We left San Francisco on Saturday morning and arrived in Tokyo Sunday evening. We stayed at an airport hotel and went into the town of Narita for dinner. It was fairly deserted because it was Sunday. I am traveling with two co-workers, one of whom is my new boss, and the other is Chinese… Continue reading First Day in China
Author: glenn
Apple and Foxconn
re > http://9to5mac.com/2012/01/29/cbs-probes-apples-relationship-with-foxconn/ Note: The above link contained a link that is is no longer available. So the following response seems less relevant. But I’ll leave it here anyway, since the page itself is still there, and the infographic is too. — Glenn 8/6/2022 An actor putting on a piece of stage drama that is… Continue reading Apple and Foxconn
Journal of My Trip to Kenya
In the same year, (1990) that I traveled to Bangladesh, I also went (with my older daughter) to Kenya. The two trips were quite different in purpose, but they had in common that I made a journal of each. I recently finished copying to Bangladesh Journal from a printed copy, and I discovered attached to… Continue reading Journal of My Trip to Kenya
Update
It’s now the day after Christmas. I would say most of my post-operative pain is gone. Next week they said I could resume exercising. Because the weather’s cold it might be a weekend before I try riding my bike, but I’ll probably resume strength training anyway. So I’d say most of my short-term post-operative problems… Continue reading Update
The Pathology Report
After my prostate was surgically removed, they sent it off to the pathology lab for a biopsy. The news was generally good: the “margins were negative” meaning that the edge of the tissue removed did not contain any cancer cells. That means they didn’t leave part of the tumor behind. They also analyzed one of… Continue reading The Pathology Report
Continence – Part 1
WARNING: explicit content. One of the problems with prostate removal is that is, at least at first, makes you incontinent. The day I came home from the hospital I basically dripped all day. I have to wear pads (the same material combination as disposable diapers). But somehow when I went to bed,… Continue reading Continence – Part 1
Awakening
I slowly became conscious. But I was so tired that I immediately drifted off again. I must have done this two or three times before I became fully awake. I immediately thought, where am I? And then I remembered: I was coming out of surgery. I carefully and gently felt my belly. Yes, there were the six round… Continue reading Awakening
Civilization, Phaze 3: Failure or Masterpiece?
I recently reviewed Frank Zappa’s “Civilization, Phaze 3” on Amazon.
A Grim Day in Cupertino
Yesterday was a very grim day. First my wife warned me, even before I left for work in Cupertino, that the road I normally take was closed because of police activity. Some wacko had shot up a cement plant where he worked, killing three people and wounding six others. Then when I got to the office the story… Continue reading A Grim Day in Cupertino
The Story So Far
So first of all, “PC” doesn’t mean “personal computer.” I’m not trying to keep this a secret. But neither am I trying to broadcast it to the world. In April I had my annual physical examination. One of the tests I always have is a PSA (prostate specific antigen) test. The results were not high,… Continue reading The Story So Far