Danny's blog system

Sun, 31 Aug 2008

Adding a new function to an Excel right-click menu

Thu, 28 Aug 2008

Some grumbles about Ubuntu 7.1 Gutsy Gibbon

Sun, 10 Aug 2008

CPAN install didn't work too well

Wed, 02 Jul 2008

Translation of Khmer text used for khmerconverter test file

Tue, 01 Jul 2008

The "khmerconverter" utility to convert eg Limon to Unicode

Fri, 27 Jun 2008

CHDK, new firmware for my Canon A630

Thu, 26 Jun 2008


Mon, 16 Jun 2008

Setting up CPAN on panix with only user privileges

Sun, 16 Mar 2008

Mysterious deaths of British police officers
Useful subroutine in Excel: "filldown"
The meaning of Orwell's 1984
Some basic setup info for PHP

Sat, 02 Feb 2008

The benefits of learning Excel VBA

Tue, 29 Jan 2008

Some books I've used for Excel VBA programming

Wed, 26 Dec 2007

Vietnamese tissues not so terrible
Glamour Magazine: they would, wouldn't they

Sun, 11 Nov 2007

Review - hardware - Motorola V360 cellphone - update
Interesting stress issue and "Rosetta Stone" language-learning products

Sun, 14 Oct 2007

Another data point on the killing curve
Feminized jobs and their effects on men
The cockamamie Chinese one-child policy

Wed, 26 Sep 2007

Awful ergonomics and expensive furniture

Mon, 10 Sep 2007

When you get older, losing your hair, when you're 74

Sat, 11 Aug 2007

Back in England after thirty years

Wed, 11 Jul 2007

Visit to Pattaya

Mon, 09 Jul 2007

Review -- Movie: Shooter (2007)

Sun, 08 Jul 2007

Scanning and database-based file access

Sat, 07 Jul 2007

Review -- hardware -- Motorola V360

Fri, 06 Jul 2007

My girlfriend gets her last wisdom tooth removed

Thu, 05 Jul 2007

French gender issues

Wed, 04 Jul 2007

Fedex shipment to Cambodia

Tue, 03 Jul 2007

Review: TV series Alias

Tue, 22 May 2007

Google problem for people in Cambodia seems partially fixed

Thu, 17 May 2007

Interesting intonation issue in French
Solution to the Cambodian kramaa-pyjamas problem
Irritating problem with Google in Cambodia

Tue, 01 May 2007

Word-final consonant pronunciation in French, English, Cambodian...

Fri, 30 Mar 2007

Iraq war reason -- I never thought it was oil till now
My PKD font has succumbed to mission creep

Fri, 26 Jan 2007

PKD now works automatically in IE

Wed, 24 Jan 2007

Progress on my phonetic font PKD for Khmer, Thai, English and Vietnamese
Young boy squirts enema on Cambodian TV

Thu, 11 Jan 2007

Some good atheist one-liners

Wed, 10 Jan 2007

Fixed resizing and print issues with MS Internet Explorer
Debugging CGI programs

Tue, 09 Jan 2007

Some display and print improvements

Sun, 07 Jan 2007

Added meaningful titles to my pages

Sat, 06 Jan 2007

Possible answer to the Cambodian yuon (Vietnamese) issue
A few more fixes to my site's HTML

Fri, 05 Jan 2007

Numerous minor fixes today
Test page for quotes bug

Thu, 04 Jan 2007

Still not ready to release new version of my phonetic font PKD

Tue, 02 Jan 2007

khmer440.com has deleted my account twice

Mon, 01 Jan 2007

Intelligent chargers are available in Phnom Penh

Sat, 30 Dec 2006

Hermann Hesse's "Demian", and thoughts on "coded" art

Mon, 25 Dec 2006

Interesting vulnerability in Windows/Word

Sat, 23 Dec 2006

Google.com now available in Khmer -- and works with Firefox

Thu, 21 Dec 2006

Good links for using MS Word, eg setting up normal.dot for Khmer
My updated PKD font not ready yet

Mon, 11 Dec 2006

Progress with my PKD phonetic font for Khmer

Sun, 10 Dec 2006

Opinion of an Iraqi in "Why We Fight"

Fri, 08 Dec 2006

Font embedding problem

Sun, 03 Dec 2006

Review: NiMH rechargeable batteries

Sat, 02 Dec 2006

Review: Canon A-630 digital camera

Fri, 17 Nov 2006

Disabled trackbacks again

Mon, 16 Oct 2006

The "Uncanny Valley" for expats

Fri, 13 Oct 2006

Sorry about "how to reattach to a job"
Update on wet bathrooms and flipflops

Wed, 27 Sep 2006

How to reattach to a job

Wed, 20 Sep 2006

Thaksin has been deposed

Sat, 09 Sep 2006

Losing your privacy by giving out your business card

Fri, 21 Jul 2006

The state of mail delivery in Phnom Penh

Tue, 11 Jul 2006

Movie review: "Starship Troopers"

Wed, 05 Jul 2006

Yes, you can find dual-layer DVDs in Phnom Penh -- from China

Wed, 21 Jun 2006

DVD video copies in Phnom Penh

Thu, 08 Jun 2006

Now photographs of the funny gun at Central Market, Phnom Penh

Fri, 26 May 2006

An interesting gun seen at Central Market

Sat, 13 May 2006

Movie review: V for Vendetta (2006) (Long, anarchist viewpoint)
Weird problem with Putty pscp

Wed, 10 May 2006

Movie review: "Puerto Vallarta Squeeze" 2003

Thu, 04 May 2006

Using Khmer in Windows: Limon, USA International, Unicode, usp10.dll

Tue, 02 May 2006

Some ideas about architecture in Phnom Penh

Wed, 26 Apr 2006

Another reason for my laptop overheating problem?
Acclimatization and heat stroke

Sat, 08 Apr 2006

Absolutely horrible hygiene is not actually common in Phnom Penh
Large corporations are a branch of the government?

Wed, 29 Mar 2006

Surprising bug in MS Access

Tue, 28 Mar 2006

Continuing power cuts in Phnom Penh; generators and kludges

Thu, 23 Mar 2006

The movement to get Thaksin out

Thu, 16 Mar 2006

Our hotel in Saigon -- the Cam hotel on Bui Vien St
Terrible tissues in Vietnam

Sun, 12 Mar 2006

New theory on Robert Maxwell "suicide"
My ghastly ants discovery
The "Vietnamese for Beginners" series
My trip to Vietnam this month

Fri, 03 Mar 2006

Fixed width setting

Thu, 02 Mar 2006

Fun reinstalling Windows 2000

Tue, 21 Feb 2006

Was it even really possible for the towelheads to pilot the jets on 9/11?

Sat, 18 Feb 2006

More about the meaning of games, the sequel (my theory of history)

Fri, 17 Feb 2006

Ripoff at Kien Svay

Wed, 15 Feb 2006

More about the meaning of games
Firefox memory problem a "feature"?

