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What is this blossom?
Note: This is an update post to What is this tree?. Click on any of the photos to open an enlarged version in a popup window. The tree. The vibrant variation in color is one reason why I call this tree the “super sakura.” Pistil porn. Note the fig-shaped buds. I had to cheat in order to get a good frontal shot since the trees are so tall and the blossoms face upwards. What is this tree?
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“Where Daft Punk got their samples from”
Info from the youTube page: “Here’s where the samples on some of my favourite Daft Punk tracks came from. It’s all legit, paid in full, above board. Still strange to hear, though. The samples were spotted by http://www.ishkur.com/samples/ and the music was collected by http://palmsout.blogspot.com/2007/02/sample-wednesday-27-daft-punk.html I just did the video editing.” awesome.
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Short BKK foray
I’ll be heading into Bangkok again for a few days… This time for fun.
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Tiny Geckos
… are falling from my walls onto my bed and the floor. There are hundreds of them, I’m sure, hatching around our house. I’ve seen around 30 or so in the past couple of days, slightly more than an inch long and still learning how to walk. Thus, they fall on my bed from the ceiling. I accidentally crushed one with the screen door yesterday and felt really bad about it. hemidactylus frenatus – the House Gecko, known as “jingjok” in Thailand. Image borrowed from here.
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karma karma karma karma karma
The thing is, it looks like an iguana. Could it be a false chameleon? A quick Google search shows that opinion is split as to whether iguanas can change colors on the spot or not. Whatever the explanation, this particular lizard changed the upper half of his body bright red when he climbed up this tree, right before my very eyes. I had just parked my car (I park under this tree every day) and remembered that my camera was on the back seat, so the timing was lucky.
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Staircase Method
I just finished grading for the first semester of classes – whew! It was hard work, much more work than a sweaty gaijin should have to do in 38 degree (C) weather. Anyway, many of my colleagues aren’t finished, so I told them about the “staircase method” of grading that I read about somewhere on the in-tar-webs. This consists of standing at the top of a staircase and throwing a stack of ungraded tests (or papers) down the stairs. The tests on the highest steps get A’s, the next highest get B’s, and so forth… My Thai colleagues really got off on this idea, maybe even a bit too much……
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TF-DVD7100 Region Free hack
The TF-DVD7100 (or TFDVD7100) was marketed under different brands in different countries, including the PRISM and COBY brands. Depending on the firmware, the following region hack can be performed by either remote or from the main unit’s controls. Press SETUP button Press FF button Press FR button Press NEXT CHAPTER button Press PREVIOUS CHAPTER button (a “Language Setting” or similarly labeled code will appear near the top of the screen.) Press the RIGHT ARROW button until code changes to 255 Press ENTER button Press SETUP button to finish ////////// Posted here for posterity.
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TMBG Ringtones
Wired has original They Might Be Giant “Snacktones” (ringtones) available for free download. Check it out. The track “Friend or Foe” is stuck in my head. not constantinople
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What is this tree?
On the road to the next town, these magnificent blossoms are dropping everywhere. Kinda like sakura on steroids.
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Grassy Knoll vs. Bigfoot vs. Salamander Letter
Hardcore conspiracy theorists, cryptozoologists, and nutty religious people are much alike in one respect: Their very existence often revolves around that in which they need to believe. Of the three, however, conspiracy theorists are often the most fun to have a conversation with over a few beers. This has been my experience over the years, anyway.
