I came across the following post today on Twitter: What was interesting was the reaction. It really shows the big diversity in the kind of software development we are involved in, and how people seem to be unaware of it! At one end of the spectrum is people whose CI time can be measured in…
I’m supporting AIDS Life/Cycle
I signed up to ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles this summer, and I need your help. This is an annual charity fundraising ride for SF AIDS foundation and LA LGBT center. Since 1993, this event has been raising awareness to AIDS and people who were lost to it. I’ll be riding 545mi/877km over…
Jan cycling update
I rode a lot in January. I traveled 1,400km/870mi and climbed 10,000m/33,000ft. That’s 45km/29mi and 333m/1100ft every day, which is crazy. Perhaps it was because Dec was rainy and I had to stay indoor too much. Maybe because the temperature is getting warmer and comfortable. Or maybe it’s just because my app is giving me…
Solving Wordle in 3.48 guesses
Let me first come clean. Yes, I’ve been playing Wordle. But no more, because I solved it once and for all.
2021 in review: Model making
Another one of my pandemic hobbies is model making. In 2021, I completed 14 models, all of which you can see on my Flickr. I also post most of them to Reddit to seek encouragements. I mostly do airplanes and cars. I like their aerodynamic shapes, and I like painting them in bright brilliant colors….
2021 in review: Launchable
On weekdays, except for cycling, I’m spending most of my waking hours working. I’m an early riser, I work from home, and my team is basically 8 hours behind me which means meetings tend to be in the evening. With that combination, a long working hours become somewhat inevitable. The crew is getting larger, the…
2021 in review: Cycling
I started riding in 2020 May but it was 2021 that I got really into it. In 2020 I used to ride about 35 miles / 50km a week, which probably sounds like a lot already for normal people :-), but in 2021 it started going up. I bought a road bike in April, had…
2021 in review: Watercolor
I’ve been painting with watercolors since this summer. I fell from my bike, injured my ankle, and I couldn’t ride for about 6 weeks, so I had to find something else that lets me get out of my house. I eventually settled into a routine of sort. Small 5.5″x8.5″ paper. My daughter’s left over watercolor…
Governance of open-source projects
One of my colleagues have tweeted about how open-source projects are individually unique and therefore individuals who seek to participate in such projects should focus on learning about their projects, as opposed to focusing on the “how to participate in open-source” kind of generic statement. It’s like the difference between knowing individuals vs a labeled…
Sea Otter Classic
I’ve participated in my first cycling event today. Really more of a big festival. It was such a nice clear autumn day. Not knowing what to expect, I played it safe and participated in a 75km long distance ride along the coast. I’ve never ridden with so many other people either. Thanks to all the…
September cycling update
I continue to ride my bike. 1hr on a weekday, then one long weekend ride. ~250km per week. Lately I started carrying my camera with me. It is heavy, so it slows me down, but it lets me combine two hobbies of mine. I found out that slowing down was actually a feature; I can…
Honda Gorilla 1:12
According to my wife, her late father used to drive this bike for commute in Tokyo. He was a chubby man, this is a tiny bike, so I try to picture him on this bike and that brings a smile to my face. Alas, there’s no picture left of him and the bike. She didn’t…