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REMINDER: Out of sight, out of mind

March 13th, 2012 at 5:43 pm No Comments

Just reminding myself that the saying, “Out of sight, out of mind” can be applied to todo items, goals or anything that induces procrastination. If you can’t see it, you’re less likely to do it.
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REMINDER: Get uncomfortable

February 24th, 2012 at 7:20 pm No Comments

I love writing little reminders for myself. This one is to remind myself to get uncomfortable, I’m not talking about “trying to sleep on an airplane” uncomfortable. I’m talking about “going beyond my comfort zone” uncomfortable.
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How I learned 208 Hiragana and Katakana characters in 30 days

February 20th, 2012 at 4:04 pm No Comments

I know how to read and write all 208 Hiragana and Katakana characters, which I learned in a months time. Here are some tools and techniques that worked for me.
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How to setup Node.js, NPM and CoffeeScript on Ubuntu

October 28th, 2011 at 7:54 pm 6 Comments

After visiting half a dozen different sites trying to figure out how to install Node.js, NPM and CoffeeScript on Ubuntu, I gathered up everything here so next time I have to do an install it will all be in one spot. This is current for Ubuntu 11.10.
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Money Origami Resources

June 26th, 2010 at 11:44 pm 2 Comments


For my cousin Ayoko’s much belated birthday, I folded several dollar bill animals.
Here are some good videos, galleries and websites that helped me make them.
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How to get the Citi Cards website to work in Opera

June 5th, 2010 at 2:57 pm No Comments

If you can’t log in to the Citi Cards website in Opera, here are a couple of ways to fix that…
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How to get the Calibri font and others for free

October 5th, 2009 at 9:32 pm No Comments

Here’s a way to get the following fonts for free:

  • Cambria
  • Calibri
  • Candara
  • Consolas
  • Constantia
  • Corbel

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