tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46304409630672683822024-03-14T02:55:58.387+08:00Joe WyszynskiMy personal weblog.Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.comBlogger109125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-28719172352269110162010-04-11T16:30:00.001+08:002010-04-11T17:05:23.617+08:00New Blog!There will be no new posts on this blog. I've switched to WordPress, so anyone who's interested should change thir bookmarks to <a href="http://www.joewyszynski.wordpress.com/">www.joewyszynski.wordpress.com</a><br />
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All of the old posts are there, and that's where the new ones will go,Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-81823702854912071992010-04-10T14:06:00.002+08:002010-04-10T14:09:34.189+08:00Taiwan's Hot Springs<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande';">The NY Times ran an article a couple weeks ago about Taipei's hot springs. </span><br />
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</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">Yanmingshan is a great place to visit. I highly recommend it to anyone travelling to Taipei. It's easily accessible by the MRT, and has public, semiprivate, and private hotspring baths for any kind of stay, short or long.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></div><div><blockquote>The atmosphere is festive, with plump teenagers doing sit-ups on the raised stone sitting areas while the elderly, immersed up to their earlobes, gossip over plastic canisters of cool tea. Rule No. 9 on the wall — “It is inadvisable to spend more than 15 minutes in the hot spring” — seems to be universally ignored. “The Japanese gave us this,” said one well-wrinkled matron, referring to the highly social culture of public bathing. “They also built railroads, and schools and roads.</blockquote><a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/travel/21journeys-1.html"></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">This is one of the more interesting aspects of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beitou">Beitou</a> area that I learned about during my visits there. During World War II, the Japanese stationed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze">kamikaze pilots </a>in Beitou, giving them a steady diet of food, wine, and women while they soaked in the hot springs awaiting their ultimate mission. </span></span></div></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-30040614742911606232010-04-07T19:15:00.002+08:002010-04-07T20:14:41.385+08:00Walking Feet<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TrOShgDmAz0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TrOShgDmAz0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-78131688955425339132010-03-23T09:01:00.003+08:002010-03-29T02:06:25.158+08:00Spring is here.This must be a song about springtime.<br />
<div><object height="505" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYU7oG2V7uc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYU7oG2V7uc&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0xe1600f&color2=0xfebd01" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-77808816575326610412010-03-02T00:22:00.011+08:002010-03-02T01:27:38.579+08:00Tiger Text: Not Just for Cheaters!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/S4vw3vxWy_I/AAAAAAAASjU/k-tRVNpXOow/s1600-h/tigerweed.jpg"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 230px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/S4vw3vxWy_I/AAAAAAAASjU/k-tRVNpXOow/s400/tigerweed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443709415114329074" /></a><div>Tiger Text has been making waves in the media for the past few days. <a href="http://www.tigertext.com/">Tiger Text</a> is an iPhone (and soon BlackBerry and Android) app that allows the user to send a time sensitive text message to another person who has the app. The text is deleted either immediately upon reading, or after a set amount of time.</div><br />The joke that the media outlets have been applying to the app is of course apparent in the name. "OMG Tiger Woods cheated on his wife! He's a cheater! You can be a cheater with Tiger Text." Sure, you could use it that way, provided the other party had the app too, and neither one of you wanted the affair to see the light of day. Slightly impractical, and really only applicable to long term affairs, instead of one night stands.<br /><br />A much more effective and useful application of this app (for some at least) is the drug trade. Dealers could message each other for re-ups, and could message their customers for sales. Drug dealers, rest assured that no one can snitch on you, at least not via cell phone evidence, because the messages you sent are all deleted from the other person's phone. Feds subpoena the phone company? No worries. The messages never go through the cell company's system and are constantly deleted from X Sigma's (creator of Tiger Text) servers.