Facebook added a “Notes” feature today that functions just like a weblog. Other friends networks have done this as well, but they often aren’t used much because it would require the user to switch weblog hosts. Facebook fortunately has an import feature that allows users to continue posting on their usual blog. Entries are then…
Rolling Stones Photos Posted
I finally figured out why my PowerBook’s CD drive was jammed… I had screwed a too-long screw when I had reassembled it, which blocked the drive! Since that problem is solved now, I was able to import and upload the pictures Oliver took during the Rolling Stones concert here in Vienna in July. Many of…
“Houston, We Have a Light Rail Problem”
In the 1960s Houston, like many U.S. cities, decided to abandon its streetcar network. Thirty years later it decided it wanted it back, in its modern form, light rail. On January 1, 2004, its new METRORail system began operation… And then everybody crashed into it. Houston’s light rail crash rate was 25 times the national…
Nightlife Review: Merry Monk
Atmosphere: Beer: Hours: Food: Music: Prices: Restrooms: Selection Staff: Address: Dominikanerbastei 17, 1010 Wien, Austria (Map) Directions: At Schwedenplatz find Postgasse (close to Mr. Lee). One block up Postgasse you will see the street Auwinkel. Take a left and you’ll see Merry Monk on your left. If you’re arriving with the U4, it’s easiest to…
Two-Month Update
It’s been over two months since I last posted a life-related entry, so I figure I should post an update… Late May and early June are always the same in Vienna. A good number of high school alumni are back, and they essentially go to the same bar, Lukas. The first couple weeks were pretty…
Yes, April Existed on newkai.com
Unique Visitors: 6905 (2nd Place) Number of Visits: 12972 (2nd Place) Pages: 48785 (2nd Place) Hits: 123363 (6th Place) Bandwidth: 2.38 GB (4th Place) Top Photo: DSC00211.JPG from “Night of March 31” (22 Views, Pictured) Top Countries: United States, Australia, Austria, Great Britain, Japan Yeah… I’m just a little late with this… April was not…
4th Grade Photos… Seriously!
Today I came across some photo disks from 1994. My dad used to send his undeveloped film out to Seattle Photo Works, and they’d send back the developed photos and these disks with photos on them in some strange format that thankfully GraphicConverter for Mac can read. I found three disks in total, two of…
Convocation, Commencement, Etc.
It’s time to finally synchronize my weblog with my life again… I passed all my exams and graduated… I suppose that’s the main point that’s conveyed in this entry here! Let’s start Wednesday night, about nine hours after I handed in my last assignment. There was this thing downtown called Senior Celebration going on. Mike…
Almost Done
So I took over three weeks off from webloging. I’ve been finishing off here at Syracuse University, and not much has happened in the last few weeks. I had to somehow survive two horribly hard classes, chemistry and calculus, as well as finish up other requirements. My chemistry final last week went pretty well. My…
Wal-Mart Drops Gun Sales at Select Stores
This is a good one… Wal-Mart, the largest seller of rifles and shotguns in the United States, has announced that it will stop carrying firearms in about one-third of its stores, essentially those where there’s not much of a market. The chain, most likely trying to match some of the appeals of Target, recently opened…