One man's life, thoughts and discontent http://howiewu.com Most recent posts at One man's life, thoughts and discontent posterous.com Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:48:00 -0800 The 2011 Year in review post http://howiewu.com/the-2011-year-in-review-post http://howiewu.com/the-2011-year-in-review-post

So it's coming to another end of the year, so this is a good time to reflect on what happened this year, what I've learned and what to be thankful for.

On the business side, a lot of excitement in the Cloud space as we saw a ton of mergers and acquisitions as well as adoptions into the Cloud. Since we're in the industry, this is a good sign. Selling software in Greater China has always been challenging and will remain so due to cultural and political reasons but we are making a lot of headway in the right direction and I truly believe 2012 will be  a breakout year.

On the personal side, I learned a lot, people always say patience comes with age, but I seem to be on the reverse path, I think I was more patient as a teenager and somehow now I have lost all patience. Maybe it's because people I admire from Oda Nobunaga to Steve Jobs all seem to expire in their 50s and knowing you have limited time forces you to use your time better than dealing with shitty people. Well, it's how I rationalize my declining patience anyways. 

On the family side, I am extremely grateful for all they have done for me, put up with my declining patience and buiser travel schedule, the kids continue to grow not just in physical form, but spiritually as well, in fact, my boys are quoting the Bible much more than I am these days. (Feel like I'm losing the spiritual leadership role in the family)

2011 also marked the 100th year of the Republic Of China, now on the tiny island of Taiwan, but it is meaningful to me and my family. 

The goals for 2012 will be the following

  • Publish a book on entrepreneurship in Chinese
  • Complete a half marathon
  • Organize for once the home network and storage issues
  • Learn to be more humble
  • Write at least one blog post a month
  • Work on the boys basketball game more with them

Here are some pictures to share in 2011

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There, hopefully when I come back and check this list next year I'll be able to check off some items.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Sun, 25 Sep 2011 02:22:00 -0700 Launching Taiwan's First Cloud http://howiewu.com/launching-taiwans-first-cloud http://howiewu.com/launching-taiwans-first-cloud

On September 19, 2011, working with MiTAC, Joyent launched Taiwan's first Public Cloud and I was happy to be part of the team who delivered this deal.

I remember in 2007, I really thought to myself that Cloud, or just virtualization would change the fundamentals of our business and that Taiwan needed to "move up the stack" to gradually get away from the OEM to ODM low margin business. After all, that was what our fathers did, making ICs, and now that they've done such a great job, hardware is highly affordable but so have the margins been eroded. 

Since that cold winter night in 2007, a lot has happened. 

2009-Started LayerBoom and built the world's first virtualization appliance

2010-Acquired by Joyent 

2011-Work with MiTAC to launch Taiwan's first cloud

As I sit here still adjusting my jetlagg, I just wanted to take this time and record this point in my personal life, to remind myself how gracious the Lord has been to me, to allow me to follow my dreams and having a lot of fun getting there. My family for all the support they have given me, especially Clara for dealing with a guy whose head is always in the clouds.

So this post is but a little milestone set here to remember this moment and the awesome people I get to work together with, you all know who you are and you all have a very special place in my heart. 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:02:00 -0700 世界豆漿大王 http://howiewu.com/60727827 http://howiewu.com/60727827

世界豆漿大王是永和豆漿的創始店，所以剛到台北就迫不及待帶老婆小孩去吃，真的超好吃

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Sun, 03 Apr 2011 14:50:00 -0700 Rethink Democratic Governments http://howiewu.com/rethink-democratic-governments http://howiewu.com/rethink-democratic-governments

About two years ago, I posted a blog on Rethinking Democractic governments, my premise was that since 2000, the US had elected a very bad President in George W. Bush and Taiwan elected a very corrupt President in Chen Shui Bien, while China went through a fast growth period unexperienced by any form of democratic government the world has ever seen.

If we are results oriented beings, we might ask ourselves if Democracy is paying off after all ? Or is Democracy merely a form of government that disables the government from functioning at all and thus let the public sector be left alone, as envisioned by the US's founding fathers.

Today, I find myself asking that quesiton again, as we see in Japan, post its earthquake, the mayor of a municipality openly talks about the feeling of abandonment and despair.

This bother me a lot because I love "freedom" and I love democratic governments, however, I also understand that in times of economic hardships and disasters, dictatorships such as China has its advantages and the world/population just might revert back to it.