Tue, 14 Feb 2006

Why do we enjoy games? What are they for?
The "Honeynet" project has various anti-hacking tools

Sun, 12 Feb 2006

Some amusing stuff in travel guides to Cambodia

Wed, 08 Feb 2006

Fixed layout problem in the Thai-language folder

Tue, 07 Feb 2006

Fixed bug with my link to articles for current month

Thu, 02 Feb 2006

Good Wikipedia articles on Thai
Power problems in Phnom Penh get worse again
Movie Review: "The Incredibles" -- and the issue of originality

Tue, 31 Jan 2006

Microsoft is apparently still allowing sites to share your cookies

Mon, 30 Jan 2006

A believable argument for why the gold standard is bad

Tue, 24 Jan 2006

Power problem in Phnom Penh, continued

Fri, 20 Jan 2006

More power problems in Phnom Penh; using an inverter/charger

Thu, 19 Jan 2006

Google has links to Khmer usenet groups *and* forums

Sun, 15 Jan 2006

Unicode Khmer keyboard now available in Phnom Penh
My new free PDF booklet "THAITONES" for reading Thai tones

Thu, 12 Jan 2006

Another reason torture doesn't work for interrogations

Fri, 06 Jan 2006

Using my new PKD font for Thai
My laptop woes abate

Mon, 26 Dec 2005

Actually, Joomla *can* work with Moodle

Sat, 24 Dec 2005

Spielberg's "Munich"

Tue, 20 Dec 2005

I have suddenly realized why my Corel Draw pics were off by a pixel

Wed, 14 Dec 2005

I made a silly mistake with Joomla
Patching Joomla 1.03 to 1.04

Sat, 10 Dec 2005

Setting up Joomla

Sun, 04 Dec 2005

Excellent summary for reasons why US Administration would fake 9/11
Movie review: "Mystic River" (2003); directed by Clint Eastwood

Tue, 29 Nov 2005

The Cambodian land system, and the attitudes it creates
Was the invasion of Iraq stupid, or brilliantly successful?

Sun, 20 Nov 2005

Bird flu death rates (I got the flu last week)

Thu, 10 Nov 2005

My new font for Khmer phonetics: "PKD"

Sun, 06 Nov 2005

How to repeat a long filespec in a command line
I'm working on a new phonetic font for discussing Khmer

Fri, 04 Nov 2005

Installing a second copy of Windows 2000 W2K

Mon, 31 Oct 2005

A researcher has same idea as me about sleep paralysis

Tue, 25 Oct 2005

Sysinternals Windows test utilities have new features; also reskit info
Photo print sizes available and their prices

Tue, 18 Oct 2005

When oil runs out, we'll have alternative energy but not plastics

Sun, 16 Oct 2005

Elizabeth Briel's blog has a great story on a Phnom Penh rail trip

Fri, 14 Oct 2005

Blackboard and Web CT merge

Thu, 13 Oct 2005

Tried out the "ppmglobe" program to create a globe layout
Change in link display: now only sitename is shown

Wed, 12 Oct 2005

How to make a globe showing Cambodian place names

Sat, 08 Oct 2005

Another attempt to put spam on my site

Tue, 04 Oct 2005

My girlfriend gets a sunburn -- so they give her Cipro

Fri, 30 Sep 2005

Hurricane Katrina -- looting by police officers?

Sat, 24 Sep 2005

Oops! Had a problem with my .../index.rss output -- fixed

Wed, 21 Sep 2005

Acne: interesting blog page with suggestions on self-help

Sun, 18 Sep 2005

Perhaps each political movement *must* have an esoteric core
I deleted my links page -- oops -- got it back

Sun, 11 Sep 2005

Educational software I'd like to see

Sat, 10 Sep 2005

George Bush *wants* to be the Antichrist

Sat, 03 Sep 2005

My girlfriend finally gets a new ID card -- and gets copies made
Why Asians sometimes don't like electric fans
Hurricane Katrina: real reason rescue helicopters are getting shot at
WinFS -- analogy to user interface design for apps
The difference between 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina

Fri, 19 Aug 2005

Boingboing.net, and a friend wants you to read her novel

Tue, 16 Aug 2005

Changed format of my rss feed

Sun, 14 Aug 2005

What do conspirators tell their children?

Thu, 11 Aug 2005

Interesting comparison of English-language and Khmer-language articles
Now they don't give change in dollars in Phnom Penh

Mon, 08 Aug 2005

Science fiction story "E for Effort" by T. L. Sherred
Added link for privacy policy to main pages
Interesting to check your cookies sometime
Attended meeting of local bloggers

Sun, 07 Aug 2005

Added a Privacy Policy to the site for IE users
Peculiar Blosxom cookie bug
I have added cookies to this site

Tue, 02 Aug 2005

Some minor changes to site

Fri, 29 Jul 2005

Still trying to restrict robots

Mon, 25 Jul 2005

The great advantage of suicide bombers

Fri, 22 Jul 2005

Simple way to reduce the size of government

Sun, 17 Jul 2005

Thailand PM Thaksin seizes absolute power

Sat, 16 Jul 2005

The real reason Thailand PM thaksin is fomenting an Islamic insurrection

Wed, 13 Jul 2005

The Cambodian Night Crusher

Sat, 09 Jul 2005

Massive cheating in US public schools

Fri, 08 Jul 2005

Serving files from Linux to Windows clients
Microsoft to buy trojan company; MS antitrojan sw already ignores it
Damn Small Linux and usb memory, continued
The bombing attacks in London today

Thu, 07 Jul 2005

Monitoring temperature etc in your data center
The Phrack guide to hacking VMS

Wed, 06 Jul 2005

Reading a USB memory device in Damn Small Linux (DSL)
My carping criticism of a new school in Tramung Chrum, Cambodia
Using Damn Small Linux "DSL" at an internet cafe

Mon, 04 Jul 2005

The "One Campaign to Make Poverty History"

Fri, 24 Jun 2005

Open-source internationalization report discusses progress on Khmer and computers

Sun, 19 Jun 2005

How do you resize a group containing paragraph text in Corel Draw?
Are motorbike helmets practical?
The washbasins at Lucky Burger on Sihanouk
Tones affect consonants in Thai, so...?
Counting your change in Cambodia
What is Microsoft Access good for?
Problems singing in Khmer
Huffing boy on Monivong

Thu, 02 Jun 2005

What do ads in photo magazines really mean?

Sun, 29 May 2005

A news announcement about the status of Khmer Unicode
Koran not flushed down toilet? OK then.
Another good reference to Bush as Lord Vader

Sat, 28 May 2005

Fake booze sold in Phnom Penh
More useful links for on-line learning/content management systems
New diversion on OKC bomb: FBI tortured suspect to death

Wed, 25 May 2005

My wacky idea about Star Wars seems to be true
Open-source packages for Asian schools teaching English?

