Archive for January, 2008

MacDonald’s VIP card

Monday, January 28th, 2008

I have this feeling that MacDonald’s will eventually open ten thousand restaurants in China and India, and will close most of their restaurants in Western countries. Fast food has been kinda bad mouthed so much since a decade, just like cigarette et Cola-Cola. They’re having a bad image that is hard to change, especially for [...]

Let’s play with Photoshop

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

It’s been a while since I didn’t try any fancy stuff with Photoshop. Last week I accidentally tripped on the Action Central download site, where I discovered some nice frames and plugins. So I pull out some of my favorite casual portraits and try something funny with them. (see album for more) Then I discovered [...]

Spending New Year 2008 at Tokyo

Friday, January 11th, 2008

My life is full of surprise these days. Until last Summer I never thought I would visit Japan so soon, but at the 29th December 2007 I was embarking on my second trip to Tokyo, to spend new year over there. This time I went to join Desmond at Tokyo, alone. The first night we [...]

My WordPress configuration

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Yes, yes I know, blogging about my blog is boring, but I’m doing it here for my own record, mind you… I’ve been using WordPress on my website for almost two years now, never looked back. Prior to this, I used blogger.com, which was nice and easy, but didn’t provide the total control as hosting [...]

Torture Inc.

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Without any doubt, the Dark Side has taken over control of The Empire. Happy New Year 2008! Journey to the dark side – Tom Engelhardt See more of these at TomDispatch and The American Empire Project sites. And don’t forget to buy some imperial toys if you want to celebrate it.