http://blog.greggman.com Entries from Greggman.com About weblog en-us http://greggman.com/pageparts/rss_banners/banner-012.jpg http://blog.greggman.com http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-09-11.htm As of May 5th I started a job at Google in Mountain View. I can't say what I am working on as it is still top secret but I can say it REALLY REALLY wanted to work on it which is why I took the job. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2008-04-14.htm I’m not sure this is really an “adult” story and the names have been changed even though anyone who this story might affect already knows this story Once upon a time, I think in February 2003 I was living in Tokyo. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-11-08.htm In the beginning of October I spent 10 days in Tokyo. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-09-09.htm Sometimes it seems like I'm the luckiest guy on the planet. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-08-29.htm So I went to the dentist last week. The last time I went was only 7 months ago, just before I left Japan but about 2 months ago I had a couple of episodes where something got caught in my teeth in the back and it hurt pretty bad. It would pop out and feel better but then a week or so later something would get in there again. Finally it happened once where it hurt a lot and when I brush in the area there was a lot of blood. My toothbrush came out completely red. I though maybe a filling and fallen out or something so I made a quick dentist appointment. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-08-18.htm So I've decided to visit Shanghai. I'll only be there a few days. I get in Sunday September 30th and leave on October 4th. That basically gives me 4 nights and 3 days. Anyone have any recommendations? Must See? Must Eat? Must Experience? Better yet, anyone want to meet up in Shanghai ;-) Show me around, I'll be happy to reciprocate if you ever visit San Francisco. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-05-24.htm Some of my friends have been complaining I haven’t been updating my blog. There’s a bunch of reasons not the least of which is I now live back in the USA so I don’t really have much of interest to share. When I lived in Japan I felt like I was sharing things friends might want to know or at least not have easy access to but now anything I share is just random thoughts. I guess the blog part of my site though has always been random thoughts but then again I think the motivation to update it is not there like it was living abroad. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-03-05.htm I've been setting up my new apartment, buying lots of stuff. I have a tape measure I bought in at Tokyu Hands in Tokyo. It turns out it's wrong. After buying a bunch of blinds and having them not come close to being the correct size I was thinking WTF, false advertising. I was about to take them back when I tried putting on a table cloth I bought and having it also not be the correct size. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-02-11.htm I'm in San Francisco now and there's been quite a lot of reverse culture shock. I guess not just culture shock from Japan to the USA but also I've never lived in downtown San Francisco and it's very different from my experience anywhere else. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2007-01-01.htm I'm Leaving Japan. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-09-18.htm Just Amazing. My friend Yukari convinced our female friends to all go out and get Chinese dresses and wear them as a surprise for my birthday party. OMG! http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-09-06.htm Hong Kong totally rocked! If you want to see pictures of Hong Kong check out my last trip. Although I thought HK was an awesome city last time I didn't have such a great time being alone. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-08-30.htm So, I have a cold again. This time so far it's just a sore throat. The problem is I'm going on vacation in 36 hours and it would certainly suck to be stuck in my hotel room the whole time. So far if I drug myself up I can probably make it out but I'm going to Hong Kong again and according to the weather forecast it's 84 but feels like 94 because of humidity. Walking around sweating to death might not be best for a cold. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-07-21b.htm This week I had a serious back pain issue. I've gotten different kinds of back pain in the past. I've assumed it was from bad posture while programming. I used to get some pretty serious back pain in the states now and then. It didn't usually seem to last all that long, a couple of days. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-05-22.htm I am so lucky! My friend Yuri makes clothing for a living. I don't know how I got so lucky but she said if I wanted she would make me a shirt. Especially here in Japan it's hard to find shirts that fit. Well, she went nuts and made me 4 shirts! She exhibited them at Design Festa which was this last weekend Check them out on her website. I totally feel like the luckiest guy on earth. Thank you Yuri! http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-03-05.htm I had an interesting experience yesterday. I was at a Chinese restaurant and I accidentally called 2 friends Chinese. I knew neither of them were Chinese. One is Korean, one is American of ??? descent. What ??? is I'm not going to say at the risk of more offence. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-02-26.htm Today I went to the "Japan Cultural Affairs Agency Media Entertainment Skills Festival" which is at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography in Ebisu. I wasn't really sure what would be there but it was much more interesting than I expected. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2006-01-09.htm I went to a Vivienne Westwood exhibit at the Mori Arts Center Gallery in Roppongi today. It was recommended by my friend Chrissy. I had a date planned and needed something to do so I decided on thatI really wasn't expecting all that much. I'd been to the Mori Arts Center Gallery once before for a Hello Kitty exhibit and it was actually pretty lame but we needed something to do and so I thought I'd check it out. I knew it was a clothing exhibit and that was about it so my expectations were pretty low. Boy was I surprised. http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2005-09-23.htm I turned 40 a couple of weeks ago. Yee-haw! http://blog.greggman.com/edit/editheadlines/2005-08-22.htm How cool is it? My game is sooo cool that even though our characters' expressions and A.I. are not in yet I can put 3 of them on the screen and just stare at their current behavior for 20-30 minutes and that alone is already completely mesmerizing.