• Web

    Mad Doraemon

    Dave sent this to me today and I found it a nice break from the usual cheery images of the world’s most famous blue cat robot. Note: I showed it…

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  • Society & Culture

    The good leaf

    Now that the excitement is over, I suggest everyone have a nice bit of something leafy, settle back, and relax a bit. The ultra-right gloating and the ultra-left whining is…

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  • Society & Culture

    Tunnel Vision

    My surfing is limited to one page today: http://news.yahoo.com/elections refresh, refresh, refresh Regular blogging here will resume when people (including myself) start to give a rat’s ass again and can…

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  • Web

    Friday Facial

    One good reason I don’t want to go fishing for squid this winter (although half my island’s population will be lining the shores): LINK

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  • Web

    Praying Mantis style

    Even though it’s way late, my complete and utter devotion to Neal Stephenson’s writing compels me to point out his interview on Slashdot. That’s the most interesting read I’ve had…

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  • Exploits

    Touching Base

    Between the damage done by the typhoon last week and a freak wave of work that slammed over my desk quite unexpectedly, I just haven’t felt like writing lately. It’s…

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  • Typhoons

    Damage Report

    First off, me and mine are OK. I know the rest of the world can hardly be expected to notice yet another typhoon hitting our little island this year, but…

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  • Typhoons,  Work

    Typhoon Tokage

    I always used to laugh when I saw somebody use an umbrella in high winds, seemingly being pulled around by an invisible donkey until the inevitable point where the umbrella…

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