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Skype Tip
Here’s a handy tip for those of you using Skype: As you may know, when you are getting poor call quality, sometimes just hanging up and calling again will improve…
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Yellow Sand
I saw something pretty funny at the carwash last week. A young couple was washing their new yellow subcompact in the stall next to mine. The girl was scrubbing the…
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Welcome Parasite
This is the single most interesting article to appear on kuro5hin in recent memory: How to cure your asthma or hayfever using hookworm – a practical guide I so want…
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Translation: Ouch.
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Bad Baby Names
So I have this female coworker, right? She’s off for a year on maternity leave now, but she has been working at the company from before I joined, and we’ve…
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Star Wars Nerds, Rejoice!
Original Unaltered Trilogy on DVD Once again, Han Solo is a sneaky bastard who shoots a green alien in cold blood. And that is all that really matters.
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Mabonasudofu Pasta = mabo + nasu + tofu + pasta
Having lived away from home for so long, I’ve accumulated a kitchenful of spices and worn cooking utensils, and a few original recipes worth sharing. This is the first one…
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Golden
We are at the end of the Golden Week holiday in Japan and ironically, I’ve been too busy to blog. Getting ready for the big move to Thailand in October…
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Chuppies
A friend in marketing taught me this term the other day. Chuppies = Chinese yuppies. They are the next trendsetters. God save us all. My friend says anyone who is…
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Jedi Breakfast
Heh.
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Rhymes with “complaining”
Go check out this AV Club interview with Matt Groening. AVC: Do you think a Life In Hell cartoon would have taken off the way The Simpsons did? MG: I…
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Dyson
Although this will possibly incur the wrath of a million brand loyal housewives brandishing curtain brush attachments, I must speak my mind: “The vacuum cleaner that doesn’t lose suction” is…
