The World Hum crew has just re-launched their site — and it’s excellent. Check it out. RSS, some new features, a re-vamped blog. All great stuff. (You may recall that I wrote a story about eating soup in Bangkok for World Hum a few years back; it’s here.)
Okay. I get this all the time. People say I look like Roger Federer. I guess I agree. Except maybe he’s on the south side of 30 and has a better stock portfolio. You know Federer, right? Possibly the best player ever to pick up a tennis racquet?
Anywho. Here’s a few photos of us. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fishermen in northern Thailand have caught the biggest catfish on record — a 646-pound (293-kg) giant the size of a grizzly bear — and eaten it, the WWF and the National Geographic Society said on Wednesday.
The giant catfish, believed to be the largest freshwater fish ever found, was caught along the Mekong […]
Tom Deja attended a recent technology convention in Chicago and has some very funny observations. Like:
As we walked into the hall, past the world’s fastest electric car (supposedly; as far as I could tell it was a large fiberglass canoe), through the sheet of steam onto which was projected a live image of the […]
Ever since discovering Bloglines a few months back, I’ve been meaning to write about how much I love the service. So here goes. Prepare to be proselytized (just like I’ve previously raved about delicious and Firefox and the Mac experience).
You’ve heard me mention RSS before — though a better way to describe RSS would be […]
43 Places: “…the ultimate place to share stories about the corner joint and destinations across the globe.”
Pretty cool.
My Beaufort, SC buddy Karl W. sends along this exceptional story from the Palmetto State’s sLowcountry:
Beaufort Gazette:
BLUFFTON — A State Law Enforcement Division bomb squad rushed to the Bluffton Post Office by helicopter Thursday morning after postal workers noticed a suspicious package — only to find two adult toys inside, police said.
And, further afield, Mike […]
So I had a great weekend in NYC. Hadn’t been back up there to visit friends in over two years. I stayed with Nick M. and Dana in LIC, Queens; also got a chance to catch up with my old pals Russell W. (who really needs to start blogging again and make use of that […]
The JAPAN SAQ (SELDOM ASKED QUESTIONS) page is unbelievable. Sample gem:
Q. Why is it in anime and manga, when a boy acts like a pervert they are pictured with blood gushing from their nose? Is this derived from a legend of some sort?–Question submitted by Octavian
A. In anime, a nosebleed means that a […]
The AP says:
An inmate has been voluntarily nailed to a wooden cross in a coastal Ecuadorean prison while two women sewed their lips shut as part of a widely televised national protest aimed at improving prison conditions and sentencing reforms.
“The Desert Camouflage Hat — Worn by Our Troops in Iraq!” Only $22.95. A bargain at twice the price.
Chuta! Here’s a fabulous list of Ecuadorian slang. It’s full of gems — although I’d add a few choice words I remember from my year at latitude zero. Namely, buenaso (really good) and sigue no mas (go ahead).
I’m actually delighted to have come across this, as I assumed that a few of these were […]
“Vintage photos of old Shopping Malls of the ’60s & ’70s.”
Treknologies is a new blog devoted to gear and other resources for travelers.