Ha, spotted in Big C. A normal pack of Shin Ramyun is 45 baht, these special Jay Fai ones are 60. Pretty on brand for Jay Fai 😆

Price of living in one neat graph. We regularly buy the same brand of rice, 15kg bag, from the same rice shop. Sometimes I go to a more expensive shop, they're not on this chart though. This is purely comparing apples to apples. Low of 510 baht, high of 615 baht, 2 or 3 years of data points.

Grr. I was hoping that YouTube Music wouldn't be as prone to AI slop as Spotify was. Nope. futurism.com/artificial-i... Every time there's cover art that looks AI generated, if I've not heard of the artist I google them. Sadly this one is AI. FFS, there's enough real artists out there!

Ugh, that was a bit of a failure. Any cheap charlies who can't cook out there wondering if a Knorr Tom-Yum stock cube would be nice broken up and mixed with rice: No, no it is NOT. The roof of my mouth has a coating now that is unpleasant. And the flavour wasn't very good either.

I'm waiting at the mechanic for some repairs. A guy just offered me a beer or a water. I took the water. 40 year old Dan is giving me a look, 20 year old Dan isn't speaking to me

@linipnilson.bsky.social with your fancy new Thai ID card you could register for the new 60/40 scheme the government is running 🎉 My wife remembered about 8am and sprinted to the phone to get it done 😆

Thanks to "Leo The Wildlife Ranger" I just learnt I've been pronouncing Tapir wrong forever. I confidently said "That's a tap-ear" when granddaughter asked what one animal is, only for the show to say "It's a taper" 🤦‍♂️😆

Can't breathe, wheezing. The poor little thing 🤣

Pleated skirts are bollocks

You know, I was just saying the other day that I hate it when my pencil case up and does a runner. Glad the boffins at the lab picked up the vibes I was putting out and brought out this Stationary Box.

Woo! Found some genuine Blu Tak!

Must be a long bridge!

While I was driving I remembered my favourite nerdy joke: A physicist gets pulled over by a cop. "Do you know how fast you were going?" "No" "117 in a 100 zone" "Great, now I'm lost 😡"

Weird one this morning. Put some petrol in. I said 1000. She started it, then washed the windscreen. Came back and said it was full, 880 baht. Pigs arse it was full, it would have taken 1500 to fill.

Grr I gotta head to the city on Thursday for visa and work permit renewal. Last year I drove. It was a pretty easy trip IIRC, took toll roads, quick. Price of petrol has me looking at buses or trains this year.

It rained after a few hot dry days (it's going to rain for a few months now probably) and that unmistakable petrichor scent wafted through my window. This made me think of @georgepenney.bsky.social, she's quite fond of that word and/or aroma. The things you get famous for eh?

Come on now, this targeted advertising is a bit wonky. a) I'm not even a Java developer b) Why the hell would I want to BUY a Null Pointer Exception? Is it a prank gift to give to another dev?

The first AI that can answer this question will take it all.

I cannot stress enough how much I agree w// every word of this article. One of my worst criticisms of Thailand is the abysmal treatment of large, old shade trees and how they are constantly hacked into ugly stumps or cut down altogether. It has always enraged me, as it should anyone who lives here.

So, my pizza delivery is in Thailand. Good start I guess

This seems excessive. Sure, they were big apples, and they're usually delicious, but at 50 baht a pop they can stay on the shelf.

georgepenney.bsky.social I'm 100% certain you would have heard these lads before, but just in case... Alien Weaponry, thrash metal from NZ. They sing in Māori and English and THEY KICK ASS! alienweaponry.com

Wow, these are really good. I'm on a "cheap instant noodles" kick at the moment. I highly rate the Nissin Tonkatsu Flavour I make them "dry", drain most of the water then mix the seasoning sachet in - I prefer a creamy noodle with strong flavour over a noodle in soup. Cheap as chips - 10 baht!

Listening to music, I happened to see the cover art for Untouchables. I thought "Damn, I didn't think Korn would use AI art" then I twigged that the album is from the early 00's. Waaaaaay before GenAI became usable. The imperfections are artistic choices. Not slop 😆 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untouch...

Anyone heard from @darryldaugherty.bsky.social ? It occurs to me that there's been no #DiningWithDarryl for a while now.

Wow, these are delicious. 10 baht from Lotus's. Nissin Thai Signature: Stir Fried Curry Crab. They taste a lot like the Tasto Crab Curry chips. There's others in the range too, nothing super special so far, not like these ones.