<br /><br />Maybe I've been watching too much of HBO's <i><a href="http://www.hbo.com/the-wire/index.html">The Wire</a></i>, where the dealers are always one step ahead of the cops. In the show, the street dealers use low tech methods like beepers, payphones and burners-- disposable cell phones that are used for a week and swapped out for a new one before they can be traced or tapped. New technology makes this possible in cheaper and more convenient ways. No more looking for public payphones or making trips to the store to buy burners. Now just send X Sigma a few dollars via Paypal and you're on your way to becoming a kingpin.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-15359313872485167842010-02-24T14:35:00.006+08:002010-03-01T23:20:03.640+08:00Police brutality? Forget calling the news van, just yank out your cell.My roommate Dustin just got a Droid the other day. We were comparing his phone and my iPhone, and the apps that we like the best on the two devices. There are so many cool things that one can do with an internet-enabled smart phone that were almost science fiction a few years. ago. Barcode scanning, text-to-speech (and vice versa) and the ability to stream live video and photos from the phone directly to the web.<div><br /></div><div>This last one particularly caught our interest, as it negates the process of transferring the data from your phone to a computer, and then uploading it to the net. With web apps such as <a href="http://www.ustream.tv/">Ustream</a> and <a href="http://qik.com/">Qik</a>, the user must simply point and shoot-- the video is automatically saved to the user's online account, available for viewing immediately by anyone.</div><div><br /></div><div>We thought of the possibilities of this. In the past several years, footage of breaking news has been captured on cell phone cameras, as they are almost ubiquitous on modern handsets. From the tube bombings in London, to the street protests in Tehran, hundreds of people have been turned from eyewitness to video journalist simply by pulling out their cell phones and hitting the record button. Now with 3G (and soon 4G) connectivity becoming standard on cell phones, this kind of street level, on-the-spot news coverage will not only become more widespread, but will be in real time, with no delay between the event being recorded and people being able to log on and watch it on their computers or phones.</div><div><br /></div><div>In instances like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BART_Police_shooting_of_Oscar_Grant">shooting of Oscar Grant by BART police</a> in San Francisco last year, the police confiscated the cameras and cell phones of anyone they saw at the scene. This illegal confiscation of private property by the police was not only theft, but a stifling of the first amendment. As Carlos Miller pointed out in <a href="http://www.infowars.com/do-police-have-the-http://www.infowars.com/do-police-have-the-right-to-confiscate-your-camera/">a blog post</a> published after the shooting, photographing a crime isn't a crime itself. The police have no right to confiscate cameras (or phones as the case may be) unless the camera has been used in the commission of the crime. </div><div><br /></div><div>The services that Qik and Ustream provide should serve as a warning to police everywhere: your deeds and actions can now be recorded by the public anywhere at any time and uploaded in real time for the world to see. Stealing our cameras will no longer protect you, and will only make you look worse. </div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-69604302920682618142009-09-26T01:13:00.001+08:002009-09-26T01:13:54.266+08:00Takoyaki 章魚小丸子Takoyaki is a Japanese food. It's fried octopus balls. On top of them are mayonaise, wasabi, and dried fish flakes. It is a delicious snack. <br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/Odd?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCstaKsvf6d-AE#5385454415437314610'><img src='http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/Srz6QeozOjI/AAAAAAAAQfo/-RbLkaNbzr8/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br /><br /><center><a href='http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/Odd?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCstaKsvf6d-AE#5385454464476789858'><img src='http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/Srz6TVUuPGI/AAAAAAAAQfw/-znXlXYYO-4/s288/iphone_photo.jpg' border='0' width='210' height='281' style='margin:5px'></a></center><br /><br />Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-52103058143926944792009-09-17T12:10:00.000+08:002009-09-17T12:11:51.854+08:0050mph Man - Pretty funny.<div style="overflow: auto;"><span style="font-size:-2;"><a href="http://www.explosm.net/comics/1785/"><img alt="Cyanide and Happiness, a daily webcomic" src="http://www.flashasylum.com/db/files/Movies/screens/busThumbnail.jpg" width="275" height="200" border="0" /></a><br />Cyanide & Happiness @ <a href="http://www.explosm.net">Explosm.net</a></span></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-5631174761429268372009-07-15T13:21:00.002+08:002009-07-15T13:23:43.011+08:00'Money' music videoThis is the music video for 'Money' a song by Taichung based rock band The Rising Hedons. It was shot in Taichung city in May 2009 by a group of expat and local artists, videographers, actors, and extras. I helped with the lighting and the grip.<br /><br /><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9PKvwtbVs7k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9PKvwtbVs7k&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />I had great fun making the video and meeting a lot of new friends, and I'm happy with the result. What do you think?Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-22955233474951637932009-06-19T15:30:00.004+08:002009-06-19T15:41:19.483+08:00Taiwan PhotographyMy friend <a href="http://www.facebook.com/rjharrington">Ryan</a> is a pro photographer based here in Taichung. He's got <a href="http://www.ryanharringtonphotography.com/TaiwanLife/TaiwanLife.html">some cool photographs</a> on his website illustrating daily life in Taiwan.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.ryanharringtonphotography.com/TaiwanLife/TaiwanLife.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 591px; height: 323px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/Sjs_4qSM17I/AAAAAAAAOY0/sLfEOpQM_rk/s400/DSC_0160.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348939225088448434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Photo: Ryan Harrington</span></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/Sjs_4qSM17I/AAAAAAAAOY0/sLfEOpQM_rk/s1600-h/DSC_0160.jpg"><br /><br /><br /></a>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-55305640540125943542009-06-15T16:53:00.000+08:002009-06-15T16:54:50.862+08:00Taichung HarborCheck out these photos I took at Taichung Harbor.<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/TaichungHarborRainyDay?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SjXUXac707E/AAAAAAAAOKk/ebSiTx-qNuI/s160-c/TaichungHarborRainyDay.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;" /></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/TaichungHarborRainyDay?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Taichung Harbor, Rainy Day</a></td></tr></table>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-1554088987382946622009-05-05T11:36:00.004+08:002009-05-05T11:56:19.162+08:00No AsiansIn this clip from news archives, an Australian man is confronted by a news anchor about his racism towards Asians. The kicker is at the end.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YM9Ereg2Zo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0YM9Ereg2Zo&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />"Agents," not Asians, are the "mob of bloody crooks."Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-34282317456118102442009-04-27T10:48:00.004+08:002009-04-27T10:49:19.509+08:00Crazy Tea CommercialThis is the goofiest ad I've seen in a long time. No surprise, it's from Japan. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HHNJmWbvsL0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HHNJmWbvsL0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-72993570666748760642009-04-10T00:32:00.001+08:002009-04-10T00:33:57.783+08:00Spring ScreamI want down to Kenting for Spring Scream again this year. You can see the photos here:<br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/SpringScreamKentingApril2009?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/Sd2XJ1A4NxE/AAAAAAAAJZs/OzSS5u4Td_Y/s160-c/SpringScreamKentingApril2009.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/SpringScreamKentingApril2009?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Spring Scream: Kenting April 2009</a></td></tr></table>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-22726338034632465812009-04-02T01:04:00.001+08:002009-04-02T01:04:31.547+08:00<object width="480" height="430"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FFOLSOM_DAM.jpg&videoid=68539&title=Preemptive%20Memorial%20Honors%20Future%20Victims%20Of%20Imminent%20Dam%20Disaster" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><embed src="http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/onn_embed/embedded_player.swf"type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="480" height="430"flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theonion.com%2Fcontent%2Ffiles%2Fimages%2FFOLSOM_DAM.jpg&videoid=68539&title=Preemptive%20Memorial%20Honors%20Future%20Victims%20Of%20Imminent%20Dam%20Disaster"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://www.theonion.com/content/video/preemptive_memorial_honors_future">Preemptive Memorial Honors Future Victims Of Imminent Dam Disaster</a>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-39644743047024172342009-03-18T22:19:00.013+08:002009-03-19T13:23:39.349+08:00McCain interviewed on Twitter.I wrote not too long ago asking if anyone reading this page <a href="http://twitter.com/">twittered</a> or not. It's ever increasing popularity is a bit baffling, since 99% of tweets (messages sent via Twitter) are pretty much random thoughts or blurbs written by the author with no real recipient in mind. Occasioanlly this service will be used by celebrities to communicate directly with their fans, companies to promote their product or service, or as a means of localized, real time blogging (as can bee seen in the recent flood of tweets produced by over-connected nerds at <a href="http://news.cnet.com/at-sxsw-attendees-confront-twitter-saturation/">South by Southwest</a>.)<div><br /></div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/ScEICvhA7VI/AAAAAAAAIWk/cqO46i_reVo/s1600-h/abc_mccain_tweet2_090317_main.jpg.