Thu Tu’s Blog

For a number of reasons, I ended up with four bank accounts: free ipod (that I gave to my brother), high interest rate, convenient location. One of the credit unions lost its luster when it no longer had competitive interest rates and was at an inconvenient city relative to my current locations for work and [...]

The weather was really nice today so I decided to take my cats out for a walk. Once I was done putting on their harnesses and leashes, I saw that Mr. Darcy was very unhappy because he was slinking with his body really close to the floor. So I removed his harness and went outside [...]

I had trouble finding a good source of information on how to set up Google Custom Search Engine to replace the built-in search function of my Wordpress blog, so I’ll share some tips I eventually learned.
Custom Search Engine
First, you will need to create a custom search engine that shows results for your blog. Then try [...]

I’ve been wanting to be able to show related posts for each post and have found an answer in Google Blog Bar.
The Blog Bar is a Google AJAX Search API application that lets you easily add [...]

After my ups and downs and then up again with getting Super Paper Mario as a birthday gift to myself, I should provide an update after playing it for a few days.
SPM is one of the funnest video games that I have ever played. Its 2-D / 3-D mechanism is a refreshing change of pace. [...]

Last night, my Nintendo Wii greeted me with its pretty blue light. I turned it on to see what awaited me. I honestly had no idea. I clicked on the Message icon and it showed that Nintendo had sent a message announcing the Final Wii Browser was available. Yipee!
I did the system update in preparation [...]

Earlier this morning, I wrote about how I was disappointed with how Amazon handled my Super Paper Mario Pre-Order. After I published my post, I saw that it was possible to order the game right then and there, and get it delivered before my pre-order would even arrive. However, my order was in progress so [...]