Neat! Went to a cheap shop and picked up a few things. I wasn't paying attention to how much, so when he told me 340 I went "cool" and QR paid. Showed him the receipt. His eyes went wide and he handed me 100 baht as he showed me the calculator. I misheard and he was super honest 🤩

New Lays at 7-11. Woo! I first saw these in the delivery app, not on shelves, I don't know how I feel about that. English Style Fish & Chips Brazilian Style Spicy Salsa I'm excited about the fish & chip, but I suspect it'll just be salt and tart. Salsa could be really good... let's go!

Check out the cool shadow the cloud was making yesterday. I don't recall seeing a shadow being cast by another cloud before

Why do the teachers insist on doing this? They'll send a message to the group chat saying "Anyone wanna do a thing? Add your name to the list 1. Student name... " Then the parents will copy paste the whole message, adding their kid to the list. Simple concept, right?

Now if this isn't Peak Atlassian Jira Updates Fuckarounds, I dunno what is. Trying to get a handle on what's changing in Jira is currently a pain in the arse. 73 different update blogs and newsletters. Todays newsletter crows about "we have a new updates center!@!!"

Trump said he used the talks to demand that Iran should never be able to build a nuclear weapon, a proposal he claimed the umbrellas did not oppose. theshovel.com.au/2026/03/25/t...

Like so?

Noticed people queueing up at a PTT while I was out and about. They were still queueing up 45 minutes later. Yet the PTT 1 minute down the road had about 4 cars in it. Stepdaughter reckons it might be diesel - google suggests that people are panic buying it. Anyone seen crazy queues?

When I'm doing puzzles like Connections, I'll often ask ChatGPT "which of these words were 14th century philosophers" if I've seen 2 or 3 and think that might be a theme. Far quicker than googling one by fudging one.

Heh, wife gets deliveries from tiktok shops quite a bit. We were out today, so rather than ring us, the regular delivery rider just wrote his phone number and 280 baht on the box, he trusted we'd ring and pay him. What a superstar! Transferred 20 extra as a tip.

I try and avoid Red Bull after that rich dude ran over someone and fled the country. But, I still like to try every new flavour they bring out. This one was FERAL. Minging and strange. It tasted like bubbly watery coffee with a bit of red bull. Red Bull Zero Sugar Cold Brew Coffee Flavor

Oof, that's rough. Girl down the road needs to change schools because the current one is too expensive. She's being prevented from changing until the semester fees are paid off. Which they can't afford to do. So, it's just going to keep adding on and on to the debt they already can't afford 😱

For some reason, my brain likes to go to sleep to a particular song. It's not particularly soothing, but it's a banger. I sing along and am usually out like a light within the next few songs that YouTube Music puts on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4p4...

I usually wear polo shirts. Decided that, fuck it, I'll wear a t-shirt today. It's school holidays, why not. I've gone to adjust my collar, and been confused about lack of collar, about a dozen times today. Get with it brain!

@majima.club squee! www.reddit.com/r/ATBGE/s/NM...

If you only watch one video of a Russian goth lamenting being “painfully alive” while women twerk over his hospital bed, make it this one. (Kolya from ic3peak’s solo project) youtu.be/sRGOvIDVE94?...

We need to talk about naked mole rats theoatmeal.com/comics/naked...

Righto, who's drinking my coffee. Every time I pick up the cup it's empty. I don't remember drinking it. Damn ghosts, make your own coffee!

I think I understand why ellipsis annoy people so much now. New coworker, he's about the same age as the rest of us (around 50). But he ends EVERY SINGLE FUCKING SLACK MESSAGE with ... And put's them in the middle too... I don't think he's physically capable of hitting the full stop just once...

This could be dangerous. Tastes just like juice.

talk? oh no, mister bond. I expect you to CRY *straps the Clockwork Orange eyegear onto bond and an Artax and Old Yeller montage*

Wife knows I'll instantly try anything new in 7-11. She was there earlier and saw some new Beng Beng dark. Grabbed me half a dozen bars and was excited for me to be excited ❤️🥰 They're actually pretty average chocolate bars, but that's beside the point. I'm feeling so loved up right now.

I'm waiting for a livestream funeral to start. Feeling a bit morose. There's crappy midi piano muzak plunking along as "hold music". A godawful midi version of Under The Bridge by RHCP just came on and I'm laughing now. Dunno if you had any say in the music, but thanks Uncle Bazza!

Anyone else feel bad for ignoring the "helpful suggestions" that the AIs always put at the end of the messages? You get an answer, and it always offers to do another thing. I didn't, until I made the mistake of thinking that it's an eager kid, happy to get attention and trying to make Dad happy 😭