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links for 2009-12-31 →

Facebookers blame Vietnam for blocking site – CNN.com And how! (tags: Vietnam facebook)

Dec 31st

Facebookers blame Vietnam for blocking site -... →

Dec 31st

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Dec 30th

Bruce Schneier Remains Unafraid →

fraidycats: Bruce Schneirer: Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy a country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage. The more we undermine our own laws, the more we convert our buildings into fortresses, the more we reduce the freedoms and liberties at the...

Dec 30th

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Dec 30th

Tweets for 2009-12-29 →

Stumbled upon a great bakery where the lady gave me Vietnamese lessons and the security guard spoke German. Asked if I was from DDR or GDR. # Stumbled upon a great bakery where the lady gave me…

Dec 30th

Over to Tumblr?

Thinking about moving all of my blogging activity over to Tumblr (I know, I know: what activity?). It’s a pain to maintain Halfass with all the Wordpress patching and the upgrading and the hosting and the whatnot. Tumblr seems to have the easiest, most streamlined interface for sharing information and, beyond that, I like the looks of the social aspect. Only thing is that I haven’t...

Dec 30th

Dec 29th

Tweets for 2009-12-28 →

Wow. What a great night’s sleep. My new year’s resolution is going to be to do that more often. # http://bit.ly/8Eha3X Hot here for sure. # Iced coffee on a hot Saigon day =…

Dec 29th

Dec 28th

Tweets for 2009-12-27 →

Lost Precious (AKA my iPhone 3GS) in a cab in Bangkok. It was returned to my hotel and is awaiting me there when I return. Wow! # Spent the day switching hotels. We loved the little family-run…

Dec 28th

Tweets for 2009-12-26 →

Watching Maple chew the legs off of a squid one-by-one. # Adele just drank a little hotel-sized bottle of shampoo. I asked her if she drank it and she said “yes.” Why? “It’s lotion.” Logical.

Dec 27th

Tweets for 2009-12-25 →

Merry Christmas to all! We leave Bangkok tomorrow, but had a great time here. As long as we live 8 hours away, we will try to come back! #

Dec 26th

Dec 25th

Tweets for 2009-12-24 →

Off to check out MBK (http://bit.ly/6G3D5h) # MBK wasn’t really all that great. Sure, it’s not corporate and, no, it’s not all chains. But it’s all the same cheap goods you get worldwide #

Dec 25th

MVI_1214 [Flickr] →

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Dec 24th

Tweets for 2009-12-22 →

Big BKK day. Grand Palace, Reclining Buddha, Khlong tour on a long-tailed boat, sweat-inducing delicious dinner, riverside drinks, soi dogs. # @befletcher Yes. When we were in Tennessee last…

Dec 24th

Tweets for 2009-12-21 →

Great BKK day: Bargaining with handmade metal alms bowl vendors, eating amazing food, sweating with mango and chillies, night swimming. #

Dec 22nd

Tweets for 2009-12-20 →

I am becoming somewhat Viennese. At first I was creeped out by how nice all these Thai people are, then I remembered it’s okay to be nice. #

Dec 21st