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December Recap

December 31st, 2014 at 02:47 am

A surprisingly spartan month. I had to double check to make sure I didn't miss anything.



Also asked payroll to put 100% of any bonuses I might receive toward my 401k. So despite receiving a bigger bonus than last year, I didn't get to see a dime of it.

Technological age

December 22nd, 2014 at 09:54 am

It has been a blast living in this rapidly evolving time and seeing so many disruptive technologies come and go. But even then I still didn't think we would progress this fast. Last time I heard, we were depleting minerals needed to manufacture chips and also starting to reach the limit of how small we could reduce those chips. So it is very exciting to see these new developments:

Hoverboard

Text is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSheVhmcYLA and Link is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSheVhmcYLA

Transparent car
Text is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDk5HdGfuVI and Link is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDk5HdGfuVI

The beginning of portable hologram (imaging all the ads)

Text is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoOiXkXmYQ and Link is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNoOiXkXmYQ

There was also the recent successful Orion launch. Now all we need is molecular transfer and we can turn Star Trek into reality.

Lifestyle Changes

December 11th, 2014 at 11:47 pm

Converted my desk to a standing desk
I’ve been doing this for a while now and what a difference it has made. At the end of the day, I don’t feel mental and physical fatigue any longer. Plus, after dropping 5lbs, I indulged and ate a ton of ice cream during the summer; yet the weight didn’t come back. Still keep my chair for those lazy days.

Gone Veggie
Not quite 100% yet. I recently discovered that adding an extremely full bodied, hearty veggie both as well as incorporating food such as seaweed, soybean paste, coconut water, etc… to veggie dishes make them so delightfully satisfying. Swapping out sugar for coconut water significantly increased the deliciousness. Even when I only ate to 80% full, my body didn’t give me that nagging feeling as if it lacked some nutrients. If this keeps up, I might be able to say good bye to the carnivorous me one day.

Started WO wash
I was prepared for the worst when I started this, but weirdly, people reactions were better than when I used shampoo and conditioner daily. Who would have thought? Still in the transition period though.

Incorporated a 2 miles walk into my daily commute
I’m not a fan of exercising for the sake of exercising. Scenic hikes are ok. Functional fitness is ok. Setting aside time to sweat ……eh……no. So knowing myself, I often try to make my daily activities more physically demanding. Finally managed to convince my boss to shift my work hours so that I could take public transit, which comes with a 1 mile walk, without much increase to commute time. I'm excited.

Going to try oil pulling next.

November Review

December 4th, 2014 at 04:09 am

Red, red month.