daniel wong

The server I’m hosted on is running git, but version 1.6.5.2, which is quite old. I’d like to update this, and I can, since I have access to make and install a local version on the host at /usr/local. However, downloading the latest git branch from git at git://github.com/git/git.git gives me source code that doesn’t ...

There is a Chinese tradition of mourning a recently passed member of your family for 100 days. I’ve always felt like the least culturally Chinese person around, but I’m writing this post as a supplement to that practice. Today is the one hundredth day since the passing of my paternal grandfather. My understanding of Chinese culture is ...

Last week, Roberto Guillermo Kolter, Ph.D., a Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology at Harvard Medical School, gave a presentation at here at Tufts about scientific writing. The fundamental point of his talk was that as scientists, it is imperative that we write, and to write well. Not an entirely novel idea, Dr. Kolter also presented several ...

I’ve had intermittent issues with Android, specifically with the Exchange service preventing the phone from entering deep sleep and resulting in rapid depletion of my phone battery. I think I may have found the culprit: incorrect security settings. I have my Exchange e-mail account set up as an IMAP account on my phone. The settings ...

I’ve lost track of exactly what changes I’ve made to the house, so this is an attempt to catalog them: - replaced all non-GFCI outlet duplexes with tamper-proof outlet duplexes - added a wired switch to the storage space - added a switch to the inside of the utility closet - replaced the main bathroom ...

I’m still new to this. It doesn’t seem so long ago that I was meeting Taylor, Kelsey, or Andrew for the first time. Admiring the things they could do that I couldn’t, the skill or talent that seemed to come so effortlessly. We all drifted in and out of touch, but our large, inner-city high ...