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Max’s Poster Paint Masterpiece
Mina’s is pretty good too, but this deserved its own post.
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Somdet Phra Theppharatratsuda Chao Fa Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Ratthasimakhunakonpiyachat Sayamborommaratchakumari
AKA Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, Thailand’s Princess Royal, came to our university to open my faculty’s new building today (Official title: The Local Knowledge Learning Center). Pretty much every Thai staff member/teacher wears an official white uniform to these ceremonies, so it was fun being the only person in a black pinstriped suit (those not wearing dress whites wore white or black suits, but nobody else had pinstripes – I’m so happy I had this one made all those years ago because it’s BOSS). There was much discussion leading up to today’s event about where the best place to enter the campus and park would be, with some teachers coming…
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Phu Farm Canned Foods
Phu Farms… As aptly named as a company can be… Silkwork larvae are a snack I’ve had in Korea and Cambodia as well, and they don’t taste so bad. They are a good novelty food after a few beers. The canned frogs, however, are, well… ///////////////// MANDATORY “YOU MAY LOSE YOUR LUNCH” WARNING ////////////////
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Tower, this is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby
This video reminded me how cool my friend’s dad was for actually driving a Tomcat and shooting missiles for the movie Top Gun.
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How to fix Broken Thai Text Display in Google Chrome
I recently experienced a very strange and vexing problem in Chrome (EN v.38, 64-bit, Windows 7) where all Thai text appeared as small boxes or squares, or squares with strange symbols inside of them. It literally appeared overnight, and no amount of tweaking encodings or font settings (you know, the normal stuff) could fix it. Only Thai language seemed affected, and it only happened in Chrome (I tested in FF, IE, Opera, and MS Office as well). If you are experiencing the same problem, I have a solution that is working 100% (for me). It is tied to a new Microdicksoft font rendering technology recently enabled in Chrome by default…
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Mary Bee
Watched The Homesman a couple days ago. It was dark and simple as hell, and refreshing because of it. Outstanding acting.
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The best skating video I’ve seen in a long time
Do yourself a favor and watch it in fullscreen HD.
