Reading Time: < 1 minute So here in Missouri, around February, is also the worst of the flu season. This year is the worst for a long time. I knew I got it at the New Year’s eve, and about 4 weeks later, I am not fully recovered. The problem was I had to work in the Saturday night/Sunday morning

Reading Time: 2 minutes Those schools are considered speciality schools, because they have their own philosophy, which is NOT exactly the same as other private schools (both sectarian and non-sectarian). Pre-school Schools that care and educate the younger ones, some even have infant class. A growing place: it’s located at Forsyth and Big Bend road, next to Washington U.

Reading Time: < 1 minute So far I went to 3, listed below. The rice bowl (Korean): yelp. Address below: 7895 Mexico Rd St. Peters, MO 63376 Thai Kitchen: yelp 3899 Veterans Memorial Pkwy Saint Peters, MO 63376 KiTARO Bistro of Japan: (website, yelp) 4551 Hwy K O’Fallon, MO 63368 I will add more as I find more 🙂 Also,

Reading Time: < 1 minute I mentioned sometime ago that LaunchCode is a great way to get into programming / software development world for a grown-up whose background is not computer science or information science. But that’s not the only way. More recently I noticed some friends made the transition from research position at Washington University to industry. Again there

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is the beginning of the 2017, and it’s also the customary review season for me. This weekend is a bit interesting as we got freezing rain on Friday (and I had to work from home on that day), also due to the fact about a month ago we had freezing rain on a Friday

Reading Time: 2 minutes (Update 31-Jan-2019) I used the Apple watch for 2+ years now. Did have a replacement in Sept 2017 as the old watch just did not work (not charging, not responding). It’s a Nike version but the warranty is still honored by Apple. I brought it to local Apple store and was able to receive a

Reading Time: < 1 minute Or version control. My wife is taking a class at launchcode and she just started learn git, one of the most popular source code control systems. Git has a steep learn curve, in my opinion, but it’s getting popular, widely used and I think that’s the reason they picked it. But I think that could

Reading Time: < 1 minute 今晚在高中群里突然听到我的初中班主任数学老师，省劳动模范周国夫三年前已去世。下面的博客中有周老师的照片。我从初中到镇海中学住宿读书，一个月回一次家，从某种意义上讲，周老师就是我们这些住宿生的父亲。我也受到周老师很多影响，尤其是学习（自学）方法和态度方面。他的数学课布置很多讲义（作业），他会讲解一些题，但主要是要自学。记得我们初一自学初二内容，以此类推。他有时又很大方，比如说数学课以后是英语考试，他说你们看英语吧。刚到镇中不久，有一次我发烧，有点严重，他和一些同学带我上医院，忙前忙后。现在想起来就像我对我的小孩一样。 这里有一个关于周老师的简短介绍。

Reading Time: < 1 minute 这可能是我写博客以来隔得最久的两篇相关文章。我说美国大选: I在这里。时隔八年，从上一次Obama”Yes We Can”到这一次Trump”Make America Great Again”. 从Google Search Engine Optimization（打败希拉里的主要原因之一，当时Facebook只是起步阶段）到这次Trump基本上垄断Twitter(参考1和2）。引用第一篇文章的一句话： But if the presidential election was a Twitter popularity contest—and thank God it’s not—one thing is clear: Trump would win by a landslide. 其实Internet和Web从2004年就被采用，当年HOWARD DEAN用的Tool是Meetup,这个网站有点不温不火，现在还是一个IT User Group常用的聚会工具。 这一次Trump居然赢了。其实我认为核心原因还是美国选民思变，奥巴马8年执政，在很多方面推行过于Liberal的政策，比如说这个学校LGBT学生上哪个厕所，他老人家（他手下的教育部的人）要公立学校允许LGBT学生挑选她／他们认为合适的厕所。这个事引起很大反响／反感。当然还有经济上的原因。这十几年，说实话，中产阶级，尤其是蓝领，工作被外包，日子江河日下。这个是关键（从小布什到奥巴马）。新媒体有影响，但应该是次要的。

Reading Time: < 1 minute (01-31-2019 Update) So I got 2 more years out of the MacBook after the fix. Actually last year (March 2018) I made another mistake, I leaked water (water bottle leak) to the MacBook when I put it in a sports duffel. So had to go to Apple store to get it fixed again (I think