Mon, 23 May 2005

Air conditioners and fans are not kept clean in Asia

Tue, 10 May 2005

Interesting phoneline/VoIP devices
Excellent Slashdot posting on capital punishment

Mon, 09 May 2005

Somebody tried to steal my pants last night

Sat, 07 May 2005

Insightful article on the real significance of self-service systems

Thu, 05 May 2005

Letter to Bangkok Post gives insight into Thai racist attitudes

Sun, 01 May 2005

Report of a visit to Cambodia at Tales of Asia

Sun, 17 Apr 2005

Kill Flash cookies in Firefox
Execution by injection far from paniless

Wed, 06 Apr 2005

Royal Thai romanization system -- Wikipedia entry

Tue, 05 Apr 2005

Was evidence to support FedGov's 9/11 theory manufactured?

Sun, 03 Apr 2005

Where to find the official Royal Thai romanization guide
All new ATA hard drives include little-known password feature
All new tires sold in USA for several years contain RFID transponder
Macromedia Flash files can contain "web bug"

Thu, 31 Mar 2005

Another mention of Microsoft's cookie exploit
Movie review: Jao bpua geng gorng ("Mr Python")
Hints and cautions on buying a bar in Asia
Movie review: "The Quiet American", with Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser
Spend five dollars to save a hundred dollars a month on rent
Review of "Modern Spoken Cambodian" by Franklin E. Huffman
District names in Phnom Penh
Monty Python-style entry in the "Right" English-Cambodian dictionary

Tue, 29 Mar 2005

Countable nouns in English, and dictionaries
How governments really work

Mon, 28 Mar 2005

Free html editor available
Why is Hun Sen in power?
Interesting free software for romanizing Thai

Sun, 27 Mar 2005

Mounting speakers in walls
Alternatives to Windows Terminal Server

Sat, 26 Mar 2005

Why the USA used the bomb on Japan

Fri, 25 Mar 2005

templatemonster.com -- Design a website without needing design skills
I removed the trackbacks feature
Death by starvation hardly "mercy killing"?

Wed, 23 Mar 2005

Nifty app helps you experiment with regexes

Tue, 22 Mar 2005

A list of apps you can run directly from your USB key without needing to install

Sat, 19 Mar 2005

Drug-sniffing dogs are another government lie
Boing-Boing has ex-King Sihanouk link

Fri, 18 Mar 2005

The reason why I'm getting so many hits to pppics02

Thu, 17 Mar 2005

Nifty gadget for recording audio in your car
Not hot news, but very interesting: Microsoft cookie exploit
w3.org has browser test suite
Cheap, adequate system to provide limited access to *coffee drinkers*
I'm rearranging the look of the site
Recent overloading at this site

Tue, 15 Mar 2005

Who actually benefits from terrorism? -- Scott Ritter answers

Mon, 14 Mar 2005

Storing XML in databases
Creating a CD from which you can install Cygwin
How often do you have to change the volume control when listening to MP3s?
Who actually benefits... part 2

Sun, 13 Mar 2005

Who actually benefits from terrorism?
Someone agrees that Cambodians feel no responsibility outside the family
Review: "Heat" with De Niro and Pacino (1995)

Thu, 10 Mar 2005

p2p programs considered harmful

Sun, 06 Mar 2005

Site has selection of funny quotes from irc/IM chat
Emergent behavior and human society

Sat, 05 Mar 2005

Gloomy bird flu prediction includes interesting epidemiology concept

Wed, 02 Mar 2005

How many US troops have *really* died in Iraq?
Pol Pot redux: my list of suggested capital offenses in Phnom Penh
I've added the "hide" plugin for Blosxom

Sun, 27 Feb 2005

The problem with the wikipedia and the problem with blogging

Sat, 26 Feb 2005

More Google overload gives me idea to restrict bot access
Use of "certificates" to change security settings in Internet Explorer
A link to me exists which is not shown by Google

Wed, 23 Feb 2005

How to deal with a recalcitrant Epson printer

Tue, 22 Feb 2005

Handy piece of Javascript sample code

Sat, 19 Feb 2005

Yet another Slashdot Spyware discussion

Mon, 14 Feb 2005

The "embedded fonts" system now appears to be unsupported

Sat, 12 Feb 2005

The difference between me and the New York Times

Tue, 08 Feb 2005

"Referer" spam

Sun, 06 Feb 2005

Info on security patches for Windows
The "zero-space" fonts from www.forum.org.kh

Sat, 05 Feb 2005

Can you believe the "Media Manufacturer" and "Dye Data" fields?

Fri, 04 Feb 2005

Yes, Cambodia *does* officially tax barsigns
An excellent idea for a new top-level domain

Sun, 30 Jan 2005

How to handle to-do lists without a PDA

Sat, 29 Jan 2005

Someone agrees with me about the Star Wars/ Bush regime analogy

Thu, 27 Jan 2005

Choosing and converting multimedia video formats
Become a "Microsoft Partner" and get many cheap licences

Sun, 23 Jan 2005

H. G. Wells and the invasion of Iraq part deux

Sat, 22 Jan 2005

Fixing spyware infestations using standard Windows tools

Fri, 21 Jan 2005

Article on learning French may be useful for those learning Asian languages

Thu, 20 Jan 2005

Solutions to the tangled-headphone-cord problem
Yes, *all* bar signs in Cambodia *do* have Tiger on them

Wed, 19 Jan 2005

H. G. Wells and the invasion of Iraq
The panix.com domain was recently hijacked

Mon, 17 Jan 2005

A solution to the mystery of the bag collectors in Phnom Penh
pmwiki.org -- collaborative site system all in php
Mobile phones and their software
Peculiar problem with the link to Slashdot

Thu, 13 Jan 2005

Did the Supreme Court really fight back against the Bush administration?
Why do all the bars in Cambodia have a "Tiger" sign?

Wed, 05 Jan 2005

Setting up a Windows system to run IE as a restricted user

Sat, 01 Jan 2005

How to print barcodes in Linux

Wed, 29 Dec 2004

Wanda Sloan picks her best downloads of 2004
"War is a racket" by Maj-Gen Smedley Butler

Thu, 23 Dec 2004

SCO is owned by the Canopy Group... or the Umbrella Corp?

Sat, 18 Dec 2004

Slashdot article on uses for computers in language schools

Thu, 16 Dec 2004

MP3 players which can record from audio inputs to MP3
The Lonely Planet S-E Asia forum
The nomarriage.com website -- "men should never get married"

Tue, 14 Dec 2004

Booting a USB key with *multiple* operating systems
The Java Cafe on Sihanouk Boulevarde

Fri, 10 Dec 2004

Setting up your website to accept credit card payments

Tue, 07 Dec 2004

Are humans actually multiform like bees?

