Monthly Archives: April 2008

Intermission: The Shins

After the Break…

Sony MDR-NC6 Noise-Cancelling Headphones

I bought these just before getting on an 11-hour plane ride to California from Seoul. Unfortunately, they don’t include the AAA battery needed for the noise canceling functionality, but they were handy for the plane ride none-the-less. Why were they useful on the plane still? Well, the NC6 headphones retained some noise-blocking functionality even though [...]

Caller I.D. Culture

Since its popular inception, by some estimates about ten years ago, Caller I.D. (the ability to see the phone number that is calling you) has changed the way we communicate. This seemingly simple convenience has turned communication on its ear and transformed its legions of tacit adopters (Caller I.D. was once exclusively a landline pay [...]

An Unfortunate Guide to Upgrading Ubuntu:

Springtime is when a young man’s fancy turns towards upgrading, enclosed within please find a handy guide for dealing with these desires: Boot Ubuntu for first time in two months Hardlock at GDM Look up the wikipedia entry for SysRq Try SysRq combos a few times Wait a minute Give up Reboot via the big [...]

Goodnight Korea, There May Yet be An Encore.

Espresso Steak

Previously, I mentioned the Outback Steakhouse Coffee Steak Today, I was the sampler of said Steak. It was not terrible. I’d include pictures of said coffee steak but unfortunately my iPhone has decided that it isn’t serving pictures to iPhoto anymore. What a shame. In any case, the steak itself was just a normal rib-eye [...]

Tales from the Korean Apartment/Hotel-like Crypt: Week 2: Steak and Coffee, new Coffee Steak!: More Television than your body has room for.

There is an ad on TV for Korean outback steakhouse right now. The ad consists of a woman accidentally pouring coffee on her steak when a guy walks past. Then cuts to both of them enjoying some fine coffee-coated accident-steak. Finally they cut to the punchline: Yes, really. You can now order coffee-steak at Korean [...]

In the rain or in the snow, Koreans have really gotta go

The one in which TimeDoctor travels to work on the subway in Korea, and is amused.