Election Day / 投票日：November 3, 2026 / 2026 年 11 月 3 日 California voters will decide on 14 statewide propositions this November. These measures cover housing, taxes, education, healthcare, elections, and environmental rules. You may also have local and candidate races on your ballot. 今年 11 月，加州選民將對 14 項全州公投提案 投票，內容涉及住房、稅收、教育、醫療、選舉及環境法規。選票上也可能有地方選舉及候選人選舉。 I’ll explain each proposition…
This is my own recipe, the way it stands in my Cooking notes: a flour-and-butter dough, a curry beef filling, and an empanada press that cuts, fills, and seals in one squeeze. These are baked, not fried — 20 empanadas from 3 cups of flour.這是我自己的食譜，就是我烹飪筆記裡的作法：麵粉加奶油的麵團、咖哩牛肉餡，再加一個壓模，切皮、包餡、封口，一壓完成。這是烤的，不是炸的——3杯麵粉做20個。 What You Need材料 Flour, 3 cups — enough for 20…
On Saturday, October 31, 2026, Taipei’s mayoral race gets its first television debate: Chiang Wan-an, the incumbent, against Shen Po-yang, the challenger. What follows is the factual record — dates, format, the two men’s careers, and the polls. Nothing else.2026年10月31日，星期六，台北市長選戰迎來第一場電視辯論：現任市長蔣萬安，對上挑戰者沈伯洋。以下是有紀錄的事實——日期、流程、兩人的經歷，和民調。沒有別的。 The Debate這場辯論 The debate runs from 12:00 to 2:00 PM Taipei time at the TVBS…
Every quarter, two envelopes compete for my attention: the custodian’s statement and my advisor’s report. The statement is the receipt; the report is the story. Here is how I read the story — in the order the money moves.每季有兩個信封搶我的注意力：保管機構的對帳單，和顧問的報告。對帳單是收據；報告是故事。這是我讀故事的方法——照著錢移動的順序讀。 The First Number第一個數字 I start with the ending value: what the portfolio is worth today. Then…
Union City was two old towns that voted to become one. Chino Hills is the opposite story: a city drawn on a map in 1991, on ranch land so old that the cattle trails came first — and the hills never left.聯合市是兩座老鎮投票合成一座。奇諾崗剛好相反：1991年才在地圖上畫出來的城市，蓋在老牧場地上——牛走的路比人還早到，而山丘，從來沒離開過。 Rancho Land牧場年代 The Tongva had villages here — Wapijanga and Pasinogna — gathering…
Every drawing in Procreate is secretly the first frame of a movie. The app keeps a tiny animation studio in the back room — Animation Assist — and once you switch it on, a still picture learns to walk, blink, and bounce.Procreate 裡的每一幅畫，偷偷都是一部電影的第一格。這個 app 在後台藏了一座小動畫片廠——動畫助手——一打開，靜止的圖就學會走路、眨眼和彈跳。 The Hidden Studio藏起來的小片廠 Tap the wrench, open Canvas, and turn…
My wrist is getting a new tenant. The big Ultra that has ridden my arm for years is stepping aside, and an Apple Watch Series 11 is moving in — smaller, lighter, and quietly smarter about health.我的手腕要換新房客了。在我手上待了幾年的大 Ultra 要退場，搬進來的是 Apple Watch Series 11——更小、更輕，在健康方面悄悄變聰明。 Why Leave the Ultra為什麼離開 Ultra The Ultra was built for mountains and…
All summer, the Bay Area sky does one thing: blue. Then one October morning the light changes, the air smells different, and you remember — the rain is coming back. The season is turning, and it asks nothing of us but to notice.整個夏天，灣區的天空只做一件事：藍。然後在某個十月的早晨，光變了，空氣的味道不一樣了，你想起來了——雨要回來了。季節正在轉彎，它什麼都不要，只要我們看見。 The Signs轉季的訊號 The signs are small: clouds with some weight in them,…
