Archive for February, 2008

02/07 w00t!

root@fic-gta01:~$ python hangul.py
Python 2.5.1 (OpenEmbedded build) sitecustomize.py active.

가와세 나쓰나(川瀬夏菜,9월 8일생)는 일본의 만화가이다. 히로시마현 출신, O형. '미아의 행방(迷子の行方)' (「LaLa DX」2000년 11월호)으로 데뷔하였다. 다네무라 아리나의 어시스턴트로 일한 경력이 있다고 한다.

KA-WA-SEY- NA-SSU-NA-(川瀬夏菜,9WEL- 8IL-SAYNG-)NUN- IL-PON-YI- MAN-HWA-KA-I-TA-. HI-LO-SI-MA-HYEN- CHWUL-SIN-, OHYENG-. 'MI-A-YI- HAYNG-PANG-(迷子の行方)' (「LaLa DX」2000NYEN- 11WEL-HO-)U-LO- TEY-PWI-HA-YESS-TA-. TA-NEY-MWU-LA- A-LI-NA-YI- E-SI-SU-THEN-THU-LO- IL-HAN- KYENG-LYEK-I- ISS-TA-KO- HAN-TA-.

Doesn’t look like much, but this is some Python code I wrote for someone, running *on* my Neo1973. Sweet…

02/06 Viral culture

I tried to call Air France HK today, at 5.01 pm — New Year’s Eve, Chinese version — and after navigating through a trilingual menu, ended up on a recorded message saying “Sorry, our
offices are open from 9 am to 6 pm. If you need yada yada, web site yada yada.

Dude. It’s 5 pm, and your office closes at 6, and you’ve already left for the day? That little civil-servant culture of working as little as possible has apparently reached the shores of China…

Blech.