This is what bothers me, the fear that my children and their children won't have the ability to grow and posper in a democracy like I enjoyed and take for granted. In all honesty, I really think the time has come for a younger generation to take control of the world we live in and exercise our ideas and abilities to make this world a better place.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Sat, 25 Dec 2010 17:49:00 -0800 My next car http://howiewu.com/my-next-car http://howiewu.com/my-next-car

I've decided on getting a new car, but it's not just any new car, it's an EV, the Nissan Leaf. The way I justify this is simply that people like me have been trying to get others to solve the problem for too long. Now, I love the gas guzzling V12 like any good ol' boy, there is simply nothing like the sound of a healthy V12 spitting out fire and fumes from that dual exhaust. 

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However, lately I'm starting to realize that the planet has simply too many people, and all of them wants to drive a V12. This means that the air quality is going down fast, and breathing good clean air is simply an important thing to be ignored. Part of me thinks "I can't believe I'm turning into a hippie tree hugger." But another part of me thinks this is what the future looks likes. Lots of people, driving clean energy cars.

As an average citizen, I decided to do something about it. That decision is I want an EV, even though it looks like a girl's car, only does 90MPH, a speed I first broke riding on a motor cycle when I was 14, and probably gets no respect no matter what kind of rims I get on it, for the love of making a difference, I will get the new Nissan Leaf. To all my loyal readers, I hope you will too.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:02:00 -0800 Feeling like I'm 35 http://howiewu.com/feeling-like-im-35 http://howiewu.com/feeling-like-im-35

35, it's sort of a magical number to me. In our family, it's basically the half way point in life, and it is really the start of the so called "mid-life". 

My grandfather was a Colonel by the time he was 35, my father became the youngest University President in the history of Taiwan at age 35, and I'm still busy being wide-eyed by the wonders of the world and BAMM, 35 hit me in the face. 

One of my favourite Japanese war lords, Oda Nobunaga, once said that life only needs to be 50, for after that, the beauty of life fades away. Nobunaga was killed by a traitor at age 49. 

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35, it's a weird age, you're not too young to be irresponsible anymore, but you're not old enough to know everything yet. It's been over a month since my birthday but now it's starting to hit on me. 35.

At 35, I've outlived many famous people, Bruce Lee, James Dean, Jesus.

 

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This morning I woke up as usual, took the dog for a walk as usual, jumped in the shower, then unusual happened, I pulled my back. It's a weird feeling, like you popped your back, you heard about it from your grandma when you were 14, but you never thought it would happen to you, until you turned 35. 

Maybe I'm getting old, sentimental, soft, but tonight, sitting on my sofa, kids asleep up stairs, dog beside my feet, I'm suddenly feeling very 35.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:41:00 -0700 Long time no see http://howiewu.com/long-time-no-see http://howiewu.com/long-time-no-see

Whoa, it sure has been a while since I posted anything on this site. As evidenced by our never miss a post and never fail Josh. So for all of you who do read this blog, I'll provide a quick update. Well, two months ago, we sold Layerboom Systems to Joyent . The reasons were simple, Joyent's one of the largest Cloud service providers in the world, it shares the same vision as our team on where the space is going but most importantly is that the executive team is simply amazing. I will try to refrain from using the word "awesome" since some of us use it like it's going out of style.  

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Another major reason I've been ignoring this blog is because the weather in Vancouver has been awesome great. So whatever spare time has been spent on taking the kids and dog out before the cold winters of Canada hits. 

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Well, there you have it. It's been a busy summer and I still think of last year's journey as an amazing testament to my faith. 4 guys with a dream, 13 months of hard dedicated work and a lot of fun later, we're now part of the Joyent family continuing to do what we love. 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:07:00 -0700 The iPad http://howiewu.com/the-ipad-810 http://howiewu.com/the-ipad-810

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So a lot of hoopla happened around the iPad, as a self appointed early adopter of technologies (such as the Apple Newton, the wide screen movie glasses etc.) I had to get in the rush with the rest of the group that gobbled up 2 million iPads in 60 days. For the iPad's features, it really is a machine perfect for my wife, she can do email, calendar, watch chinese soap and read the Bible on this one simple device. So when the iPad came out, I asked her which one she wanted ? The answer ? The iPad 3G.

