Monthly Archives: January, 2008
What Klas does for a photograph
Klas takes some great pictures. He’s been doing a lot with his fish-eye lens recently and judging by his angle taking this shot this picture is no exception.
Nice Guest House – Phnom Penh, Cambodia
The one night we spent in Phnom Penh, Cambodia was at the Nice Guest House. It was $10 for the night. The room was fairly close to the Royal Palace but we did catch a ride instead of walking. The hotel claims internet, overseas calls, motorcycle, bicycles, laundry service. All rooms have a window …
Get some money back from diamonds
Have you bought a diamond in the last 13 years? I have. Three. One on an engagement ring and two on earrings. Well, it turns out that there’s a nice little class action lawsuit against DeBeers for their inflation of the value of diamonds. Seems like it almost rains money when i really decide to …
Progress on our resolution
Our resolution is to become completely debt free this year (well, except for mortgages). We’ve been doing quite well even though we’re only two weeks into the year. We’ve both set up budgets that allow us to make huge payments on our loans. My budget does not include income from the bike shop, DJing, web …
One of our cats got frostbite
Ollie got frostbite some time just before Kevin arrived on the 22nd. His ear tips were black so i thought maybe he had been under some car or truck and gotten oily. Closer inspection showed that one of his ear tips was actually blistered and both had a deep red hue with the black. Then …
Scrabulous
Bailee and Skye were playing some sort of online Scrabble game while they were visiting. Cena invited me to a game of it and now i’m hooked. Well, not hooked – but always looking forward to my next turn. This is kind of like people playing chess over long distances – “correspondence chess” where you …
Doing surveys for free stuff
I don’t think doing surveys will ever replace real income but i still do them every now and then. I have always liked filling out forms so the prospect of doing that with a potential reward is pretty great. Most of the services i have seen offer a drawing of those that participate. Ugh. What …
Me and my Instructables Robot shirt
I have won four Instructables robots shirts. One gray one for me, a plum one for Cena, a green Halloween one, and a tan one is on the way in the mail right now. I brought the gray one with me on our trip to Southeast Asia after someone asked where people had worn their …
Garbage can from old tires
While in Phnom Penh, Cambodia we saw these kettle-like garbage cans that upon closer inspection were actually pieces from rubber tires. Most areas in Vietnam and Cambodia did not even have public garbage cans – trash was left right on the street and picked up by sanitation crews in the evenings.
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