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Sledding 20070210
Last Sunday was pretty cold in Chicago, around -20 Celsius. It’s a good day for sledding. All prepared: Sliding forward: Drinking hot chocolate afterwards (O’boy chocolate from Sweden): I think I will pull the sled to school again tomorrow.
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Computer fixed
Reader Bulent’s comment gave me some ideas. I unplugged the existing power cable from the hard disk, and plugged in another available power cable, to see if that would make any difference. It didn’t. Frustrated, I left the computer on and busied myself with other matters, probably doing dishes. When I came back, lo and […]
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王羲之, you’ve got competition
小孩娘最近买了一些画画用的刷子和涂料。有一个刷子是毛笔，并且有墨。这正是我运笔挥毫的大好时机，也是我儿子第一次接触书法。 我和儿子。照相机的电池不足，所以曝光不是太好： 这张里的“季”是我写的。其余都是儿子的大作。右上角的两个字是日语。据他说是“赤子”(Red baby)的意思。第二个“妈”字没地方写了，用箭头标上去： Ji, Benjamin, Daddy, Mommy, and Red Baby 绕口令。前两行除第一行的“是”是我写的，其余都是儿子的作品。最后两行是我写的： Tongue Twister 这张全是我写的。个人认为“爱”字写得最好。因为好久不手写汉字，所以写“喜”的时候望了下面的“口”字。后来越看越不顺眼，回过头来之后给添上了。想来读者可以看出来。还有那个真字也忘了到底是几横，返过想来之后也添上了。 Love, happiness, truthfulness, and kindness 下次到中文书店时一定会买一些真正的文房四宝来，再次让家里人感受到我书法的魅力。
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PC Help Needed
I am taking my time to fix our home PC, but I think I am stuck. So I wonder if my readers could help me out here. This machine is around 6 years old. It is a HP Pavilion 513x: It died around a month ago. On startup, it would go into the “cannot boot” […]
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Christmas 2006
My son had doubts about Santa for a couple of years, but as long as the presents kept coming, he simply played along. This past Christmas, the secret was finally out. He has tried various ways to debunk this myth. While we were discussing what he wanted to get before Christmas, he mentioned that if […]