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It isn’t the best, but it is convenient
OK, as I mentioned to Katherine, it ain’t the best place, but if you’ve got screaming kids and it isn’t crowded (nearly never) it isn’t too bad. After all, it is hard to ruin noodles, although truthfully, they do overcook them. I’ll have to give China Village a try. Or go to Blue C Sushi…
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Sun Peaks (Redux)
Tong Family Blog: Sun Peaks Archives. Well we are here again at Sun Peaks and two years later, there are still no real reviews of restaurants. Heard that the steakhouse is busy and slow, but to recap the ones that are still open as listed in the official “Sun Peaks”:http://www.sunpeaksresort.com/winter/restaurants.aspx website which doesn’t seem quite…
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Learning Chinese
Iv’e ordered a bunch of Chinese language programs and texts. Wow, things have gotten wayt better than the old days of just learning from a book. Here are some of the tools and an early review: * Rosetta Stone. This is the most expensive package at $300+ for Level 1 and 2. The program is…
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Do you need an agent, it depends
First off, we’ve always used an agent for a pretty simple reason, most of the time when we’ve been buying, it has been into neighborhoods we haven’t known that well. While 3% off the top can seem like a lot, if you have a good agent, you can at least know how you are doing…
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Great place and great eggs
It’s a little out of the way, but an institution on Madrona. I’m surprised I can’t find it with Judy’s Book, but here it is on A9 Maps http://maps.a9.com/?mpref=1&mscl=5500,55000&mimg=914aadcf0ce6fffe,1&mstr=34th%20Ave&ypLoc=1000%20Boren%20Ave%2C%20Seattle%2C%20WA%2098104&mll=47.61289954238346,-122.28932241455185,47.60773871693669,-122.29697353730622,47.613178419414425,-122.28932241455185 and here it is with google local http://www.google.com/local?hl=en&hs=fHz&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&q=hi-spot+cafe&near=Seattle,+WA&sa=X&oi=locald&radius=0.0&latlng=47606389,-122330833,5377379225633446724 An awesome spot, no pun intended, the eggs are particularly good. Try the baked eggs and the cinnamon…
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They rival $1,000 speakers
Well, on the going deaf part, I think the main thing is don’t turn your iPod up to deafening levels. Seriously, its really about not blasting them. The easiest way to do this is to watch and make sure you don’t turn it up too high *and* to get headphones that deaden the sound. Etymotic…
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Washington State Elementary Chess Tournament
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Qiming Ventures
It’s been cooking for a while, but “Qiming Ventures”:http://www.qimingventures.com is the head geek’s latest revenge of the nerds. I’ve had a terrific change to meet wonderful folks in China. Duane, Edward and Gary are the best. We are in the middle of setting it up, but basically, we are raising $200M to invest in new…
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Judy’s Book
Hey my friends Andy and Chris over at “Judy’s Book”:http://judysbook.com have been hard at work. A good example of how web companies can now do a facelift without changing their whole database. Its a site that’s all about local search and reviews. I’ve got 160 reviews over there :”)
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Judy’s book blog FAQ for MovableType
OK, just a few notes on this for folks who are doing it. First, if you have MovableType 3.2, they added this strange thing called API Password mainly because of spam attacks, so make sure to fill it in with something reasonable as it is a random number generator. Judysbook code that goes to MovableType…