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I just found the good tea at work

After figuring out that all the teabags are undrinkable. The green tea teabag which I was drinking all through the all-day-until-now meeting (yes, again, but with a lunch break. Apparently at microsoft they work through their lunch) was barely tolerable. Anyway I just found this can of loose jasmine tea at work that actually has real pieces of chinese jasmine in it. I love chinese jasmine and osmanthus...btw...smells so good.

I think the CEO is addicted to settlers

For the third time in the past week, we're going to play settlers after work (or cutting work hours short to play in one instance). Too bad I can't play today, but I will be going to a concert (Bloc Party @ Greek Theater), so yay! I'll try to get some more games in before my internship ends.

eternal (fourth and cedar)

yes, I love my new camera (canon eos 50e/Elan 7e) and lens (Canon 50mm f1.8). So sharp...

I bet no one has/will have the resources to monitor

all the Chinese BitTorrent forums, which probably has half a billion members (alright close enough) and where you can download everything in the world. CSI: BitTorrent Well I can't BitTorrent from my home computer anyway, which is probably for the best.

currently suffering from yogurt addition

I go through a lot of individually packed cups of (plain, not with strange fruit/other random flavoring) yogurt in a week...

Hair Soy Sauce

EEEEeeewww

The Chinese Shrimp Camp

at historic point richmond... Apparently it's the web site of the little kiosk of a house ("Point Richmond History Association") in Point Richmond that we pass by whenever we "go to town" to get lunch at work.

why people snipe on eBay

So, the question is, when is sniping worth the risk of not getting your bid in? There are lots of reasons it might be. The easiest case to think about is of a bidder who has some expert information about the item being sold, information that might affect how much other buyers are willing to pay. For example, suppose that a dealer in Persian carpets sees a desirable one on eBay. Many bidders may not be able to tell the difference between valuable carpets and cheap imitations, and so if they can identify that a dealer is bidding on a particular carpet, that will tell them that it is a good one. So, the dealer can try to conceal who he is, to avoid starting a price war, but for a dealer who bids a lot, it is hard to have lots of different usernames. A simpler strategy is for him to snipe, so that others can't piggyback on his expertise. But even without special expertise, a bidder may feel that an early bid will inspire others to raise their bids, and in such a case, sniping may be a winning strategy.

They also have some other interesting articles (I didn't notice at first that it was a Harvard Business School site).