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Monthly Archives: October 2008

31 Oct

Lightbox 2 and problem solutions

I’ve been making some code changes to this site over the past week or so. The main change I’ve made is to the gallery when you click an image to see it larger. I’ve implemented the Lightbox 2 script. It’s really quite a nice script. I did have some issues with the base code and [...]

27 Oct

photography via bicycle

Riding around Seogwipo on my bicycle taking pictures. I’ve been riding around Seogwipo the last few weeks with my camera taking photographs. I’ve been taking macro images of oxidized paint for a new series. This was a little self portrait I shot along the way.

21 Oct

Vaccine Nation

I contemplated getting vaccinations before coming to Korea. Some people said you must get some, others said they have travelled here before and you didn’t need to get any. I decided not to, probably a big part of it being I didn’t have health insurance at the time and no doctors in the states really [...]

19 Oct

BumpTop Desktop Environment

I saw this somewhere recently looking for programming API’s. I thought it looked pretty interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised to see interfaces more like this on Apple and Windows operating systems soon. If you want to get more information on this, go here: BumpTop

10 Oct

Regional Information Control

All I can say is: “Fuck this shit”. I’m sure soon we’ll have to pay for access to information even more than we do now. What an upside down, messed up world we live in. I get this more and more visiting certain websites while living here in Korea.

07 Oct

Seogwipo Food Favorites

Yummy, yummy for my tummy. Sadly, I can’t remember the name of this restaurant in Korean. However, this is one of our favorite places to go. The place inside is nicely styled and they have handmade earthenware which they serve the wonderful food on. The sides are always delicious and fresh and they take the [...]