• Exploits,  Food,  Oh, baby!

    ..random

    Mina shook her head in serious disagreement 17 times in a row yesterday – I was asking about people she loves; apparently she just hates everyone, because by the time I got to the end I had run out of people she knows by name and had started naming animals. — Max just told his mother to leave him alone and go be with daddy. — I got an e-mail from a distant relative in Kyushu who runs a beauty salon that T, Adam, Inaba and I visited 12 (?) years ago when we went to visit my cousins Kana and Aya in Saga Prefecture (Saga was where my grandfather…

  • Society & Culture,  Web

    Spicy Maple Links of Destruction 2/11/11

    Offered mostly without comment because I’m still chewing on them: The last Japanese man remaining in Kazakhstan A Kafkian tale of the plight of a Japanese POW in the Soviet Union An Evening with J. D. Salinger Of course he’s crazy, that’s why his best works ring so true. Educating B Students My question is: Where have all the A students gone? The New Atheists’ Narrow Worldview If it weren’t for the crazy shit based in monkey-ass superstition, religion wouldn’t be half as entertaining… And in that regard, I think of animistic religions as more honest than others. And finally: Alternate Universe Movie Posters So cool.

  • Toys & Tech

    Samsung Kies Software

    Is the worst piece of shit you ever did see. It’s super slow, bloated, and looks like the retarded monkey who decided on the design gave the job to a colorblind Amiga programmer. Actually, I’ve never used any mobile phone/digicam/video cam maker’s software that was even close to being acceptable, but this Kies crap bundled with my Samsung Galaxy 5 is just laughably bad. Time to start up on my old desktop rig: FOUR TIMES longer than PhotoShop CS3. This is just fucking unacceptable, shitty code. Shame on you, Samsung.

  • Chillin',  Society & Culture,  Videos

    Karelia / Alone in the Wilderness

    It was nice being able to sleep in a tent for a few nights this past year; I like camping and look forward to taking Max and Mina… There are a couple of nice outdoors themed links I’ve been wanting to post, so: Unforgettable Vacation In Karelia – Nice photo set from Finland or Russia, can’t tell which. (It’s hosted on English Russia, so watch for pop-ups.) — Then there’s this clip from a film called Alone in the Wilderness: This kind of stuff just fascinates me – I often wonder if I’d be able to handle a month or two of solitude. The guy’s homepage is here. I’m acquiring…

  • Oh, baby!,  Videos

    Max and Mina’s Tribute to the White Stripes

    “The White Stripes belong to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to. Thank you for sharing this experience. Your involvement will never be lost on us and we are truly grateful.” –The White Stripes, February 2, 2011 And so: We did this back in August of last year. I was never a huge White Stripes fan, but the way they are ending is inspiring. I sure wish my favorite bands had gone out like this.

  • Web

    Legion, the chat transcript

    Adam: yo what up Adam: that’s cool, I like chatting to myself anyway me: hey you there? Adam: they killed the black guy! me: ? Adam: and he had a prosthetic hand… bastards! Legion it’s a really good movie! such an intricate plot me: oh Adam: and great acting me: you should see spartacus the series pretty cool Adam: what up man me: not much just finished my only class for today Adam: nice me: i was sitting under the trees outside drinking coffee Adam: gonna go do something fun? me: um soon got a pal who’s cousin has an m4 Adam: lol me: we’re going to go to the…

  • Work

    Thanks for the D

    I was in a bank the other day, holding Max and waiting for Nam to finish renewing our car insurance, when a student from a while back spotted me and came in to say hi. Then she started tearing up and thanked me repeatedly for passing her last year, and pointed down to her bulging midsection. “I’m six months pregnant,” she said, “and I just don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t graduated yet.” I remembered her case very well – it had been a tough call, with various problems if I chose to help her, but in the end, I passed her. I dealt with the…