I have a feeling that the fact Hanaro hasn’t disconnected me from their system is going to pose some problems later today when the Megapass guys show up to hook me up. And they promised I’d be disconnected sometime yesterday, as long as I faxed them a copy of my alien registration card. The bastards. UPDATE: Weirdly enough, my phone line is cut off, as of noon, but if you’re seeing this, then my Internet connection is still up. And it’s been more stable since my request for discontinuation of service than it’s been in months.
Month: October 2005
Famous Asexuals sounds like a book by Lytton Stratchey, but actually it’s a link in Wikipedia.
Researching composer Erik Satie, I ran across a note in Wikipedia claiming he was mainly asexual. There was a link on that last word; of course I followed it. Look whose company he shared: Newton; Tesla; Dali; Gould; Lovecraft; and Kant. Wow. But you know, people who like sex have achieved things too. Whatever.
Probably Don’t Need a New Bike Seat…
but this New York Times article makes me want one. (via Gatorlog.)
A Night Off
Since I’m not supposed to have an internet connection tonight, I’m loathe to work on anything online. But I did read a post by Marvin on our shared blog New Sophists’ Almanac, about Jazz in Japan, musical authenticity, and stuff like that. You can read his original post here, and then check out my response here.
The Notion of Customer Service in Korea
This post is going to be full of observations, and questions, but not full of answers. Frankly, although I’m more of a consumer here than I ever was in North America — in the sense that I actually deal with a lot more people in the service industry — I still don’t really have a good fix on the Korean idea of how customer and service provider is idealized or considered. Here’s what I mean: in North America, if you work in the service industry, the adage is that “The customer is always right.” Now, this is an adage, not …