Mon, 29 Nov 2004

Commercial interface available between PC and switches

Thu, 25 Nov 2004

How many hours of work per week is too much?
Great website for using Cambodian on computers

Tue, 23 Nov 2004

Mating choices and society
What is the problem in *society* which has caused spyware to be so successful?
A little less hope for the USA
The "Deer Hunter" in Birchwood Wisconsin -- or "First Blood"?
A little hope for the USA
The ironies of religious faith in Thailand

Thu, 18 Nov 2004

Fedgov now sending scary email to "bad guys"
Hiding a Knoppix distribution on the CD

Wed, 17 Nov 2004

The strange relationship between Star Wars movies and the War on Terror

Thu, 11 Nov 2004

Slashdot discussion on how to choose your domain registrar
Article at kuro5hin.org about learning a foreign language
Only one article posted in a month

Tue, 02 Nov 2004

"Vector Linux" -- Slackware distribution optimized for older machines

Thu, 14 Oct 2004

Slashdot discussion on backups

Wed, 13 Oct 2004

Being accosted on the street

Mon, 11 Oct 2004

What is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) *really* for?

Sun, 10 Oct 2004

Free software for making MSI installer files
Does Microsoft lie under oath?

Sat, 09 Oct 2004

Irritating problems with Acrobat copy-protection features; my workaround
Google pages reveal interesting trick for preventing printing

Fri, 08 Oct 2004

Taxi drivers in Cambodia, and my free-enterprise principles

Thu, 07 Oct 2004

Using WEP and compatibility issues
Link to PHP manual
New feature at Google: Google Sets

Wed, 06 Oct 2004

Booting a computer off a Compact Flash card

Sat, 02 Oct 2004

I have started checking my page with w3c's "validator"

Fri, 01 Oct 2004

Slashdot page wioth many links to .css info

Wed, 29 Sep 2004

What *does* "Ducky" mean in jpgs?
Possible excuse for Rather's forged Bush memo

Tue, 28 Sep 2004

Harper's has an optimistic view of Iraq
Dealing with embedded comments in JPG files

Mon, 27 Sep 2004

Slashdot discussion on resources for homebrew hardware hackers
Various photographs around Phnom Penh

Sun, 26 Sep 2004

dyndns.org and getting DNS service on a small website
The hostage murders in Iraq, and the Star Wars Deathstar
An update on the Pocki MP3 player, and some thoughts about using it
Speculation about asteroid impact measures

Fri, 24 Sep 2004

The maikimo.net weblog
Browsing using the Unix "links" text-window browser

Tue, 21 Sep 2004

Who was really responsible for Beslan?

Mon, 20 Sep 2004

The "British National Corpus" -- database of samples of English usage
US has lost more than fifty nuclear devices over the years

Sat, 18 Sep 2004

Chinese TV and learning Chinese; social forces and vocabulary
Small, low-power servers -- hardware ideas
The only justification for Star Wars Episode 1 (The Phantom Menace)

Thu, 16 Sep 2004

Prozac's link to suicide

Tue, 14 Sep 2004

Connecting multiple screens and keyboards to one computer
Why network switches don't defend the network from sniffing attacks
What does the word for "bed" really mean?
Why is there so much noise on PC sound inputs?

Sun, 12 Sep 2004

Osama Bin Laden is Emmanuel Goldstein
Carlito's Way -- shootout scene

Thu, 09 Sep 2004

The rationale for Windows NTFS "alternate data streams"
Trial versions of database servers available for free download

Tue, 07 Sep 2004

Schwarzenegger's comments about Austrian occupation

Sun, 05 Sep 2004

The bloodbath at Beslan in Russia
Destroying America in order to save it, revisited

Sat, 04 Sep 2004

Maurice Bauhahn's "FAQ and Resources" page on Khmer revisited.
The Pocki MP3 player (128 MB) -- review
Counterfeiting by governments
"Stealth mud" in a Phnom Penh rainstorm

Fri, 03 Sep 2004

Using Microsoft Access to handle data on a MySQL server
Using your cellphone on an aircraft
Learning to read

Wed, 01 Sep 2004

Some evidence for my doubling theory in Cambodian
Suicide bombers and their advantages

Mon, 30 Aug 2004

Computers for travellers -- handtops or what?

Sat, 28 Aug 2004

The problem of noise in Phnom Penh
Why Khmer often uses two words that mean the same thing

Thu, 26 Aug 2004

Why can't you set access privileges on your phone?

Tue, 24 Aug 2004

More on Windows NT "Alternate Data Streams"

Mon, 23 Aug 2004

Flying Bangkok -- Phnom Penh

Fri, 20 Aug 2004

Two pro photographers in Phnom Penh

Thu, 19 Aug 2004

The Windows "On-Screen Keyboard" useful for Khmer
Windows 2000/XP "Private Character Editor" PCD

Wed, 18 Aug 2004

Keyloggers -- actual product page
Humidity in Asia and airplanes

Tue, 17 Aug 2004

A couple of hints on perl
"Slipstreaming" (again) -- integrating service packs into a Windows install
Cygwin -- free software package to provide Unix utilities under Windows

Mon, 16 Aug 2004

Database normalization
How to use Linux to make encrypted phone calls
Windows "access control lists" compared with Unix permissions
Asians give priority to people occupying a place, even if they're in the way

Wed, 11 Aug 2004

A little more info on tattoos in Thailand
Interesting audio software utilities

Sun, 08 Aug 2004

Good discussion of Windows spyware and its removal on Slashdot

Sat, 07 Aug 2004

Tiny Linux hardware
Still bugs in my print format
Using ntbackup in a batch file
Microsoft adds insane feature to firewall in XP SP2
Problems with Windows XP SP2?
Aids testing in Thailand: text of Nation article

Tue, 03 Aug 2004

New Sony Minidisc range offers audio *uploading* finally
Standards for romanizing Thai text

Sun, 01 Aug 2004

How to remove files from Windows
New attractive lights on Pattaya Beach
The meaning of a tattoo on a girl in Thailand

Sat, 31 Jul 2004

More on Thai shoe sizes
Things to bring: Money and related items
Irritating problem with the HTML "pre" tag
Added feature to display writeback Google hits as .html

Fri, 30 Jul 2004

How to make an IE-free Windows 2000
Checking how Google is indexing my site
Link to teach-yourself-sh guide on the web

Thu, 29 Jul 2004

My site did indeed get spammed

Tue, 27 Jul 2004

The assassination of John Lennon
Links to pool theory guides
Multiport network interface cards (NICs)
Pesky Google and my writeback pages

Mon, 26 Jul 2004

Puzzling improvement in my Thai
Buying shoes in Thailand
Printing-format "flavor" seems OK now
A bus trip from Pattaya to Sriracha: "IT City"

Sun, 25 Jul 2004

Have set my individual postings to use the "nofollow" tag

Sat, 24 Jul 2004

Microsoft broke TCP/IP standards: faster for Microsoft, slower for others

Fri, 23 Jul 2004

Aids testing in Thailand
Seemingly you can embed truetype fonts directly
Doubts about the recently-released video showing 9-11 hijackers
How to break into webservers

Thu, 22 Jul 2004

"Multiverse theory" from Propagandamatrix.com
The real reason why rich Thais go gambling

Tue, 20 Jul 2004

"I Robot" with Will Smith and credits to Isaac Asimov

Mon, 19 Jul 2004

Good tutorial on using WEFT for embedded fonts
Why is most advertising aimed at *selling* you stuff, not *buying*?

