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The Other Pink Meat
I wrote a haiku today, inspired by this site: Dusty desert road. Weary rocket soldier sits, opening the can. Obviously, I’ve been playing too much Generals lately. And Adam’s recent…
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“The Panther keeps on biting me…”
If you are a mac buff, go forth: The Macintosh at 20: Interview with Jef Raskin And by “mac buff”, I mean a true OG (GFINDER) type playa. Not this…
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Bust out the clay tablets already
A client just asked for a 90MB 3D CAD file data to be sent on multiple storage mediums: 250MB Zip, 100MB Zip, CD-R, 128MB MO, and split up on floppies…
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Tribe vs. Corporation
The tribal wisdom of the Dakota Indians, passed on from generation to generation, says that, “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to…
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Call Me Mr. Clean
I am a packrat. I am also a slob by nature, although sometimes I put on a good show of being organized when it counts. I spent the weekend cleaning…
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Fan Mail
One of you sickos deserves to die in Politically Korrekt hell… Straight from my inbox: – What Other Cultures Learn from the Media – It was the first day of…
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Gaijin Like You
When the president of the staffing company (5,500 employees) you work for makes it a point to see you in person by pulling you from your desk in front of…
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Autobacs Bargain Sale
This is how much a “Cool Darts” PC game CD-ROM was in a bargain bin at Autobacs. Laugh #1: It was a Daiso 100 Yen Store game, so I only…
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Windoze: Haxxor Playground
Via Bruce Sterling: Bagle and NetSky are fighting with each other. In NetSky.F, researchers found the following text: “Skynet AntiVirus – Bagle – you are a looser!!!!” This NetSky worm…
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Applicosinox
Today’s New Word is: Applicosinox. Applicosinox made its debut about five years ago in a song recorded by Taro and I in his old juku (cram school). I made it…
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Meat Conspiracy
Do you realize how hard it is to keep up with a no-carb diet right now in Japan? There are problems with all four of my food groups! Beef: Australian…
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Mudgrubber
On the way home from field archery a few months ago, I spotted this bad boy about to get squished on the road. We took him home for lack of…
