I was really looking forward to this business trip, for the sole reason that I will get to taste the famed North Carolina BBQ for the first time. I have to say, I was rather disappointed. The clients took me to the local BBQ place that is supposed to be the best in town (Wilson, NC). It was buffet style, and they actually had a whole cooked pig out on the table for you to pick off the parts you want. The sight injected authenticity into my mind and boosted hopes, and perhaps that's my problem. The pork was rather dry, and actually reminded me more of the Hawaiian Kalua Pork (but much dryer). The meat did not really have any flavor to speak of, so I placed all of my hope on the BBQ sauce and the North Caroline specialty, vinegar. Well, the BBQ sauce was okay, nothing that knocked my socks off, but I did like the vinegar. From what I could tell, it was a mixture of vinegar and crushed chili pepper, perhaps with some salt in it.
Strangely enough, I think everyone else was eating fried chicken... Oh well, I may get another chance to hunt down another place in Raleigh tomorrow before boarding my flight... I had some fried green tomatoes and grits for dinner, those were not bad.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 13, 2008
Got cold fast!
When I returned from Taiwan on September 26th, we had turned off the air conditioning completely (not a smart move), that the house was at 93 degrees a little past midnight when we got home. It got so hot, that my home server overheated and turned itself off. My guess for temperature during the day would be about 115 degrees. This kind of heat persisted until right before I left for my trip to Dallas on October 6th. Just a little less than a week after that, the temperature dropped to a nice breeze, and we had an entire day of just cool breeze in the house with open windows. But that didn't last long... this past weekend the temperature dropped suddenly and quickly to 55 degrees in the morning, and roughly 65 during the day. That's a pretty big change from our triple-digit days last week. It usually doesn't cool down this fast until Halloween...
從臺灣回到拉斯唯加斯是九月二十六日清晨將近一點，房子內部室溫高達華氏九十三度（約攝氏三十四度），熱到我的電腦主機自動關機。白天恐怕高達華氏一百一十五度（約攝氏四十六度）。前兩年熱到主機板燒壞，這次又傻傻的把空調關掉，還好沒怎樣．．．我十月六日去德州達拉斯的時候，天氣還是熱到不行。沒想到回來之後，氣溫馬上降到五十五度（約攝氏十三度），三天之內從開冷氣到開窗戶到幾忽要開暖氣的地步．．．雖然沙漠氣侯變化快，但通常氣溫下降應是在十一月初（萬聖節後），今年早了快三個禮拜。
從臺灣回到拉斯唯加斯是九月二十六日清晨將近一點，房子內部室溫高達華氏九十三度（約攝氏三十四度），熱到我的電腦主機自動關機。白天恐怕高達華氏一百一十五度（約攝氏四十六度）。前兩年熱到主機板燒壞，這次又傻傻的把空調關掉，還好沒怎樣．．．我十月六日去德州達拉斯的時候，天氣還是熱到不行。沒想到回來之後，氣溫馬上降到五十五度（約攝氏十三度），三天之內從開冷氣到開窗戶到幾忽要開暖氣的地步．．．雖然沙漠氣侯變化快，但通常氣溫下降應是在十一月初（萬聖節後），今年早了快三個禮拜。
More videos from Taiwan (2008 September)
Posting other videos from the September trip.
其他在臺灣拍的影片也放上來：
Waiting for Train in Tao-Yuan, Taiwan 桃園火車站
On the train 1 莒光號
On the train 2 (Wind Power) 莒光號上拍的大風車
Mom Playing Koto 媽媽彈古箏
Sunrise in Yuan Li 小鎮日出
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 1 左營高鐵站之一
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 2 左營高鐵站之二
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 3 左營高鐵站之三
Cindy demonstrates how to open door on HSR 心怡示範如何開高鐵車門
其他在臺灣拍的影片也放上來：
Waiting for Train in Tao-Yuan, Taiwan 桃園火車站
On the train 1 莒光號
On the train 2 (Wind Power) 莒光號上拍的大風車
Mom Playing Koto 媽媽彈古箏
Sunrise in Yuan Li 小鎮日出
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 1 左營高鐵站之一
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 2 左營高鐵站之二
High Speed Railroad, Kaohsiung Station 3 左營高鐵站之三
Cindy demonstrates how to open door on HSR 心怡示範如何開高鐵車門
Monday, October 06, 2008
It's a boy (for sure)
Another ultrasound today, we've confirmed this time it's gonna be a boy.
今天確定是男生
今天確定是男生
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| Baby Ultrasound 2008/10/06 |
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
YouTube channels
For those of you who know me, I have been living without a television for more than 5 years. Online videos have pretty much replaced television for me. And more recently, with the YouTube reaching a more mature state, I am getting even more content, for free. One of then newer features that I like about YouTube is the channels, this really brings it much closer to a TV-like experience, rather than just a bunch of random home videos.
Some of my favorite shows on television such as Myth Busters and Dirty Jobs are available here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/discoverynetworks
Since Google bought YouTube, it's only logical that there's a Google Channel. Some surprisingly useful information include where to vote, and all the cool Google Talk videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Google
Finally, the Johnson's baby channel should come in handy for me real soon, it even has a video on how to properly install a baby car seat (Maria, don't you wish you had watched that? ;-) ):
http://www.youtube.com/user/baby
Some of my favorite shows on television such as Myth Busters and Dirty Jobs are available here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/discoverynetworks
Since Google bought YouTube, it's only logical that there's a Google Channel. Some surprisingly useful information include where to vote, and all the cool Google Talk videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Google
Finally, the Johnson's baby channel should come in handy for me real soon, it even has a video on how to properly install a baby car seat (Maria, don't you wish you had watched that? ;-) ):
http://www.youtube.com/user/baby
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