Day 431 - Tire Trouble

I took my co-workers out to Emon Japanese Restaurant for lunch today.  As expected, they're very satisfy with the food.  However, on my way back, the rear tire blown out, and the co-worker was kind enough to get the temporary tire on.  I managed to drive slowly to a tire store and get a replacement tire.  On my way home, I bought 3 more tires from Costco, which will arrive sometime next week.  I didn't know it, but the old tires were 3 years old.  Guess I really should check them more regularly.

I also had the company sponsored bio-metric checkup today, and the only number which I couldn't measure myself is cholesterol.   That came in in flying color as expected, 152 total, 57 HDL, 95 LDL.

121/61/51 177.4lb 94 mg/DL

Day 430 - Rest in Peace Dennis Ritchie

Last week the world mourn the passing of Steve Jobs.  This week, most of the world have no idea who Dennis Ritchie was and how he literally made my world.  I'll highlight the three greatest contribution to humanity that Dennis Ritchie have bring: Unix, C Programming Language, and The C Programming Language.

Without Unix, there's no BSD, which means no FreeBSD, no NeXTSTEP, thus no iMac and iPhone.  Without Unix, there's no Linux, which is the current dominate Enterprise operating system by a wide margin.  Also, there won't be Google and no Android phone.

For most people of my generation, the first real useful programming language we learn is C.  I shudder to think just how much of our automated world is coded in C and what a different place it would be without it.  Likewise, the first useful book on programming language we have is the simple book written by Kernighan & Ritchie.


We stood on the shoulder of giants in achieving our dreams.  We should both mourn passing and celebrate the life of one such giant.


116/75/55 174.8lb 87 mg/DL

Day 429 - eBook

I haven't bought any physical books in a while.  Ever since I got the Kindle last year, other than comic books and manga, I've been buying all books either in Kindle or in WebScription service from Baen.  Well, this current Kindle will be replace by the two new ones Amazon is putting out next months.  I can't wait.

116/75/54 175.8lb 88 mg/DL

Day 428 - Antenna Ball

When I look for my car, I used to be able to differentiate it from the rest of the parking lot by the antenna ball I put in.  It served that purpose for more than 4 years.  Earlier this year, it finally was washed out by the car wash machine.

So I spend the lunch time today searching for the replacement at the store.  Mind you, the ball is $2.  I end up spending $181.  Guess that store is unhealthy for my financial health.  I did pick up another leather jacket and 2 hoodie sweatshirts.

118/74/46 175.6lb 90 mg/DL

Day 427 - Columbus Day 2011

No, this post have nothing to do with Columbus Day.  But it is a good title for a post that contains almost no content than my usual measurements.

126/77/60 176lb 91 mg/DL

Day 426 - End of Week 61 and Fourteenth Month

08-07-2010 Front

08-07-2010 Side

10-09-2011 Front

10-09-2011 Side

This is both the end of Week 61 and the 14th month.  For the most part, my weight hoovers between 182 and 180.  I've had episodes of these stalls for me to be unconcern by it.  With the exception of the last 4 days, I've been at a fairly stable weight.  These past 4 days however, do see a dramatic drop in weight.  I am drinking un-caffeinated drinks at an elevated pace.  I've also switch over to using the new shoes, which does seem to help.  Perhaps I should wear that shoe full time?

111/71/50 175.8lb 94 mg/DL
Month 14 5.6lb
Week to Week 4.0lb

Day 425 - New Pants Part II

I got a bit tire of the pants I bought 6 months ago.  They're about 2 sizes too large.  I went to Nordstrom and Target.  The pants in Nordstrom is $145 per pants.  The pants in Target is $15 per pants.  You can guess which store got my money :)

117/75/53 175.4lb 89 mg/DL