After a really round about way that involves my high school buddy from San Francisco buying, shipping to us in Vancouver and the package getting delayed by border services that by the time we got one, it was already available in Canada. 
The machine finally arrived in all its glory, we carefully opened the box like we were diffusing explosives, we put the scratch proof shield on like Indiana Jones and we put it in the case before we even started plugging it in.
After the first day of testing, the wife is extremely happy, the kids love reading Disney story off of it, and my in-laws decided to get one. Now if only they are graceful enough to let me touch it....

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:42:07 -0700 The Pelican Case-Project Icarus http://howiewu.com/the-pelican-case-project-icarus http://howiewu.com/the-pelican-case-project-icarus
As an offender, I agree with Josh's comments on two sentences and a video doesn't qualify as a post, and neither does two pictures with no words, so here are the latest updates on my space picture project.

For my project Icarus, I'm following the step by step guide set up by these MIT students. The components seem simple, box, camera, GPS tracker, balloon, parachute. As most of you already know, I've secured the SPOT messenger GPS tracker and according to Len Youden, General Manager of Yamnuska Mountain Adventures, it's the right decision. GPS, check.

As for the balloon and parachute, I've ordered the set from Kaymont, who is Kaymont ? Well, let's just say the US government secures their weather balloons from Kaymont, check out this reliability page. Balloon, parachute, check.

The two items I'm sort of scrambling for right now are the camera and the box, let's talk about the box first.
As the MIT guys suggested, using a styrofoam cooler definitely has advantages, namely cheap and the ability to keep temperature. However, after seeing some after pictures, I started to worry about the contents of the styrofoam box, so I started thinking what's a really good protective case.  The answer is the Pelican case, which is water/shock proof in any way imaginable except when it's under attack by a shark or a child under 5. I guess that pretty much settles the argument of parenting, it's like living with a shark until they're 5. 

So I wrote a letter to Pelican asking if they're interested in sponsoring a case, since I thought they'd probably be interested in seeing the results of a 100,000 feet landing and what it would do to their box, Pelican was gracious enough to grant my wishes.  Check out this video on Pelican

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Sat, 29 May 2010 06:11:55 -0700 iPed http://howiewu.com/iped http://howiewu.com/iped With the release of global iPad, China's recent "iPed" comes as no surprise, with a full android OS and slick hardware topped by highly affordable pricing, the iPed is receiving international attention. Of course, this also shows how far China has come in the past decade from pirating Louis Vuitton to pirating iPad. 


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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 07 May 2010 22:04:27 -0700 SPOT Satellite Personal Tracker http://howiewu.com/spot-satellite-personal-tracker http://howiewu.com/spot-satellite-personal-tracker The first purchase I made for project Icarus is the SPOT personal tracker for retrieval purpose.  The original price on this unit is $120, I was lucky enough to find it on Craigslist for $50. As I track along the different teams doing this project, one common theme I noticed is cost is never calculated accurately and doesn't reflect the true cost of doing this project. I realize it's probably because most people doing this are engineers and not business managers. No wonder when engineers are put in charge we always have cost over runs :) So in my documentation I will try to be as detailed as possible to reflect the true cost of doing this project. I will do this by separating the cost into fixed and variable costs, fixed costs in this case means re-usable parts such as the camera (hopefully), the styrofoam box, the parachute, and the SPOT personal tracker. The variable costs will be costs incurred per single launch, such as the balloon and the helium.
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Back to the SPOT tracker, the web interface is extremely easy to use, allows you to share your coordinates, create a web page for tracking and all your friends and family can track you via a web browser (not sure if that's a good idea).  Here's a screen shot attached. I will be performing various tests to ensure the unit is capable for our launch.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:55:00 -0700 Project Icarus http://howiewu.com/project-icarus-2 http://howiewu.com/project-icarus-2

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So I finally decided to do Project Icarus, a MIT project aimed at doing near space photography on a budget. Instead of re-inventing the wheel, I will start by simply duplicating 1337arts step-by-step guide and record my findings along the way. After printing out the guide, I've compiled a list of equipment required to do this project as a check list.