Sun, 18 Jul 2004

The inevitable progression of the Khmer language

Sat, 17 Jul 2004

How to get a mechanical or electronic design fabricated

Thu, 15 Jul 2004

What to do if your server does not allow shell access
The "Wikipedia" has an interesting entry on Khmer
Seeing bats in Phnom Penh

Tue, 13 Jul 2004

Installing Oracle on Red Hat Linux Fedora, *not* Enterprise AS

Mon, 12 Jul 2004

Relative charges for colocation/hosting in USA and Cambodia
Modafinil (Provigil) -- a drug for wakefulness without a high
Another bug in my print-format flavour

Sun, 11 Jul 2004

NASA had scheme for saucer-shaped craft -- in 1999
Router with two WAN ports connects to cable and DSL simultaneously
The Javascript wonders of Google's search page
Weird similarities between Cambodian and French
Automate backups on Linux -- useful shell script examples

Sat, 10 Jul 2004

Now added print format "flavour" as option for all blog pages

Thu, 08 Jul 2004

How to make .png files work with *transparency* in Internet Explorer

Tue, 06 Jul 2004

The real reason for the accelerated handover in Iraq
How to delete the Administrator account in Windows

Sun, 04 Jul 2004

What good is it to provide computers?

Sat, 03 Jul 2004

Minor observation about Lord of the Rings movies
My suspicions about Joan Bakewell interview

Fri, 02 Jul 2004

Drat that pesky frightening "certificate" message in HTTPS
The evolution of how we see
Creating text documents for publication
How to find sex sites on the Internet

Wed, 30 Jun 2004

Some info on trackbacks

Mon, 28 Jun 2004

Public toilets near palace now look tidier
Homeland Security Admits WMD Found In Smallville

Sun, 27 Jun 2004

O tempora, o mores -- Larry King and CNN promos
Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9-11"
Writebacks enabled again

Sat, 26 Jun 2004

Detecting collusion in pool championships -- my theory of games
Movie "Two Brothers" opens in USA
The name "Al Qaeda" chosen by someone not native Arab speaker?
What does "consciousness" mean?
An introduction to Danny's Weblog

Fri, 25 Jun 2004

The problem of land reform in Thailand

Thu, 24 Jun 2004

Why are people who use cellphones so disturbing?
Privacy endangered in Canada says Commissioner
Using the "screen" utility on a Unix computer

Wed, 23 Jun 2004

How to call a US 800 number from Cambodia
Unnecessary services in Windows XP
Why predators are grouchy about their territory

Tue, 22 Jun 2004

Website selling Cambodian-language books and course material
Why do we put up with bad video quality?

Mon, 21 Jun 2004

How to avoid getting infested *while* you're installing Windows

Sun, 20 Jun 2004

Good overview of how to handle spyware infestations

Sat, 19 Jun 2004

Comparing the efficiency of one language with another
Thaiwebsites.com -- search engine and web directory
Michael Jackson and Cambodians
Why are recreational drugs illegal?

Fri, 18 Jun 2004

Why do Cambodians pay money to go to school?

Wed, 16 Jun 2004

Another improved Windows text editor
Use "g4u" software to easily save an image of your hard disk to an ftp server
Why I still think I'm a right-winger
Don't try to recover an NT4 disk on an XP system

Sun, 13 Jun 2004

More about movie "City of Ghosts": Sebastian Blockley

Sat, 12 Jun 2004

Movie review: City of Ghosts (2002)

Fri, 11 Jun 2004

Dealing with html mail in elm
No web hosting inside Cambodia?
How to make money by controlling both sides of a deal

Thu, 10 Jun 2004

Using a Mac as a public terminal in an internet cafe
Perverse incentives in Phnom Penh

Wed, 09 Jun 2004

The torture in Abu Ghraib is the same as the torture in US prisons
Figured out why Proxomitron stopped working
Use a single floppy to completely erase your hard disk

Tue, 08 Jun 2004

Economies of scale when bumping off inconvenient people
Plots that only work in a movie
Dictionary order for the Khmer "sanyook sanyaa" diacritic/vowel
Prop guns in movies

Sun, 06 Jun 2004

The Windows 2000 Resource Kit tools
The blasted capslock key
Poverty and charity in Asia

Thu, 03 Jun 2004

What are those damn slogans they print on T-shirts *good for*?
Making your own version of Knoppix
Credit cards from US banks are much less secure than those from elsewhere

Tue, 01 Jun 2004

Proxomitron mysteriously stopped working
The diary of a porn publisher

Mon, 31 May 2004

"robots.txt" checker
The deal that governments offer

Sun, 30 May 2004

The password to launch US ICBMs was "0000000"
"Halflife" and the Buddha
World strategy guide

Sat, 29 May 2004

Where is my beautiful flying car?
Medical service administration -- open-source software
How to set up Oracle under Linux

Thu, 27 May 2004

Chart showing features of various blog software packages
How to check if your PC has been caught sending spam

Mon, 24 May 2004

Bush, and USA, have totally lost credibility
"Brooklyn Project" by William Tenn
Ranma 1/2 -- a very strange Japanese anime

Sun, 23 May 2004

Tracking down trojans if SpyBot doesn't work

Sat, 22 May 2004

More confirmation that credit-card companies don't care about fraud
Microcontroller kits available
Phlogivity -- or an inverse theory of gravity
Mindstorm (2000, 2001) -- sci-fi

Thu, 20 May 2004

Correction re Linux for SE Asia

Wed, 19 May 2004

Using the Mac with foreign languages
Announcement in today's Bangkok Post about Linux for SE Asia
Webpage with links to umpteen Cambodian fonts
Album software for creating image albums
Some problems with AC power in Phnom Penh
Freeware news servers
Two more illuminating examples of horrible hygiene in Phnom Penh

Tue, 18 May 2004

The "Flynn Effect" -- IQ test scores are steadily rising
An analysis of the Nick Berg "decapitation" video
Another option for "disposable" credit cards
How to download to disk *all* current patches for your Windows operating system

Mon, 17 May 2004

Website with viruses available for downloading
More about the terminal server concept
More handy howtos for Apache .htaccess file
No, I *didn't* fix the quotes problem
Another thought about the pyramids
A couple more thoughts about Abu Ghraib and Nicholas Berg

Sun, 16 May 2004

Fixed quotes in Mozilla?

