http://mattchan.net monitoring my meandering mind Tue, 19 May 2009 02:05:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First of all, I don't call myself a Mac guy or a PC guy. The term "PC" will always mean "personal computer" to me, and that itself is nomenclature for a general-purpose, consumer-grade computer that an "average" person will have at home. It doesn't mean Windows as everyone is using ... http://mattchan.net/2009/05/18/mac-vs-pc/ I think I've become one of those so called "casual gamers" which has become a huge market now ever since Nintendo changed the whole direction of gaming once again.I can almost never find the time to play games anymore. I spend some of my time at work or being in ... http://mattchan.net/2009/03/15/on-gaming/ I find it's not really all that hard. I've been on my own for a few months now, and keeping myself in check is just a matter of tracking how much I spend per month. The first thing I started doing was budgeting out various bills like rent, utilities, food, ... http://mattchan.net/2009/01/23/managing-my-finances/ One of my Computer Science professors gave us this piece of advice her last quarter at RIT before retiring: "Invest early and don't have children." http://mattchan.net/2008/12/14/advice-on-retirement/ Recently, my sifu has asked me to help out with the kung fu school just to have an extra body. Partly the reason why I chose my current apartment location was to be closer to the school (and work) and avoid driving lots of extra miles each day. Since I ... http://mattchan.net/2008/10/26/the-kung-fu-life/ Last weekend was a tax-free holiday in Massachusetts, and it's not very surprising that throngs of people would go out to spend ginormous amounts of money on consumer goods. I had spent part of the day going out and looking mostly at furniture. I only went out to get an ... http://mattchan.net/2008/08/23/furniture-shopping/ This past weekend, I took a little mini-vacation to go visit Rochester, the place I had called home for five years when I was attending school there. It was odd being there a little over a year after graduation. Everyone I had known there is pretty much gone save a ... http://mattchan.net/2008/08/08/visting-rochester/ This past weekend, I took a little mini-vacation to go visit Rochester, the place I had called home for five years when I was attending school there. It was odd being there a little over a year after graduation. Everyone I had known there is pretty much gone save a ... http://mattchan.net/2008/08/07/visiting-rochester/ For the recent month and a half, I have been placed in charge of all things webby for this new youth organization in Massachusetts. We're called Youth A.C.T., a group for empowering youth and getting them involved in their community. We're still in the process of getting up and running ... http://mattchan.net/2008/06/20/drupal-vs-wordpress/ Being out of school for one year now has really changed a lot in the way I live. The "college life" is not one I can really do anymore. There are so many things that I just don't do anymore. I'm losing interest in primetime television shows similarly how I ... http://mattchan.net/2008/05/15/being-a-grown-up/