scrabble
January 31, 2004
You too can enjoy a neatly scripted scrabble solitaire and go nuts like I do trying to better your top score.
(link via kottke)
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critters everywhere
January 31, 2004
I couldn’t decide whether to list this as comics or art. Regardless, there is much to be enjoyed and commented on at www.creaturesinmyhead.com. Go, see, click and comment and vote. I think these inkings are excellent and remind me of an art vein i too travelled, once upon a time.
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vampires out, werewolves in?
January 31, 2004
I was reading around my normal haunts today and came across this interesting piece of entertainment news. Apparently vampires are too cold and overdone.
Also, Angelina Jolie in a wereworlf movie. Hrmmmm.
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German, anyone?
January 29, 2004
Mark Twain is one of the best humorists ever. Today I read an essay he wrote, mind you it’s a bit of a time investment to get through it. I can guarantee you’ll get more out of it if you’ve studied (or attempted to study) German.
The Awful German Language by Mark Twain
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pickled dragon
January 29, 2004
I read an article today about a pickled dragon found in Oxfordshire. I found out about it via boing boing.
All in all, I must say that the most interesting creative ventures come about when folks have altogether too much free time on their hands.
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outsourcing
January 29, 2004
I read a rather disturbing article today on Ctheory.net titled The Digital Death Rattle of the American Middle Class. What really struck me about this article is that it outlined my last workplace perfectly.
The corporate world is not a friendly place to hang out, and it’s even less so here in China. […]
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working for the man
January 28, 2004
I used to work for a company that did outsourcing work here in China. Many of my college classmates have some kind of job that seems like selling out on some level. I watched School of Rock the other day, and was amused by the presentation of “the man”.
Then I […]
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New body art gallery
January 27, 2004
I have this habit (to my mother’s dismay) or drawing on my hands. It started out as a stress release activity, and has bloomed into a therapeutic relaxing thing with pretty results.
If you’d like to see my body scribblings, feel free to check out the body art gallery.
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warped sense of history
January 27, 2004
China is a place that prides itself as being one of the oldest most civilized places on the planet, yet most people I know wouldn’t consider dropping by the Shanghai Museum to actually see that history. True, the collection is slightly unremarkable, considering the destruction of much Chinese heritage in the 60s and 70s. […]
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Hamlet
January 27, 2004
I finished re-reading Hamlet. I believe this is the fourth time I’ve read the play. I am amused that Hamlet is often satirized as the brooding moody young prince who has kind of lost it. Yes, it’s an oversimplification, but I feel like this oversimplification has become the substance of most people’s […]
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