nick’s (n)-line life

So depressing that bus loads of people are quite happy to sign up for a petition without any idea or what it’s about; even people who disagree with it are quite happy to sign up! (to cut / burn down all the trees in Yellowstone National Park as it happens).
Actually the video is part of [...]

I’m going to be working on the website backend scripts this afternoon, so don’t be too shocked if you hit a few 404s. In particular I plan to take the gallery down while I try out a “proper” package.
I think it’s probably time to say goodbye to the home-grown script that’s been handling my photo-viewing [...]

Wow, I was just reading one my old entries and followed the google link.

Gone!
No more “province of China” malarkey (see old picture).
I checked it out, and yep, google caved in!
Wow, a big corporation like this doing something good? Well I’d like to think so. Call me a cynic, however, but I suspect that it’s more [...]

Today I attended the first lesson of a beginner’s Chinese course. For those who regularly read my blog you might have realised the slight problem with this: I’m not exactly a beginner!
After the lesson I had a chat with the teacher and she suggested that there wasn’t much point in me attending this particular course, [...]

Calendar now working again. Sorry about this, my bad. I changed the sftp password a few weeks back and forgot to update my upload script, it was quite happily sitting there and wasting my resources every half-hour!

(Via BWG) Hong Kong journalist Chip Tsao has commented that
In this day and age [Hong Kong women] have to be careful when choosing a gweilo [foreigner; lit: "foreign devil"]. They no longer have cars or property. You might end up stepping on a penniless landmine. It’s too much to sacrifice for a passport.

It’s sad [...]

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