Fri, 14 May 2004

Fixes I need to carry out
The beheading of Nicholas Berg
An interesting experiment to demonstrate the existence of parallel worlds
Good Slashdot discussion of ACLU fight
Have now set site to reject some robots

Thu, 13 May 2004

More good Apache rewriting links

Wed, 12 May 2004

Some links about my aliens/anaesthesia posting

Tue, 11 May 2004

Hardware mods to Nintendo Gameboy Advance
How to catch someone who steals your PC/laptop

Sun, 09 May 2004

A boring explanation for the "kidnapped by space aliens" thing

Sat, 08 May 2004

Lists of basic words a beginner should know
More thoughts on Abu Ghraib scandal
How to attract people to your site

Fri, 07 May 2004

The issue of anti-semitism
Interesting paranoid take on Al Qaeda

Thu, 06 May 2004

Recent allegations of US abuses at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq
Bug in this site's display code for comments using <q>
Why the US is doomed

Tue, 04 May 2004

Alternate Data Streams in Windows NT/2000/XP NTFS
How to fix Internet Explorer starting up with only title bar

Mon, 03 May 2004

Are we lizards or butterflies?

Sun, 02 May 2004

Example website using Unicode for Khmer
Setting registry key permissions to prevent trojan installs
How to find what Perl modules are installed on your system

Fri, 30 Apr 2004

US-based Cambodian translator's web page
The ACLU fights in a secret court

Thu, 29 Apr 2004

Special Forces -- made-for-tv-movie on Star Movies channel
Providing Macromedia Flash content on a webpage with Ming

Wed, 28 Apr 2004

Dictionary order in Cambodian
Slashdot discussion on what software to add to a new Windows install
"Khmer Grammar" book

Tue, 27 Apr 2004

Free editor software instead of Notepad
Interesting site rates search engines

Mon, 26 Apr 2004

Speed up blasted Acrobat 6
Tips on using the Unix command line -- syntax for "locate" utility
Tips on using the Unix command line -- Fixing a broken shell
Tips on using the Unix command line -- Acting on a list of files

Sun, 25 Apr 2004

Ted Koppel on the dangers of the Patriot Act
Updates available for Windows 2000
How to put paragraph separators in "reg_sz" Windows Registry text fields

Sat, 24 Apr 2004

Small free download for photo editing
Reasons to avoid Microsoft
Efreem's political website
Where to find Internet Explorer updates at microsoft.com

Fri, 23 Apr 2004

Website for old versions of software
Voight-Kampff test administered to SF candidates

Thu, 22 Apr 2004

General review of books for people learning Thai

Wed, 21 Apr 2004

The war in the USA
Microsoft SQL Server available as free download
How to find out when people do a search on your name in Google
Hasbro releases downloadable PDFs of their "Monopoly" money

Tue, 20 Apr 2004

Phrases that are used by the waiter
Bomb found on ferry from Koh Kong
Perl tip: using modules on a server where you are not root
Site download limit exceeded again

Mon, 19 Apr 2004

Why do rich people get more justice?
A woman's life

Sat, 17 Apr 2004

Good page with reviews of minidisc recorders used for audio reporting

Fri, 16 Apr 2004

More notes on Cambodian New Year

Thu, 15 Apr 2004

The Nokia Ngage gets phased out by a new model
The legal status of corporations, compared with that of people
Why did the US Revolutionary War happen?
The proceedings of the 9/11 commission
Update on Cambodian New Year

Wed, 14 Apr 2004

Recent trip Pattaya to Phnom Penh via Koh Kong
Changed size of main entry page; added trailer at end of articles

Tue, 13 Apr 2004

Using datacenter-style racks
Some hosting services which include shell/ssh access
A step forward in my understanding of Khmer
The Cambodian New Year festival

Mon, 12 Apr 2004

Hidden political themes in US movies
Hidden info in pdf files, and other properties of pdf files

Sun, 11 Apr 2004

A trip to Phnom Penh Airport
How to set up Win 2K or Win XP to use ntp
Using the PDF format to display Cambodian text

Sat, 10 Apr 2004

The gentle rain that falleth from heaven
Some extra features I need to implement for search engines

Fri, 09 Apr 2004

Learning the Cambodian alphabet, and thinking about literacy
Good Slashdot article about network sniffers and other test eqpt

Thu, 08 Apr 2004

The madness of crowds and flocking theory

Wed, 07 Apr 2004

Getting directions in a strange town

Tue, 06 Apr 2004

Getting laptops to work with Linux
Good overview of setting up Linux networks with dumb clients
Paranoia like mine
Using tape azimuth as a simple cipher/steganography trick

Mon, 05 Apr 2004

Sodium/potassium balance as a cause of cluster headaches

Sat, 03 Apr 2004

FBI translator testifies to Sep. 11 commission
Bad diet: I get weak not fat

Fri, 02 Apr 2004

The Thais and their strange fear of deet
More info about the eMobile SIM-usb adapter

Thu, 01 Apr 2004

The mysteries of the Sphinx

Wed, 31 Mar 2004

Different ageing patterns in Asians and Westerners
Some progress with SIM-usb adapters

Tue, 30 Mar 2004

Putty setup -- some tips

Mon, 29 Mar 2004

The Earth's magnetic field
More efficient way of using water to raise blocks for the Pyramids

Sun, 28 Mar 2004

Clueless cyclo drivers
Free software to learn Thai typing

Sat, 27 Mar 2004

Acquiring a working cellphone in Cambodia
Most movies use model helicopters
Ineffectual ratcatchers
Now the Dept of Homeland Security is proposing a blacklist
Madboot -- free bootable floppy or CD for recovery or automated installs
"50 First Dates" with Adam Sandler
I have sneakily started predating postings
Site limit triggered on 2004-03-25
Don't trust your hotel fridge

Fri, 26 Mar 2004

Cambodian deforestation -- Thais up to their old tricks?
Weird peeing scene in family movie

Thu, 25 Mar 2004

How do Asians stand the heat?
Cambodian-character keyboards available
The Kuntheary hairdressing salon on St. 63 in Phnom Penh

Tue, 23 Mar 2004

What were Bush's motivations for invading Iraq?
Sample webpage using Cambodian font

Sun, 21 Mar 2004

The Foreign Correspondents' Club on Sisowath in Phnom Penh
SalvageNTFS, free NTFS data-recovery tool
How to create a webpage using Khmer fonts

Sat, 20 Mar 2004

Nerd uses huge electric, magnetic forces, smooshes coins

Fri, 19 Mar 2004

Increased number of articles displayed
Download for SIM-USB adapter does not work

Sun, 14 Mar 2004

Does learning a language pay off?
Download limit triggered again

Thu, 11 Mar 2004

Virtual dedicated servers
Making money off the Internet the old-fashioned way: porn
The e-Mobile SIM card reader with USB interface

Wed, 10 Mar 2004

The movie "The Long Kiss Goodnight"

Mon, 08 Mar 2004

Good page for reviews of bars in Phnom Penh
Nice website with links to Linux distributions

