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Wal-Mart

wtanaka — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:34:30 +0000

This New York Post article by Charles Platt has one serving of pro-capitalism platitude, and a few servings of fascinating anecdotes about working at Wal-Mart, including a little bit about the application screening quiz anda little bit about the Telxon:

Rudyard Kipling – “If”

wtanaka — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:18:55 +0000

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster read more…

Color Range Mapping in Gimp 2.6

wtanaka — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:15:14 +0000

The plugin formerly known as Map Color Range in GIMP 2.2 and Color Range Mapping in GIMP 2.4 appears to have been removed in GIMP 2.6.

One way to get it back is to just grab the plug-in file from a previous version. For example, you can run:

wget http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/9/Everything/i386.newkey/os/Packages/gimp-2.4.5-1.fc9.i386.rpm

rpm2cpio gimp-2.4.5-1.fc9.i386.rpm|cpio -idvm

Time lapse of a 4500 km walk

wtanaka — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:37:35 +0000

Why etiquette is no good compared to rules

wtanaka — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:52:15 +0000

Because only the "in crowd" knows how to act

Toys

wtanaka — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:15:55 +0000

The calories that Americans eat

wtanaka — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:02:27 +0000

An approximate intake of calories per person in the U.S. from 1970 to 2007, broken down by category:

Source: USDA

Sulfur Miners in Indonesia

wtanaka — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:49:35 +0000

I doubt this is what Phil Gramm meant by "nation of whiners", but this memorable phrase of his sometimes to mind when I hear Americans complaining about their lot in news interviews.

Evolution and Homosexuality

wtanaka — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:59:36 +0000

From what little I know, gay rights activists seem to generally advance the imprecise meme that being homosexual is an inborn trait. I particularly remember this hilariously uncomfortable interview:

Wesley Tanaka's WordPress

Wal-Mart

Rudyard Kipling – “If”

Color Range Mapping in Gimp 2.6

Time lapse of a 4500 km walk

Why etiquette is no good compared to rules

Toys

The calories that Americans eat

Sulfur Miners in Indonesia

Evolution and Homosexuality

Vendor on bike cart