Styrofoam Cooler
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The GPS Phone and Satellite Messenger are redundant parts, its sole purpose is so the unit can emit GPS signals for retrieval purposes. The Spot Messenger is the recommended product so I'll try my luck on Craigslist or eBay and see if I can get a used one for a reasonable price. I will try to document the progress through this blog as I barter, secure and build parts to complete this project.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:40:00 -0700 Introducing CoCo http://howiewu.com/introducing-coco http://howiewu.com/introducing-coco As Evan and Ethan got older, one recurring theme seems to pop up in their little head-I want a dog !! As a dog lover and someone who grew up with dogs, I want a dog too. So Evan, Ethan and I teamed up to convince Clara it's a good idea to have a dog, since taking care of two kids and cleaning up after me probably wasn't enough work to keep her busy :P After a year of persuasion and writing a bunch of empty promises (yes, I will take care of her, you don't have to do a thing) We finally decided to get a dog. The original intent was to get one from the pound, coming from the US, where we can get stray dogs for free, I got a sticker shock when I went to the Vancouver pound to find out it costs $500 to adopt a stray dog. $500 !!! The government evidently decided it was a good idea to keep the dogs in the pound instead of letting them go to loving homes, another policy victory where big brother over rules. At any rate, we then started trying to decide which breed we wanted, my last dog was a Rottweiler and she was an awesome dog, so I really wanted another Rottweiler; Clara thinks Rottweilers look too mean (which I counter argued they have a really soft heart), Clara's suggestion was we get a Labrador. Realizing negotiating with the spouse is often like trying to pass a bill in the US Senate, I had to do my share of pork barrelling. So a deal was reached, we were gonna get a Lab. Once the breed was decided, next come the color question, the choices were Yellow, Black and Chocolate. Both of us loved the chocolate, quick decision. So we started to look online and just happen to find a breeder on the Vancouver Kijiji site. The breeder is in Richmond, and for $650 we get a puppy chocolate lab. So the four of us called the breeder, hopped into the van and headed west. We got there early enough when the pups were only 4 weeks old, since we were the first ones there, we got our pick from the eight puppies. Since they all looked the same to me, Clara picked out her favorite one. We put our deposit down and waited another 5 weeks before we picked her up. On the way home, we were trying to decide on the name for the dog. CoCo popped into my head, Chocolate Lab, CoCo, not to be confused with famous asian singer Coco Lee. Anyways, here is CoCo's pics at 4 weeks and 9 weeks when she got home.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:58:18 -0700 Geely buys Volvo http://howiewu.com/geely-buys-volvo-1 http://howiewu.com/geely-buys-volvo-1 Just saw the news that China’s Geely officially is now the owner of Volvo for a 1.8 billion dollar transaction from Ford. I remember seeing Geely’s founder, Mr. Li on a television interview in 2003 and really like his entrepreneurial spirit. What he said left an impression “How hard is it to make a car ? It’s a couple of couches, 4 tires, an engine and a shell.” This is his response to the naysers back then, people in China were highly skeptical of how this farmer from a village is going to start building his own cars in China and selling it. Today, he proved his doubters wrong. An interesting part is, there’s still a lot of people who doubt Mr.Li is going to make the merger a success. Well, I think if Volvo became a Chinese company, it would certainly motivate a huge untapped overseas Chinese market. For example, the overseas Koreans overwhelmingly drive Hyundais and the Japanese will drive a Toyota or Honda, but the overseas Chinese population has never had a brand it can show its nationalism to. Now, there is Volvo, a brand that represents European technology and the highest safety standard in the automobile industry. This fits well with the Chinese culture, I would be really surprised if Geely doesn’t take advantage of this huge untapped market and reap the benefits both domestically and in the North American market.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:00:33 -0700 My next picture attempt-Space http://howiewu.com/my-next-picture-attempt-space http://howiewu.com/my-next-picture-attempt-space

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So I read in the news some British hobbyist used a combination of a weather ballon, some duct tape and a used digital camera from eBay to take awesome shots of space. This reminded me of the possibilities and creativities of individuals when we put our ultimate cheapness in front of an awesome idea

