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The Antisocial Me

By Chewxy, on December 19th, 2008%

I consider myself to be quite antisocial. Not in a negative way, but given a choice, I don’t interact with strangers, and perhaps shun them, even.

I choose not to interact with strangers simply because I like my own peace and quiet, where I can lay my own threads of thoughts out in neat little lines and . . . → Read More: The Antisocial Me

Economics (and Physics) on the Job

By Chewxy, on December 15th, 2008%

First off, a quote from an old man I met today:

Son, I’m 71 years old. I’ve seen much of the world. These things [stuff that I'm supposedly marketing] don’t last long. I’ve learnt many things from the world. Whenever a new company wants to enter a market they set a lower price. They’ll do these offers and these surveys you’re doing. What do you call it? Marketing shit. Then sooner or later, they’ll raise it again and it’ll be back to square one. Or the competitors lower their prices, and again, we’ll be back to square one. There’s no point to this.

If anyone’s taken even the most basic course in economics, they’d recognize this as an equilibrium point (you know, shifting of supply and demand curves). But the best thing was, this man who said this fought in World War II and never went to school. He’s a woodcutter¹.

So, that’s the Economics part done. Now for the Physics part.

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yes, its a real job still, and no, he didn’t qualify for the demographics my company is looking for [↩]

Things You Cannot Un-See

By Chewxy, on December 11th, 2008%

I saw some things that I cannot un-see today at work. And since I saw it, it is only altruistic to spread it to you, my lovely lovely readers. And since I have no camera, you readers would have to imagine. I will try to describe it as best as I can.

First up: An old lady . . . → Read More: Things You Cannot Un-See

Hokkien Prawn Noodles

By Chewxy, on December 7th, 2008%

While my dear Silkrose went to look for good food, I cooked good food (that’s a lot of oo’s in the sentence – if I feed an Ood… oh bugger that). I made Hokkien Prawn Mee, Penang style.

And here are the recipe and instructions (+pictures). What you need:

fresh tiger prawns, shell included.
pork ribs (no replacement possible for pork, the taste would be very different and horrible)
Hokkien noodles
shallots
various spices – 1 handful of peppercorns, 1 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 10-12 dried chilli, a bunch of cloves, 2 tablespoons brown sugar (not raw sugar)

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Life Imitates Art

By Chewxy, on December 4th, 2008%

This is what happens when life imitates art (the art in question):

After drawing that, I said to myself: “Meh. Sometimes typing ‘*Hug*’ just doesn’t cut it”.

Also, it tells me something – silkrose dear, as much as you deny it, you’re every bit as geeky as I . . . → Read More: Life Imitates Art

Cubing

By Chewxy, on December 1st, 2008%

This one is cfgt’s fault:

Now I have a new obsession (you know, alone and jobless – hint hint to prospective employers) – cubing! I’m not that good at it yet but in time I’m quite sure I can do speedcubing. This cube is quite smooth but can lock up quite often if you do things too fast. Also, I’m awesome because of this:

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