Author Archives: DAK

In case of emergency cock needs.

The handle of the razor blade I have at work (I’m an engineer, I need to cut things) has an arrow pointed toward the business end imprinted on the side. Underneath the arrow is the text: CAUTION: RAZOR SHARP BLADE

For the past four weeks, any English I’ve heard in my vicinity has nearly always been directed at me. Everything else is noise, and to be loosely ignored (saved for signs of aggression, questioning, and, of course, blatant sexual innuendo). … Continue reading →

Imagine the scene: Walking down a crowded street somewhere in Asia. We are veritably assaulted by all of our senses at once. Things look different here. They sound different, taste different smell different, feel different. Things are different in every … Continue reading →

It’s Good Friday somewhere, but not in Taiwan. In Taiwan, you see, it’s Godless-Pagans Day, or some similar holiday involving incense, and statuary (false idols), and rhythmic praying. Actually, though, the Buddhist (and Taoist, and Confuscist) temples here are very … Continue reading →

Why didn’t anyone ever tell me that Mozilla was so cool? I had always disregarded it as another Opera-esque (though Mozilla may have been first?) internet browser with tabbed browsing capability, but is somehow so much more. I think I … Continue reading →

The interesting thing about Taiwanese ice-cream is how completely and totally it fails to be anything at all like anything associated with ice-cream, yet it remains delicious. This is not the same thing as saying that the interesting thing about … Continue reading →

Did I tell you that ADG is in Taiwan for a few days? ADG is in Taiwan for a few days. I am one lucky gwei-lo.

I’ll tell you something about Taiwan. Despite the hustle. Despite, also, the bustle. Despite the hurly and the burly that is life in a major metropolitan area… it is serene here. It is calm here. It is ordered chaos here. … Continue reading →

Why is it that the vending machine here will give change in $1 Taiwanese New Dollars, but not accept $1 Taiwanese New Dollars? The world may never know. Also, is it bad that I started writing out the HTML for … Continue reading →