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:47 -0700 China’s Global High Speed Rail plans http://howiewu.com/chinas-global-high-speed-rail-plans http://howiewu.com/chinas-global-high-speed-rail-plans Word out of China lately is that it’s targeting creating not only the world’s largest high speed rail network within its borders, but it’s planning on connecting to European countries via high speed rail as well. Just think, a “low carbon” alternative to flying and taking one from London to Beijing in only 2 days. The challenge is whether or not China can afford to spend and grow at the rate it’s been in the last ten years. One thing I noticed about the difference between a China and US centric approach, China’s spending on military simply can’t compare to what the Americans spend on its military might, of course, the Americans have to take on the role of the global police and as a result, all this “policing” costs a lot of money. Just think, if Ronald Raegan decided to spend the Star Wars dollars on building a US high speed rail and other infrastructure, or even just not spend it and pay down the deficit, the Americans would live in a totally different world today. The Chinese are pragmatic by nature and it shows, why spend money on building out 3,000 nuclear war heads like the Americans and the Soviets, just build enough so people take you seriously, like 180. At any rate, as a political observer, China’s government has the ability to perform long term plans and project into the future without worrying about political turnover. Which is what Plato envisioned centuries ago with its Philosopher King and which is why the “Central Kingdom” was the center of the world for centuries. Perhaps the Washington politicians can forego all the party politics and do what’s right for the people and by the people, there I go day dreaming again, but that’s the beauty of our political system, the ability to dream.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:02:53 -0800 Avatar-Dances with Wolves, alien version http://howiewu.com/avatar-dances-with-wolves-alien-version http://howiewu.com/avatar-dances-with-wolves-alien-version So after all the hype about Avatar, I finally found time to watch it at the Dublin movie theatre in all its IMAX glory. After the movie, I was really dissapointed, an uninspiring, predictable, unoriginal story line. Despite all the oohs and ahhs you see from the special effects, to me, a true movie fan, the storyline is the soul of the film, and this film stole another great movie’s soul. Dances with Wolves, which I’m sure for most teenagers, seems ages ago and they won’t remember the story, but James Cameron stole the story. If you haven’t seen Dances with Wolves, go see it. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out where Cameron stole his material from.
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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Sun, 21 Feb 2010 19:03:30 -0800 How to trim your nose hair http://howiewu.com/how-to-trim-your-nose-hair http://howiewu.com/how-to-trim-your-nose-hair So my wife had a talk with me today, you know, one of those you’re old now and can’t rely on the magic of youth so take care of your ass conversations. Today’s topic happens to be on what I need to do with excess nose hair. With my broken heart and an alarming bell inside my “old man” head. Here is a great video on just how to trim your nose hair. Hair Care For Men: How To Trim Your Nose Hair

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:10:12 -0800 R2D2 Home Theatre http://howiewu.com/r2d2-home-theatre http://howiewu.com/r2d2-home-theatre

First of all, I know this post is late, but I still wanted to make up for it since it was supposed to go on 8 hours ago, and at this point I’m just really glad I didn’t promise free lunch like Kevin has.

Since Josh posted his robot ambition, the kids didn’t read the post, but only saw the cool R2D2 picture on the post, the natural conclusion was of course “Uncle Josh is building a R2 unit, he’s so cool”. Long story short, I told the kids we’re building a R2 unit, so then I checked out all the fancy R2 units people have already built, you know, the metal, remote controlled ones. Then I thought, why would I want a remote controlled car under an R2 ? What I really want lately is a home theatre server with projectors, a light bulb came on…I will build a R2 Home Theatre unit, on top under the dome will be the projector, and inside the body will be my board with all my 1TB of movies in full glory, at the bottom of the R2 unit will be a subwoofer.

Now the battle plan is out, I just need to do it…..Josh ?!

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/1526159/IMG_2380.jpg http://posterous.com/users/4aAVm4mN7ZBv Howie Wu howiewu Howie Wu Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:07:59 -0800 Star Wars Lego-Tie Fighter with Darth Vader http://howiewu.com/star-wars-lego-tie-fighter-with-darth-vader http://howiewu.com/star-wars-lego-tie-fighter-with-darth-vader

As Evan gets older and is now learning the ways of the Force (through watching Star Wars repeatedly, just like his father before him), I’m enjoying watching this young Padawan learner discover the Star Wars universe as well as teaching his younger brother how to handle a light sabre (you can’t hold it the other way, the laser will cut off your finger kind of thing).

Evan’s love of legos as well as Star Wars recently joined forces and he has been on a building maniac. This all started when we got him the Darth Vader Tie Fighter Lego kit. Sure, the label says for ages 8-14, but I knew Evan has built enough legos to build this one (his last lego work was like this whole city kit that Grandma got him).

Since I am also a lego fan and a Jedi, I really enjoyed spending quality time with Evan building Star Wars lego. I told Evan we will try to build one per month and I will post them on this blog as we move along.

Without further adue, here is the pictures for the Tie Fighter.

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