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June 30, 2005
Drifting Falling
Far beneath the ship
The world is mourning
They don't realize
He's alive
No one understands
But Major Tom sees
Now the life commands
This is my home
I'm coming home
Posted by glyphic at 01:23 AM
June 29, 2005
Google Earth
Super-cool satellite imagery program. Download it now at Google Earth.
I recommend Terraserver if you want to check out satellite images of American cities. Higher-res images and no additional software required.
Posted by glyphic at 04:51 AM | Comments (3)
June 26, 2005
Kiwi Animals
Posted by glyphic at 07:50 PM
June 25, 2005
A Buddhist Temple on the Coast of Korea
Posted by glyphic at 07:58 PM | Comments (2)
June 24, 2005
Hang up.
My opinion? Most people can't drive to begin with; why let them speed around in 2 tons of steel while thinking about something other than driving?
WASHINGTON — Detailed new research shows that using a cell phone behind the wheel is a key cause of traffic accidents and that hand-free devices provide little safety benefit, federal officials told an international automotive safety gathering Wednesday.
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But whether drivers use a hand-held device or not, "phone use degraded both driving performance and vehicle control," said NHTSA's Elizabeth Mazzae.
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NHTSA officials have expressed concern that hands-free devices can give drivers a false sense of security, when research has shown that it is the act of conversation that leads to distraction and inattentive driver behavior.
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The federal research presented Wednesday adds to a growing body of studies that suggest hands-free cell-phone systems will not deliver the safety benefits automakers and legislators hoped for.
In 2003, for example, University of Utah professor David Strayer found cell-phone conversations can lead to a kind of "inattention blindness," as drivers fail to recognize objects or events in their field of view. Strayer found that drivers using hand-held and hands-free cell phones were equally impaired.
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Greg Rosinski is a Canton, Mich., resident who uses his cell's speaker phone function. He said studies about the dangers of cell phone use while driving tend to exaggerate.
"Having a baby or even another person in the car is just as distracting," said Rosinski, a former account representative for a cell phone company. "I don't buy any of this scare tactics stuff. Cell phones are no more a cause of accidents than someone applying mascara or eating in the car."
Thanks to Glasstrack for the link.
Posted by glyphic at 11:43 PM | Comments (1)
June 22, 2005
Doing it right
I didn't know Jason's friend Charlie Tuttle. He answered his cell phone before handing it off to Jason so I could tell him I wasn't going to make it out to Vegas last March. But I gotta give him credit for the way he chose to live out his last days: gambling it up in Vegas and Atlantic City in good company. When my time comes, I want to be out there having a blast, getting my chips in while I'm ahead.
Posted by glyphic at 05:08 PM
Driving New Zealand
Posted by glyphic at 03:37 AM | Comments (2)
Medical Clinics in Seoul
I'm glad I can take care of all my medical needs in the same building.
Posted by glyphic at 03:15 AM | Comments (2)
I got Wil Wheaton'd
No, I didn't have KK cracked twice in a tournament. Somewhere between Osaka and Westport I came down with a cold or infection that made its presence known a couple nights ago and pretty much put glacier-walking off the itinerary. We decided to cut the travels short and head back home.
I was definitely ill: at one point on the drive home through Arthur's Pass I couldn't make it across the car park without feeling too cold and miserable to continue; once back into Christchurch we ran into several of my sister's flatmates and friends, many of whom were dressed in t-shirts while I had on four layers of warm clothing.
Today's been spent in and out of bed, drinking fluids and keeping warm. I'd like to note that this is the third time this year I've come down with something. It may be time to quit smoking.
After Vegas, of course.
Posted by glyphic at 03:03 AM | Comments (4)
June 16, 2005
Buzzed in Osaka
Maybe that third beer wasn't such a good idea, but I've managed to spend the first 3 hours of my 6 hour layover in Osaka doing what I do best: spending time on the Internet, smoking cigarettes, and drinking beer. I should put some money in my PokerRoom account so I can play some Java-based Hold'em.
Like the Incheon (Seoul) airport, the Osaka airport has these smoking areas and Internet kiosks. Anyone who's had to wait for the next flight in an airport can understand that these things, and $5 draft beer, can help pass the time adequately. If my friggin' laptop hadn't died, I could also be making (or losing) some big bets playing at Party Poker's Bad Beat Jackpot tables. Ah well. One can't have everything.
But having my laptop with me also would have also enabled me to avoid using this goddamn Japanese keyboard. There's extra keys, and a colon key where the apostrophe should be. That makes typing all these conjunctions an exercise my Asahi-addled brain isn't completely equipped to handle. Good thing I have a modified type-A personality. I wouldn't want to foist misspellings and bizarre punctuation on my reading public.
Ah yes, one other nicety about the airport here in Osaka and the one in Incheon (Seoul) (which I keep wanting to spell as "Seould"): bathrooms for handicapped persons. I'm not handicapped (at least not in the way they would define it), but I can appreciate a bathroom where I have a toilet and sink all to my lonesome. I just wish I had more food in my system so I could take full advantage of them.
2.75 hours to go until my flight. You sleeping Americans go on and have a good time dreaming of waking up to an English-speaking world. I'll be joining you in 15 hours when I touch down in Auckland, New Zealand.
Posted by glyphic at 10:54 PM
Off to New Zealand
Goodbye, Seoul. Hello, Christchurch.
Posted by glyphic at 06:22 AM
June 13, 2005
Live Coverage of the WSOP
Just in case you've been hiding under a rock or overseas on a trip to Asia, you should know that this year's World Series of Poker is being live-blogged by the hardest working blogger in Vegas, Dr. Pauly. Go check out Tao of Poker for the latest from the floor.
Posted by glyphic at 09:35 AM
June 12, 2005
Who's That North Korean?
I love that hat.
Posted by glyphic at 09:20 PM | Comments (2)
June 06, 2005
Karaoke Night
White People Doing Karaoke
Asian People Doing Karaoke
Posted by glyphic at 06:32 AM | Comments (4)
June 05, 2005
Goddamn Comment Spam
It's a pain in the ass for you readers, but I'm going to require TypeKey registration for comments to prevent the deluge of spam I've been getting the past few days. Unfortunately I haven't quite figured out how to make it work, and at this point I don't care to figure it out, but hopefully I'll get it up sometime in the next month.
Posted by glyphic at 06:56 AM | Comments (5)