My latest Gridskipper post is about a Bangkok design store called Propaganda.
AP/globeandmail.com:
Changchun, China — Kazakhstan scored 52 goals against Thailand in Asian Winter Games hockey competition yesterday, but the goal that brought the most cheers came from the outgunned Thais.
The Asian hockey little guys went into the game knowing they were going to lose to tournament favourite Kazakhstan, but an opportune goal seven minutes into the […]
God help us.
DreamEssentials.com:
The Warm Whiskers freezable or heatable eye pillows help reduce eye puffiness and strain, headaches, facial tension and sinus pressure. Each animal is filled with relaxing lavender and chamomile.
Send this cuddly friend to bed with your little one or enjoy the therapeutic and aromatic warmth yourself.
(Via.)
That’s the title of my latest Gridskipper post.
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CNN/Reuters:
Ecuador’s first female defense minister was killed on Wednesday after only nine days in office in a mid-air collision of two helicopters, government and military officials said.
The accident in the Andean nation further rocks the leftist government of President Rafael Correa, who has clashed with Congress over his executive powers and prompted street protests since […]
I’ve finally gotten around to uploading a bunch of images from when my family was in town over the holidays. It was lots of fun to see everyone; my mom, step-dad, and little brother Colin came from South Carolina, while my brother Mechum popped over from Seoul. (His girlfriend K also joined us toward the […]
Not new, but worth mentioning. God bless America.
Junk Food Blog:
The Jimmy Dean brand of breakfast food won my nod of approval when I found this lovely new entry.
Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick Chocolate Chip pretty much takes what my wife often eats at IHOP and puts it all on a hand-held form factor, allowing […]
That’s the subject of my latest Gridskipper dispatch.
I’m not normally one to point out travel bargains, but this one appears to be significant — and it’s ending soon.
Travelzoo:
Book within the next 3 days and be treated to the cheapest flight you’ll ever find - period! AirAsia is giving away 1,000,000 FREE seats to over 70 routes within Asia. Just pay the air […]
The rai is a unit of land measurement here in Thailand. You’ll see references to land the size of so-and-so rai, etc. But exactly how much area, I was wondering yesterday, is one rai?
In researching the answer to that question, I stumbled upon this:
rai: a traditional unit of land area in Thailand. The rai […]
Introducing the Vespa Rickshaw, available from a shop in Bali. Via.
Soccernet:
David Beckham will leave Real Madrid at the end of the season and join side Los Angeles Galaxy on a £128m five-year deal - which works out at a mere half-a-million pounds a week. The former England captain will leave Real in June and begin his new career in MLS in August.
The “mere half-a-million pounds […]
Yesterday I had the pleasure of undertaking a fantastic culinary adventure with my pal — and fellow Thailand blogger — Austin B, author of the excellent RealThai blog.
Austin is a gifted photog, a foodie’s foodie, and an old Siam hand. He’s got a great write-up of some of the delicacies we sampled on Langsuan […]
Apple has unveiled the iPhone. More info from Apple here. Here’s how the iPhone stacks up against other smartphones. The price will be $499-599, which, yes, is steep — but perhaps not so bad when you consider it’s not only a phone, bus also a 2 MP camera, an MP3 player, a Web browsing device, […]
Two entertaining New York Times articles of note:
1. William Safire on retronyms. This one goes out to my brother M, who scoffs when people talk about “digital cameras.” (Digital cameras are much more prevalent than film cameras these says, so the former should now simply be referred to as “cameras,” he argues.) Thanks to A […]