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so it’s normal in thailand for tissue to be sold outside of bathrooms, either by an attendant or in vending machines. sometimes it is distributed for free in each of the stalls, but generally you have to think in advance. marketing companies have seized on this opportunity and often distribute tissue [...]

i’m back to studying sanskrit again, this time taking a class at ramkhamheng which is finally forcing me to memorize things that i used to just look up in charts. the thing about the course is that it uses a pronunciation system based on the thai alphabet instead of the commonly used devanagari. i’m not [...]

bush is coming to town, which means it’s time for the thai government to do a quick clean up … make things boring for a week. everything always goes back to normal once he is gone tho. it’s become clear tho that bush’s problems don’t stem from his general lack of competence or the fact [...]

i spent the week before last down in phuket with larry and ray from san francisco (well monterey for now, sf soon). it was the first time i had left bangkok since the new year, and it was super nice to be able to chill and not let my day be run by a clock. [...]

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this video of a presentation from the recent TED conference is one of the most interesting things that i’ve seen in a long time, it’s well worth the 18m44sec that it takes to watch. the description of the video on the website is:

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish [...]

pank found some more graffiti, this time behind center point in siam square. the full series is on flickr, here are my favorites.

i’ve entered another piece in saatchi’s online art competition, showdown. voting opens today and runs through the end of the week, so if you like it please hurry up and vote. this collage combines my holga photograph of a rest house for religious pilgrims with some found images.
the word in thai is pronounced “gi-laeht” and [...]