DreamHost made mistake and fixed it; Lunarpages spreads lies

Earlier this week, DreamHost made a billing mistake that inadvertently billed some customers for a year or two’s worth of hosting. They acknowledged their mistake and apologized profusely for it as they cleaned up after the mess. Some people took issue with the joking tone of the blog post. I’m used to their silly humor [...]

Help Two Causes with One Dollar

I went to get some groceries for the weekend at Safeway last Friday. That in itself is news since I haven’t been to a grocery store in months. But that’s not interesting news.

What was more remarkable about this shopping trip was that at the checkout stand, the cashier was asking each customer if they would [...]

Blood vs Sperm Donation

Today, the Stanford Blood Mobile stopped by Google, making it convenient for us to donate blood without having to go far. When I got back to my cubicle, my coworkers were talking and asking about blood donation… how do you feel? how much blood? how much is a pint? what blood type? Someone asked if [...]

Trance music from Elephant Man soundtrack

I just finished watching the Elephant Man. At the end of the movie, there was a song that sounded so familiar but I couldn’t place it. It was haunting yet beautiful. I had to figure it out.

I did a search for Elephant Man soundtrack and saw a title that looked familiar: Adagio for Strings. It [...]

Chemistry of a Kiss

[There are many types of kisses but this post is dealing with romantic kisses.]

Here’s an article from eHarmony called Science of a First Kiss.

This basically sums up the biochemical aspect of kissing:

As one starts to kiss, the nerve endings in the lips become more sensitive. The stimulation causes these nerve endings to fire signals back [...]