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left; display: block; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/ScEICvhA7VI/AAAAAAAAIWk/cqO46i_reVo/s320/abc_mccain_tweet2_090317_main.jpg.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314537878481595730" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">McCain is a mine sweeping wizard.</span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Politicians also have their own Twitter accounts. <a href="http://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain">@SenJohnMcCain</a> has 230,000 followers. McCain was recently interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos (<a href="http://twitter.com/GStephanopoulos">@GStephanopoulos</a>) You can look at <a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/03/my-twitterview.html">the transcript on ABC's blog</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/ScEIDLdZfYI/AAAAAAAAIWs/DUF2GqiIgXQ/s1600-h/Picture+6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 223px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/ScEIDLdZfYI/AAAAAAAAIWs/DUF2GqiIgXQ/s320/Picture+6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5314537885982621058" border="0" /></a><br />The questions weren't that tough, and there were typos and grammar mistakes on both sides, but then again, the fast pace and 140 character limit of the medium don't make it very viable for traditional forms of journalism. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not sure what kind of future there will be in Twitter based journalism, especially with such high profile participants as these two, but it's kind of an interesting experiment, and it makes McCain look a bit less like an old fuddy duddy (only a bit.)<br /><br /></div><div>I twitter occasionally, although I don't know why. Follow me if you want <a href="http://twitter.com/joewyszynski">@joewyszynski</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-70671582876355257662009-03-18T21:54:00.004+08:002009-03-18T22:10:38.849+08:00Graffiti AnimationI saw this today on digg.com, and I thought it was pretty cool. This artist, Blu, created an animation the way any animator would-- by drawing and photographing thousands of still images and then playing the images back at a high speed to give the drawings a sense of movement. But he chose to scrap the pencil and paper in favor of spray cans and an urban canvas of walls, streets, and occasionally ceilings. <div><br /></div><div><br /><div><object width="400" height="300"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=993998&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=993998&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/993998">MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/blu">blu</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>MUTO is pretty trippy, but it's amazing to watch if you consider all that the artist must've gone through to make it.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-54457478997526893052009-03-09T15:30:00.006+08:002009-03-10T02:26:08.627+08:00Phone Photos 2It's still rainy and cold here, and I've got no life, so I'll post more photos from my phone.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/BM6iPpgP3gKTUQK7iZrisA?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbTZziAfbfI/AAAAAAAAIL4/9nT-D76b9F0/s400/DSC00320.JPG" /></a><br /><i>This is a new model from Taiwanese auto manufacturers. The idea behind the design is that thieves will be too embarassed to ever steal your car. It gets great milage too, since it can be fueled by a mixture of petroleum and aphids.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hD35SGDKo5xH2Nu-UwieXQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbTZz7HLuuI/AAAAAAAAIMA/fkn5m4Oq1b4/s400/DSC00132.JPG" /></a><br /><i>Happy birthday! Here's your tapeworm cake!<br /></i><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/0hbWwGqe0uQjNP-6NMdWxQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbTZ0QrzJeI/AAAAAAAAIMI/2NFNIlZzHt0/s400/DSC00189.JPG" /></a><br /><i>This caption practically writes itself, so I won't bother.</i><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>.</i></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-71896452003962542772009-03-07T16:43:00.010+08:002009-03-10T02:26:55.962+08:00Phone Photos 1I take a lot of photos on my cell phone (Sony Ericsson K550i) when I'm out and about and I don't have my "real" camera on me. I just finally got around to pairing the phone's Bluetooth with my laptop, so now I've got a whole folder full of pictures spanning the last year and a half. Some are funny things that I've seen and had to shoot, others are things on signs or computer screens that I took a photo of in order to remember it when a pen wasn't handy. I'll start to post the best or most unusual up a few at a time.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QevfygTqKJ5JD-ekRf-EiA?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbI1lADBp_I/AAAAAAAAIJ8/Okt_su35zFI/s400/DSC00401.JPG" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>I just took this one a couple hours ago. This is </i><a href="http://taichung.hotelone.com.tw/"><i>Hotel One </i></a><i>in Taichung, and it's a few blocks away from my house. As you can see, it's a nasty day today.</i></span></div></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/JdA0MHVdtmuN-6xfF1ISSg?