A Sailing We Will Go
Ok, technically there's no sail, but I'm off to the boat for a few days of seafaring action. I'll be back Thursday or Friday. Until then, ahoy matey and all that.
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I'm off to Laos again. Overnight bus to Bangkok tonight then overnight train to Laos tomorrow. Will probably be gone about a week, and with the shitty internet there it's unlikely that I'll be...
View ArticleIn Search of a Great Pad Thai
I just got back from Laos (via Bangkok) a couple days ago. Passing through Bangkok I spent a night at a friend's place and went to a Thai Karaoke, outside of which there was a Pad Thai vendor. And...
View ArticleWork
So it looks like I'm gonna be getting a job. I was planning on doing contract web dev, and I still might do some on the side, but this job is gonna be 6 days a week. Ugh. After not working for 2...
View ArticlePulling My Hair Out!
Please, all MacHeads reading this... HELP! I can not believe that there is no way to merge two directories through the GUI in OS X. Yet every forum thread I read tells me to use mv or cp or ditto or...
View ArticleNew Mac Annoyance
This one has been a minor thorn in my side, but today it reared its ugly head again and for some reason really pissed me off. Creating a new file from Finder. In Windows I could right-click then...
View ArticleSucktastic
I do not want to work. I do not want to work 9-6.I do not want to work 9-6, 6 days a week.I do not want to work 9-6, 6 days a week in Phuket town.I do not want to work 9-6, 6 days a week in Phuket town...
View ArticleGetting The Word Out
On the heels of my last post, I need to do something different to make money. And by different I mean still computer related, but something that doesn't involve 10 hour work days (including commute)...
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Flies
If there's one thing I really hate about SE Asia it's flies. As in Musca domestica. They're everywhere. And they have no courtesy. They fly right in your field of vision, into your eyes, up your...
View ArticleCrickets Chirping
Ya, it's been quiet in here lately. Been busy. At any rate, my friend just shared with me the trailer for what looks to be an excellent upcoming flick. Seems like great casting - at least from the...
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Vintage Transformers (Go-Bot) Wristwatch
I really want one of these. I had one when I was a kid (grey) and have been looking for some Chinese knock-off for years now. Unfortunately they won't ship to Thailand... so if any of my friends want...
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Firefox High CPU Rogue Tabs
Lately I've been using Firefox with a lot of tabs. Generally I'm actually using multiple windows with multiple tabs. One window for development/testing. One window for general surfing. One window...
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MacBook 3 Finger Middle Mouse Button Click
As most Firefox users know, clicking the middle mouse button (or scrollwheel) on a link opens it in a new tab. Since I've been using a MacBook, whenever I don't have a mouse I've been using a 2 finger...
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Sunlight
As my friends already know, I'm pretty much a vampire - even though I live on a tropical island. The other day I tried to do some work on the roof beside the pool (ok, I was actually trying to watch...
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Singapore AGAIN!
Ok, now that that's out of the way, I came to Singapore again today. Last time I just hung out at the airport in an attempt to save money. This time I decided that it's ok if I spend a little extra...
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Funniest Thing I've Read In Awhile
From an email conversation with a friend which degenerated into a thread about TV Trivia, and me citing my Three's Company expertise:[I] Wasn't allowed to watch three's company because of God. I don't...
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Facebook is Dead to Me
I am officially cancelling my facebook account. The other day someone in my friends list had a "Like" about some video. Curious, I wanted to check out the video, so I clicked the link. Well, it...
View ArticleGoogle Chrome Status Bar
Having just switched to Chrome cuz Firefox's rampant CPU utilization was annoying me, I was immediately struck with another annoyance. Chrome is lacking a proper status bar. It truncates long URLs at...
View ArticleInfrastructure vs. Development
I just spent about 2 hours trying to resolve a problem between a web app and the db. I considered writing this post tomorrow, but decided that given my mindset right now it was more appropriate not to...
View ArticleBlog Posting
Sometimes I feel really inspired to write a blog post. But then I feel like I have more important things to do. So I don't write it.This is one of those times. This was not the blog post that I was...
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