The father of a close friend passed away last Sunday (3/11) afternoon. I was invited to visit their house about a month ago, but since I was busy preparing for my trip back to the States, I didn't make time to go. I was planning to visit them last week, not knowing it would be too late to see him again.

I rode my bike to Brazilan Jiu-jitsu practice one fine sunny day in Taipei and I made a little video of the 10-minute trip.

I came aross this press release about a study from the Yale School of Management in which researchers found recommending a rival can increase a firm's bottom line, or in the case of websites, readership.

Gone from Google! My website was dropped from Google's search index sometime this past weekend for no apparent reason whatsoever! As of last week, this very site you are reading would be listed third or fourth in Google's listing when searching for my name.

Well, looks like we're screwed. In case you haven't heard, a major UN report came out about a month ago saying that the recent rise in average worldwide temperatures over the past 50 years is "very likely" caused by man-made sources. 

New photos have been added to the photo gallery! For family and friends, to view recent picts of my trip to the East Coast, please register and I'll give you access to that section of the gallery.