Monthly Archives: June 2009

Yoshi Ikuzo – Precursor to Japanese Hip-hop (yo yo)

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

He’s kind of the Grandmaster Flash of Japan, except he didn’t contribute anything to turntablism and he raps in the Tohoku (instead of Bronx) vernacular. Also, he includes kamishibai (link) in his lyrics, which I’m pretty sure Grandmaster Flash did … Continue reading →

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Torrent alternative

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

Download your torrents via http: furk I tried it. It was free and it worked as advertised. It probably isn’t an RIAA honeypot; they ain’t that smart.

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Still in broken PC limbo

Posted on June 29, 2009 by

The homebrew LCD hack didn’t work, but it wasn’t for lack of trying. My backyard repair dude rewired and replaced one old broken set of fluorescent tubes with old working (?) ones with some brilliant desoldering/resoldering skills and only charged … Continue reading →

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There were better days..

Posted on June 26, 2009 by
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Nikkeis from South America paid to leave Japan (and not come back to work ever again)

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

I’ve really been out of the loop, but this was a really interesting read: Japan Pays Foreign Workers to Go Home Even though the dumbass running the program can’t keep his racist views in check, I basically can’t see how … Continue reading →

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Vietnam destiny

Posted on June 23, 2009 by

Found this crazy story over at Monkeyfilter about a Vietnam vet who met up, through a series of highly impossible yet seemingly predetermined events, with the daughter of a man he killed during the war: One veteran heals through a … Continue reading →

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Biggest Fall Yet

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

Yesterday, when we were walking back from seeing the only horse in the area (name: Happy), Max stepped on a piece of wood, lost his balance, and fell forward onto the street. I saw the moment of impact and saw … Continue reading →

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Working Around Planned Obsolescence

Posted on June 19, 2009 by

All of the PCs I’m using at home are ones I brought over from Japan in 2006 so they are all either very well-used or broken now. My main laptop is a Latitude x300 which was manufactured about 150 computer … Continue reading →

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PETARDED

Posted on June 18, 2009 by

PETA doesn’t like fishmongers tossing fish at the Pike Place Fish Market PETA wishes Obama hadn’t swatted a fly on live TV PETA needs to hurry up and merge with the Church of Scientology so we all have a single … Continue reading →

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Oh My Rice

Posted on June 17, 2009 by

I just happened to be looking at Thai used car sites for some missing pieces to the Crown, and I happened upon one of the riciest piece of riceriffic gohan I’ve ever seen (can you say bad aero kit?). It’s … Continue reading →

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Learning to speak Thai

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

Andrew Biggs (I always think of him as the Dave Spector of Thailand although that’s far from being accurate) wrote a couple of great columns over at the Bangkok Times: RAMKHAMHAENG SECRETS (PART ONE) The first farang student at the … Continue reading →

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Adam in the The Herald Monterey County

Posted on June 15, 2009 by

His project at the Monterey Bay Aquarium hooks up disabled kids with a diving experience – how cool! Full article here: Disabled children explore underwater wonders at Monterey aquarium Damn, I still can’t believe my little brother and sister are … Continue reading →

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Oh My Pakuri

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

This is funny but for most of it you need to be able to read Japanese. Thanks to T for turning me onto these on YT.

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Rain no come

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

We did everything in our powers to make the rain come today: Washed both cars, watered the garden and lawn, and even washed the old motorbike. It never came, though. Usually just washing one car this time of year is … Continue reading →

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Magnum Solo, P.I.

Posted on June 11, 2009 by
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Pink Magic Window

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

My dad sent my sister’s favorite old toy in a care package. I wanted to look it up on the net but I couldn’t think of what it might be called or even how to describe it. Luckily, the product … Continue reading →

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Himiko's Punch Perm (aka Pimiko's Punch Perm – PPP)

Posted on June 9, 2009 by

As in, they have reconfirmed Himiko’s tomb as the kofun (burial mound) in Sakurai that T and Adam and I walked around on the way past Miwa Jinja on a cold drizzly day a few years back. You see, this … Continue reading →

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Sarcasm Tag

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

Look, I found a non-marketing twit written in the last two months!

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Sky Cries Murder

Posted on June 7, 2009 by

“The rock legend Jimi Hendrix was murdered by his manager, who stood to collect millions of dollars on the star’s life insurance policy, a former roadie has claimed in a new book.” LINK Somebody here is gonna have some serious … Continue reading →

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Ambulating terror

Posted on June 4, 2009 by

I mentioned that Max is walking, right? Up until last week he was still apprehensive about walking without a support of some sort and wouldn’t stand up by himself from a sitting position… A couple days ago he totally disappeared … Continue reading →

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