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbI1k23NyDI/AAAAAAAAIJ0/I2AEjCSrdgk/s400/DSC00379.JPG" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i>I see a lot of strange things while driving my scooter around. This woman owns a Husky, a dog that has no business in hot, humid Taiwan, and she shuttles it around on a tiny scooter.</i> </span></div></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UFCVPnXugxUIbTpg4ORVXQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbI3PyIeJkI/AAAAAAAAIKc/RJHw4R_UPpM/s400/DSC00387.JPG" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: left;">This man has a lot of meat. He needs to move it across town. He does not have a car, he has a filthy scooter. </div></i><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bazfUT-ueEt1PWQigVgKuw?authkey=Gv1sRgCLLtvM6Uie7XogE&feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SbI1kR428hI/AAAAAAAAIJs/5GXHdMboIK4/s400/DSC00338.JPG" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: left;">Fuck. Me too.</div></i><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>More later.<br /><div><br /></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-32838361932164055992009-02-20T13:20:00.004+08:002009-02-20T13:35:34.892+08:00This is Why You're FatFor those of you who haven't discovered this unique food blog, <a href="http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/">thisiswhyyourefat.com</a> posts photos of ridiculously unhealthy junk food concoctions. They range in nature from the cute but relatively innocuous McDonald's Martini to the stoner-ish "gravy covered pizza" or "deep fried Tootsie Roll" to the downright scary Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger. Check it out yourself, and it may inspire you to treat your heart like a punching bag as well.<br /><br /><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5Ai4GJUJI/AAAAAAAAHtQ/qmOuvNPgj7E/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 347px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5Ai4GJUJI/AAAAAAAAHtQ/qmOuvNPgj7E/s400/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304748379006914706" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5AiusmbwI/AAAAAAAAHtI/0UKJcISDKuU/s1600-h/Picture+2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 362px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5AiusmbwI/AAAAAAAAHtI/0UKJcISDKuU/s400/Picture+2.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304748376483852034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5AiZZcoAI/AAAAAAAAHtA/TJqEwjRAdHA/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZ5AiZZcoAI/AAAAAAAAHtA/TJqEwjRAdHA/s400/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304748370766372866" /></a><br /><div><br /></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-87201090794617652742009-02-18T11:11:00.007+08:002009-02-18T11:41:37.969+08:00Good Weather, Good Mood.<div><br />It's been nice here for the last week or so, and I've been trying to get outdoors more. Nick and I bought a little barbecue grill on Saturday and grilled some brats. No photos other than this one, since I was having too much fun, but I'm sure we'll do it again.<br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/85mp6SZCny42PoCBoAxAAw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZt-vC2cltI/AAAAAAAAHik/A7NK77dk70U/s400/IMG_5659.JPG" /></a><br /><br />It's supposed to be nice for the rest of the week and into the weekend, a few showers aside. Good weather has the amazing power to affect people's moods, and bring them out of their homes and into the streets and parks. It's nice to go out walking and come across kids playing or old people smiling at you from a bench.<br /><br />Next up on my list of things to do outdoors is to get up into the mountains for a hike.<br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZuCapg2W7I/AAAAAAAAHjY/551yw3Wi5gE/s1600-h/Picture+4.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZuCapg2W7I/AAAAAAAAHjY/551yw3Wi5gE/s400/Picture+4.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303976380490734514" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Take that, Hawaii.</span></span></span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-17384872144240614392009-02-15T22:38:00.004+08:002009-02-15T22:51:53.017+08:00The Ultimate Rubber Band Gun<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZgqe9yQbaI/AAAAAAAAHb0/5RuNaAkRNlA/s1600-h/rubber+band+gun.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 269px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SZgqe9yQbaI/AAAAAAAAHb0/5RuNaAkRNlA/s400/rubber+band+gun.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5303035272698555810" /></a><br /><br /><br />I remember playing with wooden toy rubber band guns when I was a kid. The kind with a simple stretch-and-release firing mechanism. There's nothing more satisfying than hitting something across the living room dead on with a rubber band. That's why these guys took the rubber band gun thing to the next level with The Ultimate Rubber Band Gun. See below:<br /><br /><object width="464" height="376"><param name="movie" value="http://embed.break.com/NDU1ODEx"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://embed.break.com/NDU1ODEx" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" width="464" height="376"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.break.com/index/the-ultimate-rubber-band-gun1.html">The Ultimate Rubber Band Gun</a> - Watch more <a href="http://www.break.com/">Funny Videos</a></span><br /><br />I'd love to try and build something like this someday. Tearing up the back yard with rubber bands would be a Saturay afternoon well spent.Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-55115956814621650372009-01-31T21:09:00.004+08:002009-02-04T00:34:02.656+08:00Kenting in JanuaryMy Chinese New Year break is rapidly winding down. I had a good time, but didn't do too much. One thing I did do was take a trip down to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenting_National_Park">Kenting</a>, on the South coast of Taiwan. Ariel, Luke, Mark and I took a bus down, and although the traffic kept us on the bus for hours, it was ultimately worth the trip. <br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/9t_TbatxZ2U-mIcLoOwkiw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYRGv3p1w_I/AAAAAAAAGqw/E1AkLwIsrIk/s400/IMG_5542_2.JPG" /></a><br /><br /><br />We got off the bus across the street from our hotel. It was an older, well lived in place that none of us were impressed with, but we just dropped off our bags and went out. We walked down Kenting street in search of something to eat. Vendors line the busy street selling everything from seafood to ice cream to grilled corn and vegetables. We got a variety of stuff and some beers and went looking for the beach. We got there just before sunset, and I changed into my swim trunks and went swimming.<br /><br />It was nice to be in the water, feeling the sand and surf and the last rays of sunlight. It's easy to forget sometimes how beautiful Taiwan is when I spend all my time in the city, so when I get to experience natural wonders like the ocean, it's refreshing to both body and mind. <br /><br /><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Mttt3W6ZUUE8KLdxF3831Q?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYRHBqFf0II/AAAAAAAAGrw/Qp5qm0Lt81E/s400/IMG_5552.JPG" /></a><br /><br />We got another hour or so to spend on the beach the next day. As we rode home, we agreed that the trip's only flaw was that it was too short. We will definitely rturn soon.<br /><br />I took many photos, which you can see here:<br /><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/KentingInJanuary12?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYCRqpGbqCE/AAAAAAAAGuU/wGqzoX-ahXM/s160-c/KentingInJanuary12.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/KentingInJanuary12?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Kenting in January (1/2)</a></td></tr></table><br /><table style="width:194px;"><tr><td align="center" style="height:194px;background:url(http://picasaweb.google.com/f/img/transparent_album_background.gif) no-repeat left"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/KentingInJanuary22?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYRGCrwgIYE/AAAAAAAAGv4/kUsXW1D1PJM/s160-c/KentingInJanuary22.jpg" width="160" height="160" style="margin:1px 0 0 4px;"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/jwyszynski/KentingInJanuary22?feat=embedwebsite" style="color:#4D4D4D;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;">Kenting in January (2/2)</a></td></tr></table>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-12251675585605292082009-01-30T19:02:00.003+08:002009-01-30T19:11:18.406+08:00Google Kills a DeerAs an avid Google Earth/ Google Maps user, I thought this was pretty interesting. Google has a feature called Street View that lets you find a street from above in Maps or Earth, and then-- if the data is available-- take a virtual ride down these streets using hundreds of digital photos taken by a van with cameras mounted on it that drives up and down streets in some areas. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYLgLxYvIXI/AAAAAAAAGk4/8qSVuEqk-vo/s1600-h/googledeer.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SYLgLxYvIXI/AAAAAAAAGk4/8qSVuEqk-vo/s400/googledeer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5297042604581396850" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://i.gizmodo.com/5141974/google-maps-car-hits-a-deer-records-entire-ordeal-on-google-maps">This one apparently hit a small deer</a>, and the photos of the accident were uploaded onto Google Maps.Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4630440963067268382.post-56869983082882858242009-01-22T15:48:00.005+08:002009-01-22T16:28:42.232+08:00Amazing PhotosI came across this <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16966_16-more-images-you-wont-believe-arent-photoshopped.html">list of amazing (non-Photoshopped) images</a>. A few are NWS, but nothing too bad<br /><br /><br />My favorite is this Teenage Mutant Ninja Dog photo. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SXglbRl6ywI/AAAAAAAAGj0/kyjyym7yPmU/s1600-h/dog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 355px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_e66QBz1FzUY/SXglbRl6ywI/AAAAAAAAGj0/kyjyym7yPmU/s400/dog.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294022512483158786" /></a>Joe W.http://www.blogger.com/profile/10925040183479568700noreply@blogger.com0