little. yellow. different. A weblog by Ernie Hsiung

Posts from January 2004

labor brings prosperity

Although the hours at work are starting to ease up a little bit, I’m still pretty busy for the most part, and I’m still unable to talk about the project until it launches some time in March. So how do I write about things that happen at my job without not actually writing about [...]


seventeen

Yesterday, I worked my first ever seventeen-hour work day, from 9 in the morning until 2 in the morning. Here are some things I’ve learned:

Most of my seventeen hour work day was spent in the cubicle of an engineer, integrating my code with his, staring at lines of code, drinking an assortment of caffinated [...]


who is this ernie guy and why doesn’t he post anymore

Yeah, I know. It’s been a while.
Murphys law dictates that the first week you transition from a contracting position to full-time employee status, you work your first 60+ week in four years. And while I would love to discuss the new project I’ve been spending at least twelve hours a day on, the [...]


christmas in a nutshell dumpling wrapper

Compared to other years, nothing crazy happened. No one knocked over any Christmas trees, no family members with mental illnesses declared the Christmas Hot Pot poisoned, dumping it into the kitchen sink and storming off.
Not to say that Christmas wasn’t interesting. Mandarin, like always, is in italics.

(The scene: Ernie is outside an Asian [...]