This blog hasn’t been very technical lately (it’s been mostly travel notes and personal reflections), but a topic resurfaced recently, and I wanted to put it down before it fades—It's just hours before I leave for another Thanksgiving family trip. Before anything else: yes, naming
A few weeks ago, I renewed my Giants Flex membership. I originally thought it auto-renewed, but apparently it didn’t—until someone from the Giants called and nudged me. During the renewal process, I finally solved the mystery of the random 20% concession discount I received last season (yes, that
Filoli has always been one of my family’s go-to weekend stroll spots. The elegant historic house, the manicured gardens with seasonal flowers, and the quiet trails through ranch-style countryside always make me feel grounded and calm. But as good as it is, repetition eventually made me numb to it.
Our last Salle's book club pick was Time and Again by Jack Finney. We picked it because in the afterword of 11/22/63, Stephen King called it a great time-travel novel—even saying he wanted to dedicate his own book to Finney. With that kind of endorsement,
Now, officially, the baseball season is over. The result wasn’t what I NEVER wanted — the Dodgers won the World Series two years in a row. As a Giants fan, I was really frustrated watching yesterday’s Game 7. Frankly, I was mad. But as a baseball fan, I’m
Fleet Week has always been a yearly ritual for my family — though, honestly, not always a smooth one. In 2022, I learned the name of San Francisco’s true nemesis: Karl the Fog. 2023 was a little better, and last year, we finally had a perfect day. So naturally, I
Speaking of LAFC — I actually visited their home, BMO Stadium, last Friday. But this time, it wasn’t for a soccer match. It was for the K-pop boy band Seventeen's concert. My daughter had declared that her birthday wish this year was simple and non-negotiable: Seventeen concert tickets.
On a Saturday last month (precisely September 13, 2025), my family headed to Levi’s Stadium — not for a 49ers game or a concert, but for something completely different: an MLS match featuring the San Jose Earthquakes. Normally, the Earthquakes play at PayPal Park, which has a capacity of about
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the K-PAI event, sharing an architectural overview of the online advertising ecosystem — from publishers and SSPs to exchanges, DSPs, and advertisers — and how AI and ML now play at the foundation of it all. Rather than restating the full presentation here, the
Today marks the saddest day of the year: the final game of the Giants’ season. Once again, October baseball slips away, and the journey ends here. Last year, I shared how much I enjoyed the $1,000 Flex Season Ticket membership — it was awesome. So this year, I doubled down
Let me just say it straight. "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" is the best game I’ve played since "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild." When the game was first announced, it caught attention not just for its visuals, but because of Sandfall Interactive—its
As I mentioned in my previous post about Ultima IV, my first personal computer was an Apple II+ (replica). The Apple IIe and II GS were my dream machines growing up — the ones I never got to own. So, for years I’ve had this quiet wish to build a
