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MTV redux
So MTV has somewhat atoned for the past decades of sin by finally providing… music videos! I browsed around for an hour and realized it’s literally been 20 years since I’ve really watched music videos… And it’s telling to see the #1 watched video on the site (I swear the kids linking to that vid must think Wang Chung is an Asian porn site). Some of the videos seem to be in fairly high def as well. Go check it out; mtvmusic.com
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Our New Thai House Part 3 – Groundwork
Timeline: End of July to mid-August 2007 The foundations have been set to floor level (one meter off the ground) and are being extended to roof level. In this photo, our site is located at the four columns wrapped in wooden supports visible between the man in the blue shirt at the approximate middle of the photo and the first power pole to his right. The beginnings of our house. Notice the use of eucalyptus as framework; this is standard building practice all throughout Thailand for all types of buildings. In other Asian countries, they tend to use more bamboo but there’s not so much of that here. A couple…
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Disposable Diapers vs Cloth: Carbon Footprint
We did the cloth diaper thing for a while and I was happy to do my own little part for the environment, but as soon as I realized how poorly cloth diapers performed compared to disposables, we switched. Now it seems that using cloth nappies might not be as environmentally friendly (in regards to greenhouse gas emissions) as everybody assumed: Blow to image of ‘green’ reusable nappy “A government report that found old-fashioned reusable nappies damage the environment more than disposables has been hushed up because ministers are embarrassed by its findings… …The report found that while disposable nappies used over 2½ years would have a global warming , impact…
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TENS meets Kraftwerk…
From Wikipedia (link): TENS Electrodes should never be placed: On or near the eyes In the mouth Transcerebrally (on each temple) On the front of the neck (due to the risk of acute hypotension through a vasovagal reflex) Somebody is obviously placing art before safety.
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Literary Rules
Prepositions are not words to end sentences with. And don’t start a sentence with a conjunction. It is wrong to ever split an infinitive. Avoid clichés like the plague. (They’re old hat) Also, always avoid annoying alliteration. Be more or less specific. Remarks in brackets (however relevant) are (usually) (but not always) unnecessary. Also too, never, ever use repetitive redundancies. No sentence fragments. Contractions aren’t necessary and shouldn’t be used. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos. Do not be redundant; do not use more words than necessary; it’s highly superfluous. One should NEVER generalize. Comparisons are as bad as clichés. Don’t use no double negatives. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations,…
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Happy Monkey on Yellow Ducky
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Laptop, hosed
Following on the heels of my desktop PC’s timely death, the Windows installation on my laptop yesterday shit itself. Max is telling me it’s all about Baby OS, so maybe I’ll switch.
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Tuvan Kohei
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Quick ‘n Dirty Beef Panang
Beef Panang is considered a dry curry (for Thailand at least) because it contains less roux (liquid base), and specifically, less coconut milk than other Thai curries. It is also one of the best uses for lean/tough beef, which is great since that’s pretty much all we have around here. Panang is an easy dish to make and my way is even easier than most. I’ve tried it the normally advocated way, by heating curry paste in coconut milk first, but I’ve found this is a waste of time when using ready-made curry paste. So without further ado: INGREDIENTS Beef – Any cut. Any quantity approximating that in the photos…
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Keep it real
There are some fools claiming it’s all about WordPress. Get real, have you really read your master’s teachings? Is it not apparent with each link he magically conjures up in your footer? Likewise, there are some claiming it’s all about Drupal or Textpattern or Nucleus (or Mambo or b2evolution). I’m not claiming that MT (which is running this blog) is the best, rather, I’m calling for the next true level of blogging software… We are far from the combination of power, features, and ease of use that each blogging platform claims to have but doesn’t really deliver… Bring on the next level, please. We are all waiting.
