Hard Drive Bugs

Published on April 6, 2008 in Australia under Life

This is a pretty pointless entry, but I found this incident amusing. I put together my external enclosure this morning and noticed that there was some bug crawling around inside it (I haven't used it in a while). I couldn't really be bothered getting rid of the bug, so I ... Read more.

Three Way Chat

Published on Oct. 2, 2007 in Australia under Life

I have several months of back entries to create, but I find it humorous how my "household" operates: there are three of us, and we are in a "chat room" on MSN. I used to do something similar when I lived in a huge house in Portland, yet in our ... Read more.

A Zoo, Bears and Monkeys

Published on July 2, 2007 in China under Life

The bus arrived at about 4:00am, a little too early for Yan-Shih and I. Neither of us slept that well -- the road (highway?) was in pretty bad shape, and the bus drive drove pretty insanely. In fact, whenever Yan-Shih woke up I kept saying "I love you, I love ... Read more.

Back to Norm

Published on May 7, 2007 in Taiwan under Life

Today has already presented several interesting stories. First, Yan-Shih went to the dentist and had her teeth cleaned, then one wisdom tooth pulled. On my way to my "office" I saw a dog running in the MRT, which is slightly humorous considering three or four employees were running after it. ... Read more.

Culture Shock Part 1: The Singing Truck

Published on Dec. 11, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

If you flip through my site, you can see that I have had the privilege to travel around the world. Even though I don't often have "culture shock," sometimes I do see things that are -- unique. This is one of them. Below is a map of where I live: ... Read more.

Irony Defined

Published on Nov. 8, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

Almost with Sunday-church-going regularity, I grew up listening to my father invent puns with stunning ease. My sense of humor was surely shaped by this, and so I find some things humorous that others might not find so funny. Here's an example. Today I went through my regular daily habits ... Read more.

Out Shopping

Published on Oct. 29, 2006 in Taiwan under Life

I must take a few moments to send a congratulation to my girlfriend, who just finished taking the GRE. She is in the process of applying for her PhD in the States, and so the GRE is thus required. Interesting, as we walk along the streets, I am routinely asked: ... Read more.

They Got Me!

Published on Feb. 1, 2006 in New Zealand under Life

My night is winding down at 2:30am, and sleep seems like a good idea. Looking at my arm the bastardly mosquitos must have read my post yesterday; they have basically sucked the life out of my left arm. What I really meant to say is: I’m realizing finally that the ... Read more.

Highly Annoyed

Published on Jan. 31, 2006 in New Zealand under Life

I realized something tonight, that there is something I hate. And I mean, hate. What you might ask? Mosquitos. Mozzies, as they are called here. But I don’t hate all mosquitos, just the small ones. The big ones live in a dog-eat-dog world, and I’m usually the bigger dog. Somehow ... Read more.

Football In The Hills

Published on Sept. 9, 2005 in United States under Life

Today we were up in the hills wandering around. Exploring if one might say. Above Santa Barbara there appeared to be a labyrinth of back valleys, and we ended up at the top of one of them. Overlooking the city, we talked about the "good old times." Nearby, a concrete ... Read more.

Best Three Days of my Life

Published on Aug. 28, 2003 in France under Life

This has been the longest three days of my entire life, and do I have a few stories to tell!  Starting on the 25th I guess:July 25th:During this day I decided to basically do two things, one, go to see the Tour de France.  Second, go to Greece a few ... Read more.

Works With Windows Vista

Published on July 14, 2007 under Tech Blog

I'm in Tibet right now, so will keep this somewhat brief. For the next few hours I'll be sitting in this dingy internet cafe in Lhasa updating my blog with my travels. I happened to look down and on the monitor it says "works with windows vista". I find this ... Read more.

Another Amazon Phishing Attempt

Published on June 4, 2007 under Tech Blog

46 hours ago I received an email from Amazon. Things looked somewhat official, although my tech "sixth sense" told me it was a phishing attempt. Maybe it was the poor grammar, yet still not particularly obvious when I skimmed quickly through the email. Naturally I ... Read more.

I Hate GeoIP Advertising

Published on March 15, 2007 under Tech Blog

Preface to this rant: I am currently an expat living abroad. However, having most of my interests in Western culture, sometimes amusing things happen. This is the quick story of one of them. Remember, I'm in a coffee shop? GeoIPized Girls = have ... Read more.

Where the 'f is my Diskspace

Published on April 5, 2006 under Tech Blog

Logs spiraling crazy, we run out of disk space all the time. A nifty trick to find where the disk went is to issue: du -cks * |sort -rn |head -11 This returns where the disk usage is, and makes finding the bloated log a lot easier. Read more.