Category Archives: General

I’m flying to Hong Kong early morning tomorrow and won’t be back until next Friday at night and will have limited Internet access while I’m there. You can communicate with me through email but I won’t be on IM clients … Continue reading →

Since I get quite a bit of spam, I try to go over my Akismet listing a couple of times today to clean it up. Usually, it’s the kind of stuff you’d expect like adult content and other shady sites … Continue reading →

Since some people seem to find my old wallpapers whilst surfing around online due to some cache but end up not finding it when they get here because I’ve already swapped them around, I figured I’d benefit everyone by posting … Continue reading →

After days of worrying over housing, I’ve finally managed to secure a place to settle down here on Hamburg for the rest of my internship term. Bad news is, as the title implies, is that there is no Internet there. … Continue reading →

…or something like that. Why do I say “busy people”? Well, it’s because I came across this contraction while I was going over my Japanese for Busy People III textbook the other day. 加藤: じゃあ、今年の花見ははやくなりそうですね。 Kato: Then cherry-viewing might be … Continue reading →

I arrived in Hamburg through a transit at Zurich yesterday and have been loitering around Ahrensburg and my hotel room since then. I coughed up 25 euros earlier for five days’ worth of Internet access. The regular deal is three … Continue reading →

The worst part about owning a 24″ monitor is having to spend time looking for good 1920×1200 wallpapers. They’re so scarce that it’s almost like they’re an endangered species.

Real (wo)men fish like this.

I don’t remember it being this hot last summer, holy mackerel. Then again, I spent most of my days in an air conditioned office hacking on code last summer, so that’s probably why.

Well, I’m typing this out on my own notebook at the moment. It hasn’t crashed (yet), so that’s (somewhat of) a good sign. I’m glad I got this back before the long weekend since it means I can (finally) get … Continue reading →