Archive for March, 2008
Graphing Life
This is a fun new website called Graph Jam, boasting the tagline “Pop Culture For People In Cubicles”, which basically lets you submit your own graphs, referencing anything from movies to comic books to music to TV… anything that falls into the ‘pop culture’ realm. It’s a refreshing twist on the old, boring graphs I [...]
Visas, Work Permits and the Art of the Lineup
Never take for granted how cushy it is living as a citizen in your home country. It’s quite a shock, moving abroad, especially when it’s to Thailand (Asia in general actually, but I live in Thailand so let’s use that as our example), where you will never be considered a citizen. It’s [...]
Putting The ‘Gig’ In ‘Adultery’
Ahhh, the ambiguities of Thailand. I think I’ve included this phrase before in my blog, but my friend John summed it up quite nicely - “there are no rules in Thailand until there are rules. Then they’re unbreakable.” Finding a single reason for any problem is often impossible, in much the same [...]
GI Joe Gets Real
When I was a young kid in the 80’s, there were two icons of toy-dom that stood tall above all others: GI Joe and the Transformers (both interestingly owned by Hasbro). They were on completely opposite ends of the spectrum - one was a group of badass soldiers, the other was a group of extra-terrestrial [...]
Dealing With Thai Taxis - And Their Drivers
Bangkok’s great in that there are a ton of ways to get around: taxi, tuk-tuk, motorcycle, river ferry, khlong ferry, bus, skytrain, subway… if you can combine methods of transport (train + bike + boat, for instance) you can often leapfrog your way across town surprisingly quickly. But nothing is more ubiquitous than the [...]
Brain Schools in Thailand
There was an article today in the Bangkok Post titled Brain Schools Gain Popularity, which discussed the glut of new schools popping up in Bangkok that purport to give youngsters a leg up in their cerebral analytical skills. It sounds a bit like quackery, but they do have a point. I love Thailand [...]
NIN: Leading a Musical Revolution
For those that don’t closely follow news of the music industry, you might be surprised to hear that the industry as you know it - as it has been since the very first record was sold to a consumer - is in its death throes. Traditionally, artists have recorded their music in a recording [...]
Badass Bangkok Biking
Bangkok’s not usually the type of city one thinks about when you hear ‘city biking’, but over the past few years my friends and I have braved the narrow streets, unpredictable traffic and stifling heat to map ourselves out a nice collection of routes. Some of them take us down Bangkok’s main drags, where we [...]
“Jesus, what’s that for?”
Another short one. I found this on the awesome Digg.com a few weeks ago and saved it to my desktop because it was so odd, but didn’t really know what to do with it - so I guess I’ll put it on my blog? Seriously, who thought this was a good idea? What do you [...]
The Ridiculous American Media
This post will be a short one, but I had to put this up after I read it and nearly spewed smoothie out of my nose. Apparently - and get ready for a shock - Sarah Jessica Parker almost got wet on a photo shoot! Seriously! From www.imdb.com:
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker narrowly [...]
