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The return of USSR?

So I am applying for my Global Entry this morning and I saw that USSR is one of the pull down list countries?!?!?! Does USSR still exist? Or is this simply the US Governments way of easing the expected USSR return by Putin? MAYBE?!?!? Take a look yourself 😉

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What are rules for? — Part 2

So this week, I finally received my email from Seattle Parks and Recreation about the tennis court incident. So the following is the email that I recieved. July 21, 2014 Dear Min-Hsao Chen,  I’m sorry for your experience at the Victory Heights Playground tennis courts.   Seattle Parks and Recreation’s policy is that facilities are to be …

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What are rules for?

Why do people don’t follow rules? what are rules for, if people don’t follow them. So Today, when my wife, Vicky and I arrived at the Victory Height tennis court to play tennis, I met  two individuals playing soccer tennis on the Victory Height tennis court. (Soccer tennis is using a soccer ball and kicking the …

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End of week 1

So today is the end of week one at my new job, or should I say the beginning of week 2. So far it has been a pretty remarkable experience. I went through 4 days of training and still trying to get my head around everything that I am learning. IPv6, DHCP, DNS… etc. All …

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A New Start

It’s been a long while since I wrote on my blog, but I feel this is an important occasion to update my blog.  So today is my first day at my new job with BlueCat Networks.  After close to 7 years working at Sparling, I finally called it quits, little over a week ago, on …

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Sublime with Rome

Back in 1996, I was in Auburn, in college.  Ska was big and I loved it.  One of my favorite group was Sublime.  I remember saving my money to get the Sublime CD (compact disk for those that don’t know what it is 🙂 ).  After Bradley died, I thought that’s it… such  great group …

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TIL: Optimal sentence length for comprehension

Today I learned that the optimal length for writing comprehension is around 5 to 6 words a sentence. This is approximately the same length that a feather quill pen can write before the ink dries up. Ref: Star Talk S4E15

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TIL: Wireless Telephone in 1962 Space Needle

[pe2-image src=”http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LZ-OFl6yRtA/UOPBR4QdjFI/AAAAAAAA3Wc/Kkn2fkHRk_s/s144-c-o/IMG_2034.jpg” href=”https://picasaweb.google.com/116126833435100357200/Project36502?authkey=Gv1sRgCN7Dj_LanIK-pgE#5828714855650921554″ caption=”Day 132 of 365″ type=”image” alt=”IMG_2034.jpg” ]  Today I Learned (TIL) that special wireless telephones were built for the Space Needle’s rotating restaurant in the 1962.  Today, this may not seem to special, but back in 1962, the is truly futuristic.  OH and 1 HP is all that is required to turn the …