Gong Bao Ji Ding Spaghetti Originally uploaded by chrisdrum. You have heard of Gong Bao Ji Ding (Kung Pao Chicken), but have you had it on Spaghetti? It’s good!

Everyone puts “Currently Reading” pictures/links on their websites, but since I don’t read, I decided to put a “Currently Watching” section. And why stop there?! I also added a “Previously Watched” section too. No real reason for this.. just something else to put on the site… The cover shots link directly to Amazon. The formatting, as of this writing, is crap, so I will be working on that later. Hint: If you don’t have any idea what I am talking about, look at my sidebar down the page…

Apple decided to (finally) eliminate the distinction between the [iPod](http://web.archive.org/web/20041130040940/http://www.apple.com/ipod//) and the [iPod photo](http://web.archive.org/web/20041130085903/http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/). Now, there is only an [iPod](http://www.apple.com/ipod/) - all color screens, and with the photo capabilities that no one really uses. They did something slightly odd, though - they again discontinued a configuration (the 30gig) in favor for the cheaper 20gig model - that makes both the 20gig and 40goig (which I have) models old and worth money on Ebay (I wish).

Ever have problems with your web hosting ISP? I am having one now with one of the hosting accounts I manage (not this website). Way back when, in 2004, things were fine. I had FTP and Telnet access. Then, sometime late 2004 or early 2005 they decided to turn off Telnet and allow their Telnet-customers use SSH - a good movie in security terms. However, my account could not connect. So, back in April of 2004 (the 15th to be exact), I sent this email (via ther website support ticketing thingy) (note, names have been replaced with public-friendly names…):

This weekend I am going on a trip to [Baotou](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baotou), [site 2](http://www.baotou.gov.cn/English/), the largest city in the Autonomous Region [Inner Mongolia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner_Mongolia), China. (FYI, an Autonomous Region is similar to a Province, but not). Melanie, Kostas, and Lilian will join also. I am not sure what all we will be doing, but I am sure it will be fun.

As you have probably guessed, I have modified the photo gallery section. First, it started as php Gallery. When I decided to redo the site, I purchased a Pro account over at www.flickr.com and started uploading. Originally, I just linked to my flickr site. Then my colleague found a nice WordPress plug-in that utilizes flickr’s API. So now, the flickr photo sets appear in my site as albums. Pretty neat. (O.