unfiglet
July 23rd, 2008 by wtanakaI got my first figlet spam today. The spammer didn't choose a very legible figlet font. Still, I thought it was clever. Dan Egnor's unfiglet script—merely a funny joke back then—actually needs to be written for real now. I bet the gmail people already have one.
Unintuitive Python Behavior
June 25th, 2008 by wtanakaCurious about the Google App Engine, I started playing with it, which meant writing code in Python.
Unicode support in Python seems to be a tangle of confusing function names, source code file encodings, backslash escapes, the letter "u" before strings, and probably other things. Together, this smells to me like the language originally didn't support Unicode, but wanted to keep backward compatibility with pre-unicode support scripts.
Guard, Tiananmen
June 23rd, 2008 by wtanakaCar Crash
June 23rd, 2008 by wtanakaA typical automobile accident in China, and typical dispute resolution: people stand around and discuss or argue until some agreement is reached. Crowds gather, bystanders start piping in…
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
中国云南迪庆州香格里拉
Puppy Update
June 23rd, 2008 by wtanakaThere are two puppies left, out of the litter of five. Tiny #1 and Tiny #2 died the afternoon and evening that Zhuoma left for Weixi, which was the day after Jumbo had suddenly ballooned to about 3x their size. I think they got out-competed for milk.
Small died two nights ago. I had been trying to micromanage him into living the two days previous to that, but he simply wasn't eating.
Small girl waiting for Olympic torch
June 15th, 2008 by wtanakaLittle girl with olympic flags and China stickers waiting for the Olympic torch to pass by
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉
Little girl with Olympic flags
June 15th, 2008 by wtanakaA little girl decked out with stickers, headband and flags waiting for the Olympic torch to pass by
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉
Hada Race
June 14th, 2008 by wtanakaHada fetching horse race. The goal is to pick up as many of the hadas (Tibetan silk cloth) as you can as fast as you can without falling off your horse.
Shangri-La, Yunnan, China
中国云南省迪庆州香格里拉
