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Third World Concrete Pump
That’s definitely footage from Thailand; that’s the distinctive paint job of a CPAC truck. We see this kind of bucket brigade all the time since they are building all around us.
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Green Max is Ready to Rumble
We’ve found it’s easier to contain him rather than cordon off areas we don’t want him entering. At this stage, he likes it since he needs the support while standing. //////////////////////// Previous colors of Max: monokuro max red red max orange max sepia max coppermine max blue max
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Bovine 911
Last night, Nam, Max, and I saw something I’ve been expecting to see ever since I came to Thailand. We had finished dinner at a restaurant just down the road and were on our way home in the Cefiro when we came upon flashing lights at a big curve. A police pickup blocked the view from the rear, but when we passed by we got a clear view of the latest road casualty: A young white cow of the type that used to frequent our yards, locally (and also commonly) known as Brahmans. When I first started driving around here I was sure this type of accident would be commonplace,…
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Where the Wild Things Are – Trailer
Right here. (It kept crashing for me in Firefox but worked fine in Chrome. I’m using the QuickTime Alternative plugin though, so it just might be me.) My brother was quick to send over a copy of this book soon after Max was born since (A) it was one of our favorites when we were little, (B) because it was one of the first books featured on Reading Rainbow, and (C) the protagonist is of the story is also named Max. ///////////////////////////////////////////// Adam also sent this last year:
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Forgetting babies in cars
Over at the Washington Post: Forgetting a child in the back seat of a hot, parked car is a horrifying, inexcusable mistake. But is it a crime? It’s kind of a moot question since it might be hard to find a worse punishment than the guilty are already going through… This was one of the hardest articles to read in recent memory. I tried to relate to the parents in the story, but it’s just hard for me to believe that people can completely forget about their own babies in their cars.
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Asics Origami
Watch:
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I walked home at 3 PM today.
It was 36.5 degrees C (97.7 F), and the sun was angry at the world. I won’t be trying that again anytime soon.
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Flash Files for Max
I’m hosting copies here: Drum Console (from Wham Rap ’86) Daft Punk Soundboard (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger) And finally, the BEST flash videos ever, The Offspring’s DORAEMON and Yellow Ledbetter Deconstructed
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One Minute Forrest Gump
This video was everywhere including the top of Digg a couple weeks ago but I like it a lot, so here it is: What I really wish they’d do is make a one minute version of Benjamin Button because I fell asleep less than halfway through both times I tried to watch it – and the second time, I started a quarter way through the movie!
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Our New Thai House Part 4 – Roof and Walls
The Our New Thai House series must be finished before the subject becomes Our Old Thai House! —————— By the end of this period in September/October of 2007, the house was 90% completed. In some of the photos above you can see a transformer box on the power pole to the right of the house. It took me considerable effort to get it moved from there, but it was of course worth it. Most Thais think its a non-issue, but after I campaigned to get it away from my house, nobody wanted it in front of theirs, either. We kept bothering and trying to bribe the power company to get…
