Monthly Archives: February 2006

Kaen Player

Posted on February 28, 2006 by

“The Kaen is the oldest form of the free reed family, the great great grandaddy of the harmonica and accordion. This type of instrument goes back to at least 1100BC (the harmonica and accordion only go back to the 1830s).” … Continue reading →

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Some Random Memories – Widespread Panic Edition

Posted on February 28, 2006 by

Note: There is no hope of remembering the whole trip in order, so my travelogue is going to be patterned after the trip itself – wildly chaotic, but hopefully enjoyable. – The day before we left Bangkok to Nam’s hometown, … Continue reading →

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Django Saves the Princess

Posted on February 28, 2006 by

The actual wedding may be over but we are still dealing with the aftermath. I need a spark! Just a little boost… This was perfect: Gypsy jazz version of Super Mario Bros 2 song

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Random Keitai Thoughts

Posted on February 27, 2006 by

This is just wrong. It was very refreshing to carry around a no-nonsense phone for a couple weeks. No camera, no egg-spaceship styling, no blinky blink LED distractions. I bought the cheapest Nokia with plan for unlimited usage from 9:00 … Continue reading →

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Photos shall follow

Posted on February 27, 2006 by

Gotta upload a bunch tonight before my 2GB allotment on flickr for this month runs out… You know, a ring is a very strange thing to have on your finger all day, if you aren’t accustomed to wearing one. My … Continue reading →

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Numbers

Posted on February 27, 2006 by

Some numbers may be just the thing to get my company-controlled brain really working again after two full weeks of respite. – Rating of the wedding on scale of 1 to 10: 9.7 – Rating of the trip on scale … Continue reading →

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Too busy…

Posted on February 17, 2006 by

Getting married tomorrow!

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Dogs of Thailand

Posted on February 12, 2006 by

The first decent photo I’ve taken. To be continued.

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Our cell numbers in Thailand

Posted on February 12, 2006 by

Nam’s cell O9776O461 Justin’s cell O57422OO5 To dial the numbers from overseas, replace the leading 0 with a 66

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The Death of 2

Posted on February 10, 2006 by

Remember what I said about problems cropping up at the last minute? Well, guess what. Nam’s desktop pc broke this week with most of our wedding planning data on it – irrecoverable. Then just as I finished loading all of … Continue reading →

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Denim is the proud uniform of the Thai working class

Posted on February 10, 2006 by

And also isn’t allowed in the imperial palace, if I remember correctly. So for those who were going to pack jeans, pack khakis or something else instead.

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Giant Catfish

Posted on February 9, 2006 by

I know fishing parks are kinda gay, but check out what’s in the stocked lakes at the Hua Hin Fishing Resort. UPDATE: The owner of the park states specifics about what’s been stocked here.

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Prince on SNL

Posted on February 9, 2006 by

You gotta see this.

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Nacho Libre

Posted on February 9, 2006 by

After seeing this trailer, I have some hope that Jack Black’s next movie will KICK ASS.

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Last Minute

Posted on February 9, 2006 by

It’s funny how the day before you leave for an extended break, problems have an uncanny way of popping up all at once. I am in evasion mode…. Just call me stealth ninja, baby. I will be picking up a … Continue reading →

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Proper Recourse

Posted on February 8, 2006 by

So a newspaper prints a cartoon depicting your god/deity/religious figure in an unflattering way, and you’re like all indignant and enraged like the Iron Sheik, right? What do you do? March and demonstrate? Ban the newspaper? Burn down the embassy … Continue reading →

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Two days until departure…

Posted on February 8, 2006 by

It’s getting very hard to concentrate.

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Thoughts on Google Video

Posted on February 7, 2006 by

Exploring the depths of Google Video is kind of like flipping through a giant record collection. 99% of what you find is chaff, so discovering the occassional gem is exciting. Word of mouth about good selections gets around quickly so … Continue reading →

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the face of jesus in my soup

Posted on February 6, 2006 by

Is the name of the song. Check out this video someone laid down to it: The creator says this is “footage from local library of international driving instructions.” I really like looking at instructional videos and cars from that era. … Continue reading →

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Hardly News

Posted on February 6, 2006 by

So after 9/11, I signed up for e-mail updates from CNN for breaking news items – you know, back then it was impossible to get to major news sites and even the big newsbloggers were getting bogged down with traffic. … Continue reading →

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