Starbucks is gone, gone, gone!!!

It closed. Perhaps the landlord asked too much rent? It’s quite usual.
It closed. Perhaps the landlord asked too much rent? It’s quite usual.
If you’re like most people, I bet you don’t give much thought to security on your blog or website, do you? I didn’t, until I had my own blog hosted on a VPS style system that allowed me to login via SSH. In fact, at the time I had to go and look up SSH…
I’ve been reading one of the books I bought at Takashemiya in Tienmou last week, Buyology: Truth and Lies About Why We Buy by Martin Lindstrom which makes enlightening reading about the motivations, and psychology of shopping. Reviews of the book on Amazon are split between those who gave 5 stars and those who didn’t….
It seems that at least one person wouldn’t. A prominent Taiwanese golfer refused this offer to become a Chinese citizen. And, boy, it was a lucrative offer. from The China Post/Asia News Network Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng recently rejected a five-year NT$1-billion (S$42 million) sponsorship deal offered by a Chinese enterprise, which required her to…
Local Temple in Tienmu. I was shooting in Auto mode and didn’t notice it was set to 1/100s. Sigh. So we’ve got a bit of camera blur.
Well, knock me over with a feather! I got there. I knew I was close. So I have been celebrating with a little ice cream and cake! I never thought it was achievable. This morning I even tried on my old shortpants: 34″. Lo! and behold! I can wear them (not comfortably) but I can…