Same beef, same noodles — so why do Taiwan’s two great bowls taste nothing alike? The answer sits in the spice drawer.同樣的牛肉、同樣的麵條——為什麼台灣的兩大碗麵，味道完全不一樣？答案就在香料抽屜裡。 The Braised Way紅燒的做法 The braised way builds flavor in layers. The beef cooks in a dark base of soy sauce and spicy bean paste, simmering until the sauce and the meat become one…
Taiwan’s home-style fried rice noodles: more toppings than noodles — pork belly, dried shrimp, mushroom, and cabbage — tossed dry in the wok and finished with shallot oil.台式家常炒米粉：料比粉多——五花肉、蝦米、香菇、高麗菜——在鍋裡炒到乾爽，最後淋上紅蔥油。 The Ingredients食材 Rice vermicelli, 1 cake米粉 1 片 Pork belly strips, 100 g (about 1/4 lb)五花肉絲 100 克（約 1/4 磅） Dried shrimp, 1 tablespoon蝦米 1 大匙 Dried…
This is Mama Chang’s way: beef shank braised under pressure with tomato and carrot, fresh noodles, bok choy — and pickled mustard greens fried in the beef’s own oil, served on the side.這是張媽媽的做法：牛腱用高壓鍋燉，配番茄和紅蘿蔔；新鮮麵條、青江菜——還有用煎牛肉的油炒的酸菜，放在旁邊配著吃。 The Ingredients食材 Beef shank, 3 lbs, in big pieces牛腱肉 3 磅，切大塊 Fresh noodles (ramen)新鮮麵條（拉麵） Pickled mustard greens酸菜 Bok choy青江菜 Green onions青蔥 Carrots紅蘿蔔…
Four accounts run American retirement saving: the 401(k), the IRA, the Roth, and the conversion. They are not four rival products — they are two kinds of account, one tax flavor, and one move between them.美國人的退休儲蓄，繞著四個名字轉：401(k)、IRA、羅斯（Roth）、轉換（Conversion）。它們不是四種互相競爭的商品——而是兩類帳戶、一種稅務口味、和一個搬錢的動作。 What the Names Stand For這些名字的由來 401(k) is not a model number. It is a paragraph of the US tax…
“He’s so OCD” — people say it when a desk is too tidy. But OCD and OCPD are two different conditions that happen to share a name.「他好強迫症喔」——桌面太整齊時，人們常這樣說。但強迫症（OCD）與強迫型人格（OCPD）只是名字相像，其實是兩種不同的狀況。 OCD: The Unwanted Guest強迫症：不速之客 OCD brings obsessions — thoughts that push in uninvited: Did I lock the door? Are my hands dirty? What if I hurt someone I…
The name is a legend’s name. RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures, from Atari and Nvizzio Creations, brought the famous park-building series to the Nintendo Switch in December 2018. It is not the legend itself — it is the legend’s friendly grandchild, and it is better to know that before the ride starts.這個名字是傳奇的名字。《雲霄飛車大亨 冒險版》由Atari與Nvizzio Creations製作，2018年12月把這個著名的樂園建造系列帶上Nintendo Switch。它不是傳奇本身——它是傳奇友善的孫子，而在上車之前，最好先知道這一點。 The Name這個名字…
Most people meet my city at freeway speed: a green sign on 880 between Fremont and Hayward, gone in two seconds. I live under that sign. Union City is not an old name for an old place — it is a decision two small towns made together in 1959, and the decision is still working.大多數人認識我的城市，是在高速公路的速度裡：880上一塊綠牌，在Fremont和Hayward之間，兩秒就過。我住在那塊牌子底下。Union…
Every Sunday I drive into the East Bay hills to a town whose name is a shrug: El Sobrante — Spanish for “the leftover.” Curiosity got the better of me: what kind of place calls itself the land nobody claimed first?每個星期天，我開車進東灣的山丘，去一個名字聽起來無所謂（聳聳肩）的小鎮：El Sobrante——西班牙文的「剩下的」。好奇心贏了：什麼樣的地方，會自稱是沒人先要的土地？ Calling a place “the leftovers” to its face feels like a shrug —…
