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Fire Safety
This is a pretty common demonstration at schools and government offices in this country. Seemingly. the more run down the venue is, the crazier the demonstrations are. I’ve seen them…
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Toyota 2000GT Sighting in BKK
Somebody drove their original Toyota 2000GT through Bangkok traffic to a classic car show last week. What a legend! This must be the same car I wrote about being kept…
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Scenes from a Hoi Tod Shop
Hoi Tod is a Thai dish made by frying mussels (or sometimes, other shellfish, squid, or shrimp) in an eggy batter and wrapping up beansprouts and garlic chives with it.…
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PP Pedestal
This is in the refurbished (!) restroom of one of my favorite restaurants in town. After careful observation, I have determined that it’s a MacGyvered pressure plate flushing mechanism that…
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Many centenarians actually do not live to 100?
An Ig Nobel prize winner this year says: The epitome of this is blue zones, which are regions where people supposedly reach age 100 at a remarkable rate. For almost…
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WordPress — undefined constant error
I try to follow cardinal rules of data management that were drilled into me since I got into computers at university by (#1) taking backups often and (#2) keeping stuff…
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ICS BKK
ICONSIAM is a huge mall and condo development on the banks of the Chao Phraya river that winds through the heart of Bangkok. It is a true testament to Thai…
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Moo Deng Livecam
Breakfast happens around 8:00 AM. The pen on the far side of the fence houses Papa Deng (Tony). Mama Deng’s name is Jona/Jonah. In typical Thai fashion, some of her…
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Sushiro End Stack
I remember using QR codes for product tracking (with Keyence printers and scanners) as a salaryman around Y2K at an electronics factory on monster island. The only other place I’d…
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Playing with Gemini Live
I’ve been trying to force Gemini Live and Chat GPT into reversing their original positions on several topics this weekend. They are both initially resistant to changing their stances on…
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Makizushi Class
For the past year, Nam and I have been arranging sushi roll-making events for university students and schoolchildren. This video is a typical first attempt of trying to stuff too…
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Khaen do.