Sun, 07 Mar 2004

Good Slashdot article on Spyware

Sat, 06 Mar 2004

C. S. Lewis' Narnia stories and parallel worlds
Various quibbles about Saving Private Ryan
Children have the right to...
Investing in movies
When loved ones are missing
How to say "Sure!" in Cambodian
Bizarro cartoon about the "War Against Terrorism"
Safety awareness in Phnom Penh
The Star Trek transporter, and infantry tactics
What were airplanes ever actually good for?
The Panasonic DMR-E100H digital video recorder
Ecommerce for small companies
How is Sihanouk's ideology defined?
Features we actually need in digital cameras
Is "appropriacy" really appropriate?
Useful phrases for shoeshine boys
Respecting people
Maybe IE6 SP1 does not squelch your security settings

Tue, 02 Mar 2004

Yet more info on using Khmer fonts
Adobe Reader 6.0 now contains spyware
More info about using Cambodian fonts

Mon, 01 Mar 2004

Use links intended for PDAs for faster browsing
Life in Cambodia makes you more more radical?
Data structures used for dictionaries
Progress with using Cambodian fonts
The bigamous Hmong, and marriage
William Shawcross's "Sideshow"
Added section for my unpublished letters

Sat, 28 Feb 2004

Field Programmable Gate Arrays for funand no profit

Wed, 25 Feb 2004

Observations in an English-language class
What did Osama bin Laden actually *say* his motives were?
Windows *never* lets you see certain file extensions
The strategy of patterning, and the falling population in Western countries

Mon, 23 Feb 2004

Want to *create* a custom t-shirt?
Buchanan article opposes war in Iraq and neocons in general

Sun, 22 Feb 2004

Interesting trick used by spammers

Thu, 19 Feb 2004

People still can't figure out my email address
Update on Sisowath toilets
Today removed restriction on mp3s

Wed, 18 Feb 2004

The Sisowath Street area
Pesky spam via Google
Internet cafes busy now in Phnom Penh

Sun, 15 Feb 2004

Booting a PC from a USB memory device
"Bart's Preinstalled Environment" (BartPE): Boot a CD to Windows

Sat, 14 Feb 2004

Bandwidth limit exceeded on 2004-02-12

Wed, 11 Feb 2004

How to install English-language help files on a Thai version of Windows 98 (W98)
Installing Windows 98 (W98) on an old laptop
How to deal with customers
The implications of Orwell's term "Big Brother"

Tue, 10 Feb 2004

Fundamentals of game design
How to boot your PC off a USB disk

Mon, 09 Feb 2004

What can Bush's real plan *possibly* be?

Sun, 08 Feb 2004

Learning to read Thai: analogy to declarative computer languages

Thu, 05 Feb 2004

What to do when Google shows you a link but the website blocks you

Wed, 04 Feb 2004

Groundhog Day
What does the barcode on the back of a US driver's license mean?
What should our strategy be on the development of drug-resistant strains?
Acronyms we'd like to see dept
Who really made your laptop?
Motorcycle safety helmets in Thailand -- report in "The Nation"

Tue, 03 Feb 2004

Lord of the Rings
Thingstobring: If you're going to use an internet cafe
The three common PC case screws described
US presidential candidate Dean's much-publicized "primary scream"

Mon, 02 Feb 2004

References on using .htaccess in Apache
New element discovered; provides background for good joke
What value does intelligence anaysis have now?
The war in Iraq and its effect on US uniforms
Tones and stress in English
Bangkok Post Letters 2004-02-02
Things to bring: Clothes

Sun, 01 Feb 2004

Found reason for exceeding download limit
Download of mp3 files temporarily disabled
This weblog exceeded bandwidth limit on 2004-02-01
General reason to oppose massive police-state databases
Google appears to no longer be indexing my compilation pages

Sat, 31 Jan 2004

Things to bring: drugs and toiletries
Things to bring: Map of Bangkok
Nicholas Kristof's recent Poi Pet prostitution articles
Added a "today" feature
What happens when you eat an unbalanced diet?

Fri, 30 Jan 2004

Funny new spamming trick by "www.pornwizzard.com"
Steal elections by getting absentee ballots in nursing homes
Info about textbook publishing in USA

Thu, 29 Jan 2004

Another interesting bug in IE
Bird flu and the coverup in Thailand

Wed, 28 Jan 2004

Javascript one-liner to check the actual URL you're looking at
Is there any evidence that Dr Kelly committed suicide?

Tue, 27 Jan 2004

US Federal judge rules some parts of Patriot Act unconstitutional
How to write a resume
Perlmonks.org -- good free site for perl info

Mon, 26 Jan 2004

Review of "English-Thai Bar Guide"
My server was overloaded by Google again

Sun, 25 Jan 2004

More Slashdot discussion of the spam/mailto problem
Excellent overview of the whole sorry .PNG problem
Cookies and IE6's "privacy policy"
The IE URL bug, revisited

Sat, 24 Jan 2004

9/11 passenger jets had fly-by-wire?
High-fidelity portable digital recording
My proposal re software patents

Fri, 23 Jan 2004

A third posting about Paycheck
My idea for using aerogel
Maybe bathrooms are unsafe everywhere, not just Asia
More nasty TV graphics

Thu, 22 Jan 2004

Comment on Bush State of Union Speech
Iraq war cost compared to Mars mission
Googlebot reindexing my site
New "favorites" icon feature
Small clarification for anyone actually wanting to email me
Mixing Suns and PC hardware
Newsflash: Microsoft secretly providing security software to Apple

Wed, 21 Jan 2004

We'll never come in your mouth

Mon, 19 Jan 2004

Someone else sees the limited-liability-company concept as harmful
Trying to cut down Google hits

Sun, 18 Jan 2004

Do we need meatspace laws for online behavior?
Fears about stability of US currency

Sat, 17 Jan 2004

Male prostitute has excuse for killing farang client
Hopeless nerds and geeks only need apply
Now using Blosxom "readme" plugin
Paycheck, more thoughts
Trying to improve Google searches

Fri, 16 Jan 2004

Paycheck
Getting your mail at an Internet cafe

Thu, 15 Jan 2004

Jessica Lynch stars in "Wag the Dog"

Wed, 14 Jan 2004

Comparison of prepaid cellphone deals available in USA
The End of Eternity
From the "We're from the Government and we're here to help you" dept
Interesting statements about Thais in Bangkok Post
New US Passenger Risk Database
I have recently been spending far too much time watching cable
War in Iraq *only* a strategic mistake?
Access to this site temporarily disabled

Tue, 13 Jan 2004

The LondonSpectator 2004-01-10 p12 "Speed cameras..."

