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WordPress migration complete! (Finally)
As you may already know, this blog is now powered by WordPress completely. The Serendipity platform became too cumbersome and consumed considerable amount of unnecessary resource ultimately warranted the switch. Expect to hit a few missing or invalid permalinks while … Continue reading
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Dumping marine aquarium idea in favor of the Nature Aquarium
A new and relatively expensive hobby has entered the arena. Instead of pursuing a marine aquarium like I originally intended, I'm going to plan and eventually build a Nature Aquarium. What is a "Nature Aquarium"? According to Takashi Amano, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amano Takashi, Aqua Design Amano, discus, marine aquarium, nature aquarium
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Happy New Year 2012
I just returned from our 10-day road trip to Northern California. Suffice to say, it was a refreshing and respite retreat from the hectic life of Los Angeles. Shaggy, our adopted guinea pig survived the 1,600+ mile round-trip and was … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, acura rsx, Cal Poly Pomona, car problems, Fluval, IACV, idle air control valve, new year, outdoor, pets, road trip, travel
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WordPress migration: take 2
So after a failed attempt at migrating to WordPress blog platform from s9y Serendipity earlier this year, I am going to attempt the task again. Since there are no direct Serendipity -> WordPress importer, at least not one that is … Continue reading
Amazon Kindle 2 USB cable, after 2.5 years
I'm pretty particular with the condition I keep my gadgets and books in. So it surprised me to come across this: An Amazon Kindle 2 USB charging cable, left intact and still wrapped in its original wire tie, after 2.5 … Continue reading
Fall 2011 quarter is finally over!
After a lengthy week and a half of sleep deprivation and stress from finals, I am happy to say that Fall 2011 quarter is over once and for all. It is the toughest quarter I've faced throughout my academic career. … Continue reading
Found some fish fries in the Fluval
As I was observing my reclusive albino bristle-nose plecostomus in the Fluval Chi, I noticed a few peculiar dots lined slightly beneath the substrate and pressed against the glass. When I took a closer look, it became apparent that the … Continue reading
Two more weeks of fall quarter 2011
It's been one quarter over a year since I started my study at Cal Poly Pomona. As I reflect back the past five quarters (fall '10, winter '11, spring '11, summer '11, fall '11) at Cal Poly Pomona, I'm still … Continue reading
Reduced the neon tetra population down to two and added two gold-dust mollies
So I decided to trim the neon tetra population down to a mere two; yeah I know they swim in shoals, yeah I know that keeping just two increases their stress level, however they seem fine (for now). In their … Continue reading
Giant guinea pig spotted at Pet City in Whittier
As mentioned in my previous entry, I spotted a giant guinea pig of epic proportion while at the Pet City in Whittier. Here's the photo I snapped of it: It literally was the size of a small cat, probably weighs … Continue reading