-and-mortar)
bookstoreand,ifallowedinthelatterlong
enough,eventuallyforkingoutafewbuckst...[閱讀全文]
inthisblog,Iloveafewboringthings,e.g.,
longdistancerunning,swimming,andweight-lifting.
Inthemindgame,Ilovecollectingwords. NomatterhowmanyvolumesonwordsandphrasesI
accumulated,Istillenjoyleafingthroughabook
abouttheminalibraryor(brick-and-mortar)
bookstoreand,ifallowedinthelatterlong
enough,eventuallyforkingoutafewbuckst...[閱讀全文]
(2017-12-02 07:28:45)
Atmyworkplace,beforecodecouldbesubmitted
totherepository,ithastobereviewedbyanother
engineer.Moreover,ithastogeta"+2"consent
whichcanonlycomefromanexperiencedcolleague.
The+2-issuingpowercreatessomesortofpecking
order,which,likeothersuchartificialhierachies,
softwareengineersoftenfindseriouslyengaging. IwascalledbyPoftenthesedaysforslab
allocator-relatedque...[閱讀全文]
totherepository,ithastobereviewedbyanother
engineer.Moreover,ithastogeta"+2"consent
whichcanonlycomefromanexperiencedcolleague.
The+2-issuingpowercreatessomesortofpecking
order,which,likeothersuchartificialhierachies,
softwareengineersoftenfindseriouslyengaging. IwascalledbyPoftenthesedaysforslab
allocator-relatedque...[閱讀全文]
(2017-11-25 10:50:15)
"SimpleandSinister"isakettlebellexerciseprogram
fromPavelTsatsoulineofStrongFirst.There
areonlytwomajormoves--theswingandthe
get-up--andasessionincludingwarmupfinishesin
30minutes.The"Simple"goalrequires100one-arm
swingsinfiveminutes,aone-minuterest,and10
get-upsin10minutes,allwitha32kgkettlebell.
Itappealstosomethingprimalandmonotonousin
mea...[閱讀全文]
(2017-11-18 09:52:35)
Theeuphoriabroughtbyexercisingoverthe
weekendstayedwithmeasIsteppedoutofthe
dojoat8:40pm,MondayNovember13,2017.Itwas
raining.Ihadtodrive50minthroughtheSanta
Cruzmountainstogethome. AsIzigzaggeduphillinthedark,cautionwas
whittledawayandpluckcameback.Thegolden
pavementmarkersflashedbrightlyandmadeiteasy
toseelanes.Whattobeafraidof?Istartedto
speedupandpass. Thin...[閱讀全文]
weekendstayedwithmeasIsteppedoutofthe
dojoat8:40pm,MondayNovember13,2017.Itwas
raining.Ihadtodrive50minthroughtheSanta
Cruzmountainstogethome. AsIzigzaggeduphillinthedark,cautionwas
whittledawayandpluckcameback.Thegolden
pavementmarkersflashedbrightlyandmadeiteasy
toseelanes.Whattobeafraidof?Istartedto
speedupandpass. Thin...[閱讀全文]
(2017-11-11 15:00:29)
Theinsidiousbugwefoughttofixforthreeweeks
wasfinallyfound.Itwasduetoonelineofcode
byafriendofmine,J.Toobadheleftthe
companytwoweeksago.Atemporary"fix"wasmade
sothatwecouldreleasetheproduct.Itwas
interestingwhenIexaminedthecodehistoryand
foundthattheculpritwascheckedinona
Saturdayevening. Overthepast10months,Jtoldmemanytimesthat
hisbossandtheseniorcollea...[閱讀全文]
wasfinallyfound.Itwasduetoonelineofcode
byafriendofmine,J.Toobadheleftthe
companytwoweeksago.Atemporary"fix"wasmade
sothatwecouldreleasetheproduct.Itwas
interestingwhenIexaminedthecodehistoryand
foundthattheculpritwascheckedinona
Saturdayevening. Overthepast10months,Jtoldmemanytimesthat
hisbossandtheseniorcollea...[閱讀全文]
(2017-11-04 10:58:53)
Itwasatoughtimebeforeproductrelease.Bugs
(softwarecodedefects)plantedlongago,
unintentionallyofcourse,suddenlysprangup.I
gotmysharebutcouldn'tfixoneofthem.Itwas
laterresolvedbyamoreexperiencedengineer.The
technicaldetailswereinterestingbutIwantedto
focusontheemotionalside.Ifeltdefeatedfora
moment.Theonlyworsethingcouldhavebeenthat
mycodecausedtheproblem.
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