February 6th, 2008 by cybrpunk
I got home today and it was still daylight. Well, OK not a whole lot of daylight but a little. And it was closer to 6:30pm than 8:30pm which is a huge improvement.
So yeah that means that I got to leave a bit early today. Around 4:00pm. So why did I get back so late? Oh. Well I kinda stopped at the Wan Chai Computer Centre on the way back to look for a new MP3 player for Muse. And at printers. And there was a new video game store that needed to be browsed. Along with the previous two. Because they hadn’t been browsed by me for a long time. So it was kinda mandatory I think.
Unfortunately the MP3 player selection was at an all time low today. Unless you want an ipod or a cheap knock-off that looks like an ipod, you’re pretty much out of luck. There were some others but they’re mostly the same cheap pieces of crap that were only sort of novel two years ago when I first saw these shops. Inventory doesn’t revolve much in many Hong Kong shops. They’ll hold on to something till it crumbles from age and rarely do the prices fall. Even with video games, you’ll see a game that came out four years ago that is still stickered with the same price as games that just came out last week. Not because they will sell at that price. But because the shop owners seem to refuse to acknowledge the encroaching avalanche of old merchandise just waiting for a stiff breeze to set it tumbling down.
I wish I were exaggerating.
February 5th, 2008 by cybrpunk
I added a little thingy on the right side that shows my Pownce posts. Yoshi helped. As usual. So if I remember to go over there and do little micro-updates, I’ll be all spiffy like the other cool blog kids. Yeah. Sickening, I know.
Whatever, I just felt like adding a little bling. And I’m lazy.
February 4th, 2008 by cybrpunk
It’s a short work week here at the office due to the Chinese Lunar New Year coming up. Most Hong Kong companies give at least a few days off if not a full week for this traditional and important holiday. All of our mainland China offices are closed for a full week. Hong Kong’s not included though because it’s still not technically part of China. Technically. Meh whatever.
The China staff had to work all weekend to make up for two of the days off. So really they aren’t getting as many days off as it seems. It’s just the timing of the days off are more important than the quantity I suppose. Otherwise that would be a pretty crappy deal.
So anyway, my office is closing a bit early on Wednesday (which may or may not mean that I get to leave early) and then we have Thursday and Friday off. Assuming nothing blows up in one of the offices that doesn’t celebrate the Lunar New Year, it should be a nice four days off.
February 1st, 2008 by cybrpunk
I, along with others, think that the idea of the TSA starting up their own blog is something along the lines of idiotic and insane instead of helpful. Especially if they aren’t going to reply to comments or setup some kind of FAQ or forum or something.
I’ve been reading the posts and comments and the only thing I’ve learned so far is that there are far more people pissed at the idiotic TSA rules and inconsistencies than there are people applauding. And considering they are using the Blogger back-end for their blog, it makes me wonder how serious they are about this. Blogger is the worst interface and management system for blogging that I’ve seen. There may be worse, but I wouldn’t know it.
I’m assuming that this is more of a public relations scheme of some sort than it is a place to be helpful and distribute information. But it’s still new and hopefully evolving. I hope it comes together.