Three years is three generations in phone years. My 14 Pro Max was the king of 2022; the 17 Pro is the king’s grandson, and the family resemblance is fading. Here is what the jump actually buys.三年，在手機的世界是三個世代。我的14 Pro Max是2022年的王；17 Pro是王的孫子，家族長相已經淡了。這一跳，到底買到什麼。 Body and Screen機身與螢幕 Out goes the polished stainless steel; in comes a forged aluminum unibody…
Every detective novel you have ever read lives in this book’s house. Wilkie Collins published The Moonstone in 1868, and T. S. Eliot later gave the verdict: the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels.你讀過的每一本偵探小說，都住在這本書的房子裡。威爾基·柯林斯1868年出版《魔神的寶石》，艾略特後來下了判語：現代英國偵探小說中，第一部、最長、也最好的一部。 The Story故事 The Moonstone is a yellow diamond the size of a plover’s egg, sacred to…
Dongyin is the northernmost township of Taiwan, a small granite island in the East China Sea. It has no airport. If you want to go, you go the old way — by sea.東引是台灣最北的鄉，一座東海上的花崗岩小島。它沒有機場。想去，就走老路——搭船。 The Night Ferry夜船 From Taipei it starts simply: a train to Keelung, about forty-five minutes, and the West Passenger Terminal waiting across…
Veteran’s community style: one pot of pork-and-tofu sauce — soybean paste three parts, sweet bean paste one — spooned over noodles with four toppings.眷村風炸醬：一鍋豬肉豆乾醬，黃豆醬三份、甜麵醬一份，淋在麵上，加上四樣菜碼。 Ingredients 材料 1 lb ground pork豬絞肉1磅 8 pieces dried tofu, diced豆乾8塊，切丁 3 tablespoons soybean paste黃豆醬3大匙 1 tablespoon sweet bean paste甜麵醬1大匙 100 ml water清水100毫升 1 tablespoon rock sugar冰糖1大匙 100 ml rice wine米酒100毫升…
One template, endless dinners: pick a protein, pick some vegetables, simmer them in a glossy sauce, and pour it over hot rice. 一個萬用公式：主料任選、配菜任選，燴成亮亮的芡汁，淋在熱白飯上，就是一餐。 Ingredients 材料 — serves 2 / 2人份 2 bowls cooked rice白飯2碗 Protein of your choice — sliced chicken, beef or pork, seafood, or tofu — about 1/3 to 1/2 lb主料任選一種：雞肉片、牛肉片、豬肉片、海鮮或豆腐，約1/3到1/2磅 Vegetables of…
A Shanghai home dish: rice cooked in chicken stock with a strip of bacon, then folded with the bacon and pak choi at the very end, so the greens stay green.上海家常菜飯：飯用雞湯煮，上面放一根培根；最後把培根和上海青拌入，青菜保持翠綠。 Ingredients 材料 1 bag Shanghai pak choi上海青一袋 2 packs bacon — one is not enough; it shrinks as it fries培根兩包才夠，煎後會縮小 6 cups rice米6杯 1…
Oxtail is a cheap, tough cut, full of collagen. It cannot be rushed — but give it red wine and three slow hours, and it turns rich, dark, and tender enough to fall off the bone.牛尾便宜又硬，膠質很多，急不得。但給它紅酒和慢慢燉的三小時，它會變得濃郁深色、軟嫩到幾乎脫骨。 The whole secret is building the flavor in layers: brown the meat, brown the vegetables, brown the tomato —…
If you have a lot of shallots and don’t know what to do with them — and you’re afraid they’ll go bad — the best thing to do is turn them into crispy fried shallots.如果你有很多紅蔥頭，不知道該如何處理，又怕它壞掉，最好的方法就是做成紅蔥酥。 A spoonful on rice, noodles, or vegetables changes everything.一匙放在飯、麵或青菜上，味道就完全不一樣。 Ingredients: 1 lb red shallots, peanut oil (enough to cover the…
9/18, Fri : Outdoor Movie Union City Old Town 9/19, Sat : Newark Carnival 9/25 Concert at Pacific Common Block Plaza 10/2 FRI Outdoor Movie Fremont Central Park
