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Asian

Or Asian American.

The Return of Dim Sum

It was a milestone of a few sorts when the Palms reopened recently. As far as I know, it was the only big casino still closed from the pandemic, and it's the first big casino here fully owned and operated by a Native American tribe. Another milestone: its Tim Ho

Totally Awesome App

First of all, Happy Mother's Day, now let's talk about the latest App Store review for Talk Dim Sum. It's a nice review, and it brings up some interesting points, such as how an app that might underwhelm initially can still worm its way into a user's good graces after

Sci-fi Saturday

I spent a lot of time in the library when I was a kid, and much of that was spent reading science fiction. Asimov, Heinlein, Niven, Pohl...the usual suspects. During my salaried days, it was more sporadic, a little William Gibson, more Neal Stephenson (anything less than 500 pages)

Mantis Monday

I'll start off this week with these side and rear views of the mantis at Container Park. Trivia note: it should be no surprise the mantis has a Burning Man pedigree, but it was also an anniversary gift. Continuing the creature simulation theme, here's the opening of Tim Ho Wan

Happy Birthday to Me

It was my birthday this week, which just advances me further into the Logan's Run expiry of software engineering careers. Although the last time I performed this web search, the result was "what do software engineers do after 35?" so I guess everyone asking this question is shifting their deadline.

App Boycott

By app boycott I mean not users boycotting apps, but apps boycotting users. And I'm only talking about my apps on the App Store. But I've been thinking the last few days it doesn't make sense to applaud Apple's cessation of product sales to Russia if I'm still selling my

Executive Order 9066

Eighty years ago as of yesterday, FDR signed Executive Order 9066 resulting in the internment of 120,000 Japanese-Americans (although their suspect loyalty didn't prevent them from getting drafted) . This might seem like old news, but many of those who lived in those camps are still around (the ones who

HyperBowl Sunday

It's the SuperBowl tomorrow, but let me first celebrate the latest Steam review for HyperBowl. As for the SuperBowl, I don't have a favorite, but I'm happy for the young rising star quarterback and the veteran quarterback who's finally getting a title shot. And I'm even happier the anti-vaxxer quarterback

Happy New Year!

I was looking forward to watching the Chinese New Year parade pass by my downtown condo today, but apparently it was cancelled, I assume due to the pandemic. So instead of posting photos of the parade, I'll just post this latest HyperBowl review on Steam I found while waiting for

Happy Birthday

to my sister, and since I'm not on social media and can't do the lazy @ happy birthday, I'll plug her Wikipedia page, which describes here comic book writing career. It's a bit out of date, though, doesn't cover her recent move into TV writing and is missing some of her