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The Neighborhood Gap Zillow Can't Fill

The Neighborhood Gap Zillow Can't Fill

Recently, the YouTube algorithm started surfacing well-produced videos to my feed, from realtors laying out information on attractive neighborhoods. Here's one on the towns in San Mateo county, and here's another talking about what's…

Playing Catch-up in Online Publishing

Playing Catch-up in Online Publishing

How do casual blogs like mine retain their interested readers when every distribution channel is degrading? Well, if you scroll to the bottom of this post—or any other post here—you should find a simple email address and a…

Review: Super Nintendo

Review: Super Nintendo

I picked up the book Super Nintendo expecting to read about the greatest gaming console of all time. Instead, I got a thoughtful chronicle of the greatest gaming company of all time. So, still a worthwhile read—particularly for video…

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A Wild Ghost Blog Appears

A Wild Ghost Blog Appears

There would be 15 years' worth of posts to migrate. This was something that I had mulled over for the last few years. WordPress (WP), the blogging-cum-content platform that was initially released in 2003, has gotten too unwieldy for…

Cities by the Bay

Cities by the Bay

I call three bayside cities home: Hong Kong, Vancouver, and San Francisco. They also happen to be three of the most expensive places in the world to live [1]. Housing prices in these three cities consistently outpace that of adjacent…

Star Trek's Future Now

Star Trek's Future Now

Star Trek's Future Now The original Star Trek (TOS) TV series of the '60s was a bit before my time; I grew up with Star Trek: The Next Generation (TNG) reruns on Canadian broadcast TV in the…