Monthly Archives: October 2008

mob wars economics

This will totally confuse most of my readership, but here goes:
I’ve been playing Mob Wars on Facebook. It’s a reasonably fun way to waste 5 minutes at the start and end of the day, attacking imaginary people you don’t know, buying imaginary guns and property, and doing imaginary criminal acts.
One thing that you learn quickly [...]

i bought a new game

This is the box of my new game: Ca$h ‘n Gun$.
It’s a Party Game which is best with more players - 6 is best, but I also bought the Yakuza expansion which allows up to 9 and includes a team element as well.
Actually when looking for a game I really wanted “something that even Lara [...]

stuck in a jam

Well when you think about it, “Strawberries Jam” (pictured right) is more accurate than the English “Strawberry Jam” but it’s still funny to see. I was amused anyway. Also, note the quality of this photograph. I am quite pleased with it.
M&D have arrived, in an anticlimactic way … Mint was changing Jack, I was making [...]

first family outing

Yesterday, we had our first outing as a family to Kad Suan Kaew, for some shopping. Here’s Mint and Jack, ready to go into the wild world.
When we arrived, Mint went off to do some clothes shopping for herself and Jack and I went to go eat dinner. Of course, as you can see in [...]

so cute

Just look at how cute this kid is.
It has been brought to my attention that I had not posted ridiculous quantities of pictures of Jack on the ol’ blog, and so here I start to remedy that. He’s 26 days old today.
Mum and Dad arrive in Chiang Mai tomorrow around lunch time, so we’re all [...]

food porn: Joe’s Famous Burger at The Duke’s

Just look at this.
It’s Joe’s Famous Burger at my favourite restaurant in Chiang Mai - The Duke’s. It is described as such:
Blue cheese and bacon, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato and spicy horseradish mayonnaise, served on a soft bun with a choice of fresh cut fries, hand battered onion rings, green salad or coleslaw
The best technique [...]

stupid shockmarket

I should blog, as it’s been a while since I have.
The US-led economic meltdown is sucking hard. Shares are down of course, but so is the dollar. For the software business, any American customers who actually pay their bills is great, but for me personally living OS, the baht dropping from 33 to 22 baht/dollar [...]

The Amazing Race

I’ve been watching The Amazing Race, and man, I’ll tell ya - the American women competing on this show are really really narky and the guys are really really emo sensitive losers. It’s hilarious.
What else is new? This weekend Mint’s mum and younger sister visited - Mint’s mum ADORED Jack. Interestingly, Mint said that (prior [...]