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Nov11
Name calling
As a way of helping people understand my cross-cultural engagement and move to Japan 9 months before our wedding, I liked to refer to myself as a mail-order groom. But now that we’re in New...
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Jan23
Testing Mailing with Mocks
Ruby as a language provides two facilities that, when used together, makes it easy to ensure that your code is doing what its supposed to. The first is the [Unit Test] library that is part...
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Apr13
Apples and Oranges
Never stop learning, or so they say. With the cost of a post-graduate degree or returning for a higher education, they might as well say “never stop paying for student loans.”
When schooling was public, learning...
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Dec04
Internet in New Zealand
What’s not to love about New Zealand? The internet. Capped bandwidth, slow speeds, expensive fees, no naked DSL, an a lack of wifi hotspots are all examples of why telecom monopolies are bad things. Don’t...
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Oct27
What did I do?
Before heading to Fiji to work with Tribewanted, I got a lot of questions, the main one being “WHAT? ! ? !” After the dust settled from my original announcement, however, the questions became a...
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Jun27
Travel Advisory
Traveling to new countries and talking to children both provide similar opportunities. In the context of each, one has no history, no stereotype (at least from my experience on the individual level), and a blanket...
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Jun21
Marriage recommendations
I’ve been married now for one month, 27 days, 5 hours, and 24 minutes. And I’m still waiting for things to change. Not because I’m unhappy, but because I feel like I’ve been lied to...
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May27
Community Building
Freshman year at college is everyone’s golden age when it comes to community development and participation. How can you do anything but not be involved when you’re surrounded by so many new and eager faces,...
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May02
Bite your lip
When I was comforting M over a year ago when she was upset by someone who had disappointed her, I told her, “Don’t worry about it, we’re all just human, and all humans make mistakes.”...
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Apr20
Close and Open
Everything seems to be coming to a close all at once, and opening back up all at the same time! Isn’t it curious how spring does that?
As blogged elsewhere, the latest foray into Web 2.0...