Photo meme

By Tien Chiu | Published: December 11, 2008
It recently came to my attention that I had been tagged with a “photo meme”.  The rule is, you go to your photos folders, pick the sixth folder, pick the sixth image in that folder, and post that image.  Then you tag five others. Unfortunately for this theory, I store most of my photos in context-sensitive [...]
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Back from China

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 21, 2007
After a long, grueling flight, we are back in San Francisco, being happily abused by the cats (who apparently missed us as much as we missed them).  I won’t go too much into the last part of the trip right now because I still intend to catch up on the travel blog, perhaps in a [...]
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Sock interlude

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 10, 2007
I have finished my first pair of travel socks!  Here are links to photos: The pattern is the Crystalline Lattice Socks, although I’m using a different (but similarly-colored) yarn. They’re pretty socks.  I like ‘em.
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Off to China!

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 5, 2007
I’m sitting in an airport hotel near LAX, writing this entry before heading to the airport for the long slog to China. The flight will be well over 12 hours. I’m already several inches into the cuff for my first pair of travel socks, so I’m glad I’m taking two socks’ worth of yarn [...]
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Placemats, and China

By Tien Chiu | Published: September 3, 2007
We’re off to China tomorrow, and I have packed in my suitcase (oh the neuroticism) not one, not two, not three, but FIVE socks’ worth of yarn.  I have been through my packing list a couple of times and am pretty confident that I have not forgotten anything a credit card won’t solve, so I’m [...]
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