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Goodbye PHS
It seems that DoCoMo killed off the Personal Handyphone System service last week (Slashdot JP link). The PHS phones were attractive when we were students (specifically around 1995) because of…
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hooked up
Got my DSL hookup at the new house – currently 256/128k or some such sadness, but it’s a lot better than nothing, and I’ll be upgrading to 1Mb/512k on Monday.…
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toluene dreams
So we spent all day cleaning up the new house, something I swore we wouldn’t have to do because labor is so cheap here. As it turns out, the problem…
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hello world
We are flat out at the moment. The week has been very, very busy as we rush to move into the new (98% complete) house during the four day vacation…
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kanebo
We took a trip to Khon Kaen today to hit HomePro (the local mega home center) for various items and made a stop by our favorite mall, Fairy Plaza, on…
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Bull with tits
Baby water buffalo are cute as hell
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Beer Lubrication
So I want to relate a story about beer. Last Sunday I attended a wedding of a guy who I’d met only twice before; once in a liquor store in…
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In passing
Photo by Nam @ 50 kph
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Mooban Hacking Part 1 (Pimp My Ride, Thailand)
Here are the plans I have for the Crown: Fix brakes (possibly replace master cylinder) Fixed & replaced Bodywork/new paint job (needs missing chrome part on front) Install parking break…
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Loy Krathong 2007 @ MSU
A short, jumbled series from the Loy Krathong celebration at Nam’s university last month:
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Mooban Hack – The Legend of the Kujira Begins
mooban def: a village or community (Thai) (note: I previously wrote about my new ride here) Maybe I should say the legend “continues,” since I’m told it’s quite possibly run…
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Instant Kaedama
So it seems I missed out on one of the great new inventions to hit the market after I left Japan – refills for Cup Noodle. I must point out…