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Thu, Jul. 24th, 2008, 02:43 pm
unfiglet
I got my first figlet spam today. The spammer didn't choose a very legible figlet font. Still, I thought it was clever. Dan Egnor's unfiglet script—merely a funny joke back then—actually needs to be written for real now. I bet the gmail people already have one. Previously read more... Wed, Jun. 25th, 2008, 11:22 pm
Unintuitive Python Behavior
Curious about the Google App Engine, I started playing with it, which meant writing code in Python. Unicode support in Python seems to be a tangle of confusing function names, source code file encodings, backslash escapes, the letter "u" before strings, and probably other things. Together, this smells to me like the language originally didn't support Unicode, but wanted to keep backward compatibility with pre-unicode support scripts. read more... Tue, Jun. 24th, 2008, 02:59 pm
Guard, Tiananmen
Guard in front of Tian An Men Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 中国北京市天安门广场 read more... Mon, Jun. 23rd, 2008, 10:23 pm
Car Crash
A typical automobile accident in China, and typical dispute resolution: people stand around and discuss or argue until some agreement is reached. Crowds gather, bystanders start piping in... Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Mon, Jun. 23rd, 2008, 05:17 pm
Puppy Update
There are two puppies left, out of the litter of five. Tiny #1 and Tiny #2 died the afternoon and evening that Zhuoma left for Weixi, which was the day after Jumbo had suddenly ballooned to about 3x their size. I think they got out-competed for milk. Small died two nights ago. I had been trying to micromanage him into living the two days previous to that, but he simply wasn't eating. read more... Sun, Jun. 15th, 2008, 03:17 pm
Small girl waiting for Olympic torch
Little girl with olympic flags and China stickers waiting for the Olympic torch to pass by Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Sun, Jun. 15th, 2008, 03:05 pm
Little girl with Olympic flags
A little girl decked out with stickers, headband and flags waiting for the Olympic torch to pass by Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Sat, Jun. 14th, 2008, 09:17 pm
Hada Race
Hada fetching horse race. The goal is to pick up as many of the hadas (Tibetan silk cloth) as you can as fast as you can without falling off your horse. Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Sat, Jun. 14th, 2008, 11:51 am
Hada Race
Hada fetching horse race Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Fri, Jun. 13th, 2008, 10:39 am
Monk Burning Prayer Flags
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China 中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉 read more... Fri, Jun. 13th, 2008, 09:29 am
It's expensive to renounce your U.S. passport
It's the coverage of the random but useful stuff like this that I really like about the Economist (and non-mainstream-American media in general) . . . become law by June 16th, any American who wants to surrender his passport has only a few days to do so before facing an enormous penalty.
That penalty is buried in an innocuous piece of legislation with the veto-proof name, Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) act. read more...
Thu, Jun. 12th, 2008, 08:45 pm
Fallow Field of Wild Flowers
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China read more...Thu, Jun. 12th, 2008, 07:50 am
Red Panda
Chengdu, Sichuan, China 中国四川省成都市的小熊猫 (cropped) read more... Wed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 10:24 pm
Red Pandas
Chengdu, Sichuan, China 中国四川省成都市 read more... Wed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 10:18 pm
Pig Parts
Display table in front of a restaurant with pig snouts and feet Chengdu, Sichuan, China 中国四川省成都市 read more... Wed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 10:00 pm
Sack of Eggs
People buy plastic bags full of eggs with no padding Chengdu, Sichuan, China 中国四川省成都市 read more... Wed, Jun. 11th, 2008, 04:34 pm
Olympic Torch in Shangri-La
The Olympic torch passed through town today. I woke up at around 6, not especially for the torch, but because I've been waking up around early (5-6 a.m.) every morning recently. The torch started out in the horse racing track. The army has been camped out there since March, but I figure they've temporarily cleared out for the torch and for the horse festival, which has been delayed until tomorrow. read more... Sun, Jun. 8th, 2008, 10:13 am
My male dog has puppies
I realize this morning that I haven't heard my dog for a while. I go outside. "Squeak!" No response. I notice that the door downstairs is closed. "Uh oh," I think, he's starved to death in there. Usually I leave the door open so that I don't accidentally forget he's inside. Zhuoma seems to have closed it when moving some things from what was previously her shop back to the house. I push open the door and call out some more. Still no repsonse. read more... Thu, Jun. 5th, 2008, 04:20 am
Cognitive Consonance
Do I first decide that a certain personality trait is important, and then only later try to cultivate it in myself and start gravitating toward people with that trait? Or am I attracted to someone first (platonic and not), decide via cognitive dissonance that one of their traits is important, and then only finally start to cultivate that trait in myself and look for it in others? read more... |
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