http://hostiletraveler.com Viewing the world through bleary eyes Sun, 04 Jan 2009 20:06:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First off, I know I've been neglecting the site.  I was sorta hoping it's like a cactus, where you can forget to water it for a good long time before it dies, but alas, blog software doesn't work that way.  After receiving some hatemail from my hosting provider that I ... http://hostiletraveler.com/2009/01/04/site-news-or-fuckedupgrade/ [Disclaimer - I'm no historian. I shouldn't even need to say that...] As a child, I used to look through my father's scrapbook from when he was in the Army with a sense of wonder at this strange place called Korea that he had been. He had joined the ... http://hostiletraveler.com/2008/06/27/korea-no-the-other-one/ [Okay, I know I said I'd be doing something about North Korea in the last post, but I'm still getting my act together so it may be awhile longer.] About a month ago I got it into my head that the reason that I was a poor photographer had nothing to ... http://hostiletraveler.com/2008/06/25/now-my-crappy-photos-will-be-bigger/ As I work through putting a proper links page together, I'm running across some interesting stuff. One forum site that I visited is called Japan Forum which has some great user-contributed photo galleries in addition to their forum sections. I know I've said this before, but forums like ... http://hostiletraveler.com/2008/06/10/harajuku-girls-and-cosplay/ Recently, I installed some software to keep track of what people are looking at on the site, where they're coming from, and how they got here. One of the things it provides me is what search engine terms people type in that makes the site come up. Care ... http://hostiletraveler.com/2008/06/05/did-you-know/