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Max’s Drawings – Robot Series 2012
I realize there’s the odd turtle and dinosaur in there, but they were in the Robot pile, so what can I say? Most of these are pretty old in development terms – Max has already moved onto his Angry Bird phase. Not sure when we’ll have time to scan all of those!
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MMTJ – Oh my Ravi
MMTJ is: Mina-chanbo on the blues harp. Maximum Overdrive spazzing out. Taro on the genu-wine Nepalese sitar. J not playing the djembe.
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Maeng Da – Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus indicus)
This big guy was attracted to the lights we leave on at night in our pavilion. I found him in a weakened state under our Japanese-style table in the morning. This is an extremely important food source in many Asian countries because of its strong odor, which it uses to attract mates and is used as a potent flavoring in various dipping sauces. This insect is also eaten whole in Thailand, usually deep fried and then stripped of legs and carapace. Because of the perceived sexual behavior of this bug (just sitting around attracting females with its scent), the term maeng da has been adapted in Thai slang to mean…
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Fish references for Thailand
Fish and Fish Dishes of Laos is my go-to book on any freshwater creatures I see/catch/cook/eat here in SE Asia. It was written by famed British diplomat and historian, Alan Davidson, who included recipes used by the royal cook for the king of Laos. I only have a reprint of this book, which suits me just fine, since I’d feel guilty carrying around an original in the trunk of my car with a short bush pole and a battered old tackle box. I will find the original someday in a used book store in downtown Vientiane, I can just feel it. I recently found a link to a related e-book (free)…
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Father’s Day 2012
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Thinking…
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How to root and upgrade an HTC Desire HD running Gingerbread to a custom Android ROM
There are basically two methods and I tried both: You can create a “gold card” and turn S-OFF, then root manually, which will entail a lot of futzing around with your phone and an extra mini SD card, or you can do the heavy lifting by booting into a Linux Live CDÂ (choose the latest 32-bit LTS version) and automating most of the process with a slick software package called Advanced Ace Hack Kit. I recommend using the latter technique, even if you’ve never used Linux before. It’s not easy if you’re totally new to it, but if you’ve enough confidence to try installing a custom ROM on your phone, you…
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A Visit to Wat Nongwang
For the past year, we’ve been relying on a Cefiro specialist in Khon Kaen for repair of our Cefiro A33 (Infiniti I30), and we had noticed a huge pagoda just down the street several times. A few weeks ago, we took the kids along with us and decided to visit the pagoda after dropping off our car to fix leaky power steering hoses. It was a great trip to a temple truly rich in history, Wat Nongwang (aka Wat Kaen Nakorn)
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Also, I almost ran over a Chihuahua today….
That is all.
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Welcome home
I was greeted with the following exchange upon returning home to bring my sick kids (who choose to play hooky in unison) lunch: MAX: Daddy, are you going to work again? DADDY: Hello, Max. I brought you some noodles. MAX: DADDY, ARE YOU GOING TO WORK AGAIN, DADDY? DADDY: Why? MAX: I want you to go make a lot of money! GO TO WORK AGAIN, PLEASE, DADDY! MINA: YEAH DADDY, GO TO WORK! The monsters have grown too powerful to control.
