The Real Taiwan

30/10/2024

Typhoon Kong-Rey Will Hit Taiwan Tomorrow!

I'm more or less right in the path of this one. If anything happens that's newsworthy I will follow up with more videos.

23/10/2024

The latest photos of my Red Special build by Raymon GuitarWorks. Notice the pickups engraved with my artist name. She should be ready by the end of this month.

21/10/2024

Today was a close call. Too close for me.

Today, I honestly thought I was going to hit a police officer when he suddenly stepped out into traffic without looking in my direction. Technically he did n...

04/10/2024

This is a new one for me:

27/09/2024

I tried calling the tinnitus hotline. No answer. It just kept ringing.

22/09/2024

e-cigarettes are banned in Taiwan, yet every Thai place I go has more idiots va**ng than last time.

17/09/2024

There are but a handful of short films that just need to be shared. This certainly is one of them.

This is a short film by Hiroki Kamada shot on LUMIX S5IIX using Blackmagic RAW.The film tells a story of our protagonist who once had a fallout with his fath...

27/08/2024

While in the USA recently, my sister took me to visit our mother's gravesite. Our mother is interred in a modern wall crypt with marble shutters held in place by security screws and little discs that have a decorative pattern on them. These are called "rosettes" and they are attached to slides that fit into a plate that is secured to the crypt wall.

I immediately recognized the rosettes as our company in Taiwan manufactures them for our US customer. The pattern on these rosettes are very specific and individual to the manufacturer. There is no doubt about it whatsoever: Our company in Taiwan manufactured the rosettes used on my own mother's crypt.

Given that, it is highly likely that the slides and plates used in the construction were also manufactured by us for the same US customer.

I must say that was a pleasant coincidence.

07/08/2024

One thing that I like about visiting the USA: access to amazing used/vintage guitars! I picked up this little beauty in Ashville, NC. 2006 year model and not a mark on it. Even the headstock is pristine with no dings or scratches. There is no belt-buckle rash either. I haven't owned a Les Paul since 1978 so I think it's time and this sweetheart jumped off the rack and into my arms as I walked by.

10 new items added to shared album

03/08/2024

Please stop with the and tags! It's a cheap way to get views and I’m tired of the unnecessary notifications. When it gets excessive, I unfollow.

28/07/2024

Boarding our flight now. Row 58. The only question I have is, who organizes boarding front to back? Apparently United Airlines. Not looking forward to walking past 57 rows of people standing in the aisle monkeying with stuff in the overhead bins.

24/07/2024

For anyone wondering about the typhoon in Taiwan, the red dot is where we live. My weather station recorded 44.7mm of rain thus far, and 33.8 kph winds with 55.8 kph gusts, maximum. The nearby passing that will happen later in the day might be interesting!