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Raising a family in Thailand // Documenting Issan food, culture, music, and people

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Society & Culture, Web

Many centenarians actually do not live to 100?

An Ig Nobel prize winner this year says: The epitome of this is blue zones, which are regions where people supposedly reach age 100 at a remarkable rate. For almost…

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October 13, 2024
Web

Eternal Sunset

Yo, this shit is pretty dope: Eternal Sunset endeavours to ensure you can enjoy the sunset live from any location, at any time. As the sunset moves westward, Eternal Sunset…

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June 27, 2006
Web

Jungle Cruise Tees

Sometimes it’s nice to know that others feel the same as me. Real men shoot hippos (or at least pretend to with cap guns), indeed. (via)

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December 29, 2007
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Photos

    buff

    November 24, 2025 / 0 Comments

    @Nam’s mom’s house

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    At the movies on Thai constitution day.

    December 10, 2013

    M&M’s First TKD Exposition

    November 3, 2013

    Cowboy Haircut in Maha Sarakham

    October 26, 2011
  • Web

    A Good Day Day?

    November 9, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Can’t believe I missed this update 11 years ago: The Return To Finding Out Ice Cube’s Good Day The original post blew up the internet a couple years before that. I found my link to it searching for an old post. A big problem with blogging for so long is that most links and video embeds end up broken… Which was a selling point for social media back in the day (your memories are safe with us!), but of course, even Facebook has started deleting live videos this year after realizing storing that shit costs money.

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    Meet the Fooker

    January 18, 2006

    Online learning

    October 5, 2021

    Nanaca Crash

    March 31, 2005
  • Photos,  Thai Society/Culture

    Phuket Shopfront

    November 9, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Just a cool shot from the driver’s seat. From a few months back.

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    Random Temple in Hua Hin

    June 27, 2013

    Duck House by Max

    December 30, 2012

    Ghetto Pong

    February 14, 2018
  • Our New Thai House,  Yoda the Kitten

    Cats in Bowls

    November 9, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Pickle has a long history of posing in bowl-shaped objects. This one is a planter, which has a serious crack in its side in this photo, and that broke in half when I brushed against it with my Honda Wave’s tire shortly after. This other one is a sink we bought at Chatuchak and brought back in the trunk of our Cefiro long ago. Her family has a proud history of chilling in bowls – here is her mom or sister (we can’t remember which), nine years ago, also in a planter.

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    pink sky morning

    August 19, 2008

    showdown

    September 30, 2025

    flutter by

    October 3, 2011
  • AI art,  Toys & Tech

    ChatGPT 5 Code Interpreter and Data Analysis

    October 27, 2025 / 0 Comments

    If you want to make sure that ChatGPT 5 can generate Microsoft Word (and other file)s in a chat, you can do so by creating a custom GPT. The older versions of ChatGPT could grant the tools for new chats to do this more intelligently, but the current version is random as to whether it will be able to provide actual files for download or not. The big problem is that even if it can’t provide files for you, it will bullshit you and say it can until it’s forced to provide one (even going so far as to provide links for you to click on, that mysteriously time out).…

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    NightCafe Experiment 9/30/2022

    October 2, 2022

    An SEO copywriter

    May 1, 2023

    One day, I will copy my AI painting IRL

    February 6, 2023
  • Music

    guwop

    October 25, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Sad to hear about Gucci, but happy to hear he’s been dealing with it and has someone to lean on. I’ve been listening to Trap House 5 every day since I heard, and it’s got that hungry from-the-gutter vibe. No One Else, foo.

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    On the Road 2007 (Part 2)

    May 25, 2007

    DIY Ambient Lo-Fi

    January 4, 2023

    Sarakham Music

    August 28, 2013
  • AI art,  Exploits

    Hidden AI Prompt

    October 22, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Found hidden in a resume today (ala the ancient SEO gaming tactic of white text on white background): UPDATE: This exact wording has been around for a year.

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    Is openai.com written by AI?

    March 23, 2023

    Paperwork Crossfire

    March 14, 2023

    ChatGPT 5 Code Interpreter and Data Analysis

    October 27, 2025
  • Food,  Photos,  Society & Culture

    Assekoeken

    October 15, 2025 / 0 Comments

    Couque d’Asse is a popular Korean-made cookie featuring a delicate, crisp biscuit with a creamy white chocolate or coffee filling, often sold individually wrapped. The name is a nod to the French word “couque,” meaning “cake,” and “d’Asse,” which refers to the Belgian city of Asse, although the cookie itself is a modern snack from Korea. To add a bit more to the cultural mix, this is a Japanese cookie being sold in a Thai department store. Why did they make the “D’asses” plural if it refers to a singular Belgian town? Because they love couques?

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    Lethocerus Indicus (Giant Water Bug)

    December 15, 2020

    The perfect cappu

    January 28, 2018

    Mosquitoes Eating Fruit (Part 3 – Japanese Apples)

    January 5, 2015
  • Around Mahasarakham,  Knockoffs,  Photos

    Marco Pony

    October 15, 2025 / 0 Comments

    I found these at Big C Maha Sarakham (still slowly dying). I just found the brand funny for some reason. But AI told me that it’s an established brand that’s been around a long time. Because of course it is. The typesetting is just everything I ever expected.

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    Thai Cat Food

    March 25, 2025

    Ancient Photo Generator

    April 7, 2008

    Weaver

    June 23, 2025
  • Photos,  Yoda the Kitten

    Pickle is Old

    October 15, 2025 / 0 Comments

    She’s been getting sick a lot and has skin lesions since she has FIV and is over 10 years old now. Sad. I’ve been taking her to the vet pretty often for over a month and she has had a fever on and off for a few weeks. I kept taking her to the vet for antipyretic shots and antibiotics and various boosters, and then out to various parks and ponds for fresh air. The fever finally broke today and she is meowing again.

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    Thanon Tanao Entrance

    February 21, 2026

    dominant eye

    September 21, 2010

    ice cream man cometh

    February 3, 2012
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