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A first for my geocaching log
- After work yesterday, when it was 105F and there wasn't a cloud in the sky to protect me, I decided to go geocaching quickly bef...
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I know exactly what you mean!
There's this band called Typhoon that I am completely in love with. I'll send it to you!
Thoughts on a Friday Evening [blog comment]
[THE Lowly Peon] [today at 3:04pm]
nocturtle: soon, I promise!
Thoughts on a Friday Evening [blog comment]
[Kate] [today at 2:27pm]
More details on the exceptionally exciting happenings in Peter's life, please!!
Thoughts on a Friday Evening [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [today at 12:05pm]
A lot has been happening in my life recently. In fact, it's been exceptionally exciting. And in the midst of all of it, I've learned something.
All the disposable chopsticks in China [link]
[THE Lowly Peon] [01 September 2010]
For those of you who laugh at me for carrying around my own chopsticks everywhere:
Begin with China's 1.3 billion people. In one year, they go through roughly 45 billion pairs of the throwaway utensils; that averages out to nearly 130 million pairs of chopsticks a day. (The export market accounts for 18 billion pairs annually.)
Greenp
Arcade Fire: The Wilderness Downtown [link]
[THE Lowly Peon] [30 August 2010]
This is pretty awesome. An interactive music video written in html5 by the Arcade Fire. It takes you on a trip back home.
Requires Chrome or Safari (and doesn't seem to work on mobile safari).
[http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com/#914+Elmwood+Ave,+Wilmette,
THE Lowly Peon [ellipsis]
[THE Lowly Peon] [30 August 2010]
just found out the iPhone 4 is coming to China September 15! Hoping it's factory unlocked, which would save me a trip to HK!
What has the world come to. [link] [nsfw]
[THE Lowly Peon] [30 August 2010]
And I quote:
You want a new female dog* to sexual intercourse
Oh yeah? Well the jerk store called, and they're running out of [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [29 August 2010]
A tale of the Chinese Jerk Store
Freedom to Travel [link]
[THE Lowly Peon] [29 August 2010]
Residents of what countries have the most freedom to travel.
America's not too bad, though I wouldn't mind holding a UK passport. The odd thing is that, while HK isn't too high on the list, most of its residents also hold a UK passport, which puts them at the top.
I'm glad I'm not a Chinese resident. Barely better than being from North Korea.
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NGOs and my Hypocrisy [blog comment]
[THE Lowly Peon] [28 August 2010]
Well, it just so happens that while my friend Jeremy, his wife, daisy and I were walking through downtown Colorado Springs, a pair of hippies asked that annoying question — do you have a minute to save the environment? — so as to make you feel like if you don't have a minute, or
On Thursdays, Sundays, and Working in China [blog comment]
[Keri] [26 August 2010]
That's really a bummer! :( Good thing October's not too far from now... Enjoy your vacation this weekend!
On Thursdays, Sundays, and Working in China [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [26 August 2010]
While in Houston a few weeks back, I noticed that all of our Chinese servers were going down for huge chunks of time without anyone notifying us. Turns out that, due to energy shortages, the Chinese government has ordered that we close the factory on Thursdays, and we'll work on Sundays to make up for it.
I'm tired of being wet. [blog update]
[THE Lowly Peon] [25 August 2010]
Side note: if I take a bike home, from where the company bus drops us, it takes about 12 minutes, so I get home around 5:40. Today, by bus, it took me until 6:50.
I'm tired of being wet. [blog]
[THE Lowly Peon] [25 August 2010]
Since I came back to Hangzhou on Friday, I've been loving almost every minute. The minutes I don't love are the ones where I'm soaked from the 90+ degree 95% humid weather. No exaggerating, I sweat through my clothes less than ten minutes after being outside, even if I'm doing no sort of physical activity.