I live in California, which is pretty sweet. Not for our healthcare or our taxes or our general state of government. But the secondary education, the nice weather, and convenient location to most of the entertainment and financial power centers of the technological world. Yeah, that part’s good. So, getting around to showy conventions, for [...]
Dear Internet, It’s fast approaching another milestone in my years and I am having just a troll of a week. Nothing in particular, really, just a general sense of impermanence and lackluster feelings towards work and life in general. Part of my supposes that I just might have put a bit too much in terms [...]
Feb 9 — Leave SFO for Taiwan Feb 10 — Arrive 11PM in Taipei, Taiwan Feb 15 — David arrives around 10:30PM in Taiwan Feb 18 – Leave at 11PM for Bangkok, Thailand Feb 19 — Arrive at Bangkok hotel at 4PM; later that day, boat canal tour of Bangkok and visit Si Lom night [...]
Prostitution is a prolific and openly practiced profession in Bangkok. Women in high-cut skirts and shorts line the major streets along tourist-heavy areas. Sitting in front of The Landmark Starbucks, I watched several foreigners field solicitations from prostitutes, and at least two depart the area with a new female companion at his side. One charming [...]
Getting away from the airport in Mumbai is confusing and uncomfortable. The airport seems to be of an old design, and they make you run around quite a bit just to get to immigration, and then back to your baggage, and then there is a screening check through customs; none of which are streamlined, so [...]
Rental rides in Thailand fall into several categories. At the high end are chartered buses and cars which you can arrange for at the airport or through a travel agency in town, the latter of which will be better priced, especially if you shop around the many roadside travel agencies available and compare prices.
The premise of Fable never seemed to lend itself to a nuanced story-based game. But its smooth graphics, fluid combat control, and extensive world-building earned it both critical acclaim as well as fans around the globe. In its upcoming release, it seems that adventurers in the land of Albion may have a whole new feel [...]
Demonstrations of actual self-defense moves: That guy is fast! Tai Chi actual application in combat: Before you dismiss it as some kind of fancy Chinese dancing, consider how difficult it is to send a grown man flying in a way that graceful so as to make said man (victim?) seem weightless. Look, ma, no wires!
Snowflake Designer This little kid’s program online is way more fun than it has any right to be. Design your snowflakes and test out the ideas before you try your hand at them!
This is a brilliant defense of Christianity as the thinking mans’ religion! Finally, an iron-clad argument that Christianity is clearly the superior belief, that God’s plan is unassailable, and that science is really just more of your hokey religion bashing. You! Lazy, good for nothing atheist sheep, bask in the fire of God’s literal, unicorn-powered, [...]