Mon, 12 Jan 2004

Link to document with discussion of history of Khmer fonts on computers
Link to old but good page with Thai localization issues
Humanoid robots derided as weapons platform

Sun, 11 Jan 2004

The Iraq invasion in a nutshell
Another point about terrorism in Thailand's southern provinces

Sat, 10 Jan 2004

Disgusting hygiene standards, Thai-style

Fri, 09 Jan 2004

Article about "political correctness" under Hun Sen
International Herald Tribune 2004-01-09 p3 "As Khmers' end..."
Is President Bush the Antichrist or just a doofus?
The recent terrorism in Thailand's southern provinces
Now politicians promise "jobs"
Recent suspected SARS cases in Asia
Colloquial Thai
Terrible ad for Khmer teacher

Thu, 08 Jan 2004

The end of job security

Wed, 07 Jan 2004

Review of "Thai for English-Speaking Learners"
Good stuff sometimes in Scientific American
Scenes I'd like to See

Mon, 05 Jan 2004

Amusing free font for Thai-like English text
AIDS heresy
Good discussion on Knoppix and system maintenance
Essay about "what you can't say"

Sun, 04 Jan 2004

Using Cambodian fonts in Windows 2000
Another guy who thinks like me about software contracts
Another argument for *acting on* paranoid guesswork
Good page explaining toefl options
Another guy's blog on Cambodia/Phnom Penh

Sat, 03 Jan 2004

Using ATM cards in Asia
Reasons for coming to Thailand
Good book about the practical realities of Angkor

Fri, 02 Jan 2004

Did writing come before speech?
The Thagomizer lives
Unfortunate translations department

Thu, 01 Jan 2004

Saving Private Tootsie
Learning Thai
Good references for Unix/Windows shell programming
Another of my weird ideas -- why don't animal dens stink?

Tue, 30 Dec 2003

Hygiene standards in Cambodia
Michael Crichton's lecture about the faith in LGMs and faith in science
Format of Open Office files
This guy thinks the same as me about climate doom

Sun, 28 Dec 2003

The soul of a new space robot
Video hardware that works with Linux
What to know about getting that wat picture

Sat, 27 Dec 2003

What is a good British accent

Fri, 26 Dec 2003

More pics of Phnom Penh
Cute list of MySQL "gotchas"

Thu, 25 Dec 2003

Understanding prices in Cambodian
Watching Muay Thai, and Thai fakery
BP 2003-12-24 "Thai pimp basher gets six years in jail"
How to handle intruders
How to do caffeine
Why does corruption persist in Thailand?

Wed, 24 Dec 2003

Why was this universe created?

Tue, 23 Dec 2003

ISP's could be even worse than they are today
Ocean's 11 -- more problems

Mon, 22 Dec 2003

Ocean's 11 -- problems with this and similar heist movies
Another example of consonant/vowel interaction in English
Forrest Gump -- my interpretation
The Breed -- interesting vampire movie with alternate-world setting
The melancholy reality of fps games

Sun, 21 Dec 2003

Update on irritating alphabetization

Fri, 19 Dec 2003

Incorrect number of articles shown on this site
Irritating alphabetization in romanized dictionaries
Basic problems with capitalism
General issue on paranoid conspiracy theories

Tue, 16 Dec 2003

Why can't we say certain combinations of consonants?
Common errors in movies: guns, infantry etc
Proposal for unique names for everything
Interesting bug in Internet Explorer

Mon, 15 Dec 2003

The hero's buddies in a thriller movie
Post-apocalyptic landscapes in movies, compared to Phnom Penh
Suggested solution for cellphones in movie theaters
Phrasebooks and your *own* cuisine
Comparison of British and American planning styles

Sat, 13 Dec 2003

Some new pictures taken around Phnom Penh

Fri, 12 Dec 2003

Overview of Cambodia trip in August 2003

Thu, 11 Dec 2003

Good site for utilities for foreign-language keyboards

Wed, 10 Dec 2003

Formmail is usually buggy and insecure
Recovering a Windows system up to W98

Mon, 08 Dec 2003

Some test phrases now uploaded for students of Cambodian
I uploaded a lot of articles on 2003-12-08
Would Thais and Cambodians read more if the words were separated?
A river road is unfortunately faster because there are no cross streets.
"What's puzzlin' you is the nature of my game"
Who is free in jail?
A simple plan for incumbents
Why don't movies present basic facts about Christianity correctly?
Optimization, balance and islands of stability
What schools are for, part 37
"That's just the way it is -- but don't you believe it"
Luke Rinehart's "The Dice Game"
Why so many TV shows with magic and karate?
Why don't jobless men riot these days?
Why is the fan always on in my hotel room?
Thaksin's astonishingly large noggin
Why do drug smugglers conceal drugs so carefully?
The curious innocuousness of insults like "limey" and "nigger" etc
How do you handle a non-divisible inheritance?
Language as data compression
Same as the old boss
Advanced technology used to be its own learning aid
Why is there so much hatred for Thai people among Cambodians?
Pronouns, countable nouns and Asian languages
No cheap phone calls in Cambodia
How do poor people leave home?

Sun, 07 Dec 2003

I was mistaken about the 7.65 caliber
Inconsistencies in the accounts of Bush's actions on 9/11
The result of the invasion of Afghanistan

Tue, 02 Dec 2003

Website for people learning Thai
Interesting product for publicly accessible computers
Interesting argument for why companies actually release their code in GPL

Sun, 30 Nov 2003

Who decides how many criminals we need?

Sat, 29 Nov 2003

My kind of rant
Using Netcat to phone home
Some notes on Cambodia trip

Fri, 28 Nov 2003

Why do movies sstill have credits?

Sat, 15 Nov 2003

Good article on prostitution in Thailand
Sorry -- writebacks disabled

Tue, 11 Nov 2003

Good page of things to bring or organize before going to Cambodia
Privoxy -- an interesting alternative to Proxomitron
An old but still interesting guide to Angkor

Sat, 08 Nov 2003

Matrix Revolutions

Fri, 07 Nov 2003

Improving security on standalone W9x systems

Sat, 01 Nov 2003

The dream of Ashcroft
Microsoft products and security
Learning the Cambodian language

Thu, 30 Oct 2003

Easier backups
Apple's "Netboot" feature for securing public terminals
What voting is for
How can you tell good acting? -- Philip Seymour Hoffman
"The Recruit" with Al Pacino -- and "argument from authority"
Why do women choose abusive mates?
Website gives full instructions for creating bootable W2K CDs
the Nation: Prostitution and elephants (2003-10-30, pp 5A, 17A, 18A

Wed, 29 Oct 2003

Cool site has software to build a recovery disk
Eternal truth about taxi drivers
Long filenames considered harmful
The inevitable persistence of exploitative societies

Tue, 28 Oct 2003

Peculiar changes detected on White House website

Sun, 26 Oct 2003

Free downloadable technical books

Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Another difficulty in pronouncing English
Rush Limbaugh -- Newsweek's report compared to treatment of other drug users
Interesting new idea on spam protection

Fri, 24 Oct 2003

How to install Microsoft's "IME" utility to use Japanese characters in Windows

Thu, 23 Oct 2003

X10 declares bankruptcy -- what to do?
Minolta Dimage X review

Wed, 22 Oct 2003

Spammers have "pink contracts" with "reputable" ISPs
Very cool hacks of Linux running on the Linksys Wrt54g cable/WiFi box

Tue, 21 Oct 2003

My speculation about the "Bicameral Mind" hypothesis
How do you build a datacenter?