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Sending Pashu off properly

10/30/2017

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Nothing like fresh WA farmer's market veggies, and New Seasons fresh pasta, with some fresh basil from our plant!

​Wash it down with Steven Smith Teamaker home-made Exceptional Iced Tea (and organic turbinado sugar). YUM!
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Pizza Party hosted by the Amazing Erickson Family

10/28/2017

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Mark has always made pizzas from scratch, even when I knew him as an undergraduate student in Wisconsin. Lovely Kristin is a gourmet pizza chef as well. We are celebrating, so we finished with Sheridan's Frozen Custard, Danish Almond Kringle, and Veuve Clicquot champagne.

The pizza and salad were the stars of the show, with bouncy Maryn presiding!
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Refinishing our fence

10/17/2017

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The climate in Boston is evil to wood. Torrential rains, frigid cold, snow drifts which bury cars, weeks of humid 100-degree days, damp mildew, etc...

We decided to create an oiled-wood fence, just to see if it could survive. With the miracle of Penofin, wood can survive. With care, the wood will develop a pretty patina over time.

After 3 years, our fence was mildewed and tired. I powerwashed the wood, let it dry out, got skunked by fall rain, let it dry out again, then a group of friends joined me and we refinished the wood.

Much better!

The powerwasher shredded some wood, and the mildew got into the oil, so we did some light sanding. Before and after sanding:
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I have the best friends!!
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It turned out great!
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Lunch with the brilliant Youji Iwakura

10/16/2017

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Uncured organic hot dogs, ketchup, Sriracha, with a home-made Taiwanese milk tea.
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So fun!

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Adorable Aaruhi turns one

10/15/2017

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Aaruhi with mommy...so cute!
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This party had great food and fun friends.
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Vivi waving Hi to a little girl in the library

10/14/2017

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Best gourmet Szechuan food in Boston

10/13/2017

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Zoe's, in Somerville MA.
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Ma Po Tofu, extra Ma-La spice

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​Dry fried chilli chicken

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Pork with peppers

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Best place for Hong Kong duck noodles in Boston

10/13/2017

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Kantin, in the Super 88 food court, Allston Boston.
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Best healthy burgers in the US

10/13/2017

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B.GOOD. Hands down.

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Cambridge and Somerville water --- sux!

10/12/2017

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There's no way to say this nicely. The water is expensive, full of lead, corrosive, and full of gunk and sand. Yes, metal chips and sand. Nearby construction is constant, and notices of water disruption/muddification are sporadic, if you get any notice at all.

The result? I had 2 dead sinks, after paying $800 to fix a third sink a few months ago. This time, I did it myself. Not even a drop of water would come out. Why? Here is the inside of the faucet.
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We periodically flush the sinks before using our toilets. Otherwise the gunk jams up your toilet valves, and you have to replace the insides of your toilet...which I also had to do this trip. Twice.

In fact, this is how I found out my sinks were hosed. I was trying to purge gunk before it killed my toilets. Anyhow, I fixed all sinks and toilets this week. This is exactly as fun as it sounds. Those are dead toilet valves in the trash bin. One lasted not even 3 minutes before it clogged completely with gunk.

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Oh, just one unlucky toilet? Botched job? Here is a new faucet after less than 120 seconds.

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​​Thanks Cambridge and Somerville.
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    I'm an applied-math-research Ph.D. and serial startup founder. I am a recognized computer security expert, fortunate to join the ranks of many, great CTO's. I've founded and seed-funded multiple, successful, VC-backed companies. I'm still at it!

    My wonderful wife and I moved from New England to near the Portland Oregon area. We LOVE the Pacific Northwest, and we've been here a few years now. We have an adorable baby girl, Vivi.

    People here are nice and smile a lot. Vegetables are insanely delicious. Driving is not like Mad Max.

    This blog is very Vivi-centric. Our family just can't resist. :) Also, there are some stupid hacking and geek tricks.


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