Wet street at night on the east side of Shinjuku train station, Tokyo Japan.
(Taken 10 August 2008)

BOMC 0.3

It may be a little late, considering the Olympics are almost over, but I thought people might like it anyway.

Here is a widget I wrote to display the medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since there is no RSS feed for on the Olympic site for the medals I had to write code to read values from the html.

So though it is a little late it was an interesting exercise in doing screen scraping with JavaScript and using JQuery in widgets.

You can download the widget here:

Beijing Olympic Medal Count Dashboard Widget

Trying to sort through my 365 Nights photos and workout what extra needs to be uploaded (a lot really). And I came across this photo I took of the closed BBNT (Burgers, Burritos, Nachos and Tacos) in Newtown.

The store was a interesting concept, and it could have worked. But in my experience the service was lacking, food took a long time come. And when it arrived it was cold and parts not properly cooked.

A quick search show me that I was not alone in my feelings. While some people seem to have enjoyed the place, many seem to have been left with a bad taste in their mouth

It seems that khemany had quite an experience at BBNT: No service from inept staff; delays in food preparation; that was cold and inedible when they finally got it.

Trip Advisor has mixed reviews about the place, though it does note BBNT is closed. It is listed as one of the things in the Facebook What do you HATE about Newtown?.

Alternatively, people at Sutekh seemed to think it was good. I found an interesting YouTube video about a BBNT experience. And the people at bellamyhayden seem to think their uneven closing time policy was a good marketing ploy.

Of course, being uneven in other areas is what let them down. The inability to maintain quality control on food, and the lack of customer service seem to be the thing that did them in.

What tracks do DJs at Radio Guantanamo like to play?

Well the SMH has a list of tracks apparently used for torture. Music used in American military prisons on detainees during interrogation for the effect of: sleep deprivation, culture shock, and disorientation.

Now, while I can see how some things could be considered torture, the Barney Theme Song for instance. I think that there are probably better Metallica tracks for the purpose than Enter Sandman.

Of course it begs the question: Are the American military paying all the royalties due for public performances?

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