Monthly Archives: May 2008

Engineered Obsolence

Posted on May 31, 2008 by ratatosk

My microwave broke. The door doesn’t close cos the plastic latch isn’t springy anymore. And if the door isn’t shut, it won’t turned on. Safety feature. Took the door apart and looked at the latch. One small piece of plastic … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 30, 2008 by ratatosk

While walking around Muar, killing time… I came across this big shop that specialises in Chinese calligraphy brushes. Hundreds upon hundreds of brushes, in many dozens of varieties. It was fun just looking and poking at everything. Except for the … Continue reading →

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WordPress & Chinese Encodings

Posted on May 30, 2008 by ratatosk

My blog migrated a couple of times. Started from Blogspot, made its way to Blogsentral, before finally ending up here, in my own domain almost a year ago. Had one problem ever since I migrated… I can’t put chinese characters … Continue reading →

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Movie: Speed Racer

Posted on May 28, 2008 by ratatosk

I’ve never watched the cartoons. I watched tons of Wacky Races, but never a single episode of Speed Racer. Wasn’t too crazy about this movie. But my housemate got free tickets. So why not. And the Matrix brothers did this … Continue reading →

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Squirrel Hentai ?

Posted on May 27, 2008 by ratatosk

Every once in a while, I check into Statcounter, to get an understanding of how people are hitting my blog. It seems that my blog comes up ranked #2 on Google when someone put in a search for “Squirrel Hentai”. … Continue reading →

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