Monthly Archives: March 2010

Japan – The Strange Country

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

The author got too much flak for drawing little squinty eyes (with his own little squinty eyes), so he pulled the English version. Those people were missing the point, really. The artwork (infographics) tells most of the story even if … Continue reading →

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Mina's passport photo

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

The vice consul who handled our case thought this was a great passport photo.

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Props to Mika

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

My sister, Mika, who works with our darling brother Adam darling penguins and otters at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, was interviewed for an NPR program concerning climate change and its impact on the ocean. The interview can be found here: … Continue reading →

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What Mina Thinks of Bangkok (Daddy Concurs)

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Quite predictably, the long car ride to and from Bangkok was not appreciated by either baby, which they were quite vocal about. This was a kind of test run; do we really want to unleash these two on a plane … Continue reading →

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We Against the World

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

I have a master’s class to teach this morning, then our whole family + nanny are off to Bangkok. We have an appointment tomorrow morning at the embassy’s ACS building to report Mina’s birth abroad and apply for a passport. … Continue reading →

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Michaelsoft Binbows (?????????????)

Posted on March 27, 2010 by

Secondhand PC and parts shop somewhere in Japan photo credit: Unknown awesome person

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ippon demo ninjin

Posted on March 26, 2010 by

Max is a little less enthused by this than I am, but I found the greatest song for learning counting (and introducing the concept of counters) in Japanese this week: It’s just a great song, really. I hereby declare this … Continue reading →

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Cornershop Kway Chap

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

Last week I visited at a noodle shop that I thought was new, but my coworker said it’s been around for a few years. This is mainly what they sell, standard kway chap noodles served Vietnamese style in clear chicken … Continue reading →

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Shift + Esc

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

This is the best Google Chrome shortcut / utility I’ve come across recently (try it; it’s an internal Task Manager). ///////////// I’ll even give you another killer one just for reading this: You can delete entries from an auto-complete drop … Continue reading →

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Floating

Posted on March 23, 2010 by
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If that’s not a Gatson, I don’t know what is..

Posted on March 22, 2010 by

Go check it out. ///// Previous friend’s doppelgangers I’ve found on the web: Enter the Daver ///// UPDATE: I’ve decided to archive the photo here.

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missiles

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

I was browsing teh intarwebs and stumbled upon this pic: …and all I could think of was a photo we took a few years ago on the beach in Sumoto: I say “we” because I don’t remember who was using … Continue reading →

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Stevie on Sunday

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

…because it’s our day to chill and listen to YouTube music. Max got to see twenty vids, now it’s my turn for one. Actually, there is a version with an actual music video here, but the audio sucks. /// It’s … Continue reading →

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Fuji Pet Detection

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Fujifilm wants you to buy a dog or cat for your digital camera, and not the other way around: Guide for Auto Dogs & Cats Detection Whoever actually does so will kick themselves in four months when Canon’s heartbeat sensor … Continue reading →

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fontalicious

Posted on March 21, 2010 by

Ask H&FJ: Four Techniques for Combining Fonts I want to open a cafe just to have a menu like that.

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Monterey Bay Aquarium Dinner Set

Posted on March 20, 2010 by

…for the discerning toddler.

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RIP Seba Jun

Posted on March 19, 2010 by

Nujabes died in a car crash last month in Tokyo. He was my age… Damn.

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Blue kapom (Calotes versicolor)

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

It took me three years to find one of the blue ones after I heard about them (and possibly ate them as well). This lizard is known in standard Thai as ginka and in Isan dialect as kapom. It has … Continue reading →

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close call

Posted on March 17, 2010 by

On my way to pick up Max from school today, I almost killed a female university student who evaded a police checkpoint by speeding straight at me from the opposite direction. I stomped on the brakes as she almost went … Continue reading →

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Google Chat vs. Skype

Posted on March 14, 2010 by

Recently, Google Chat is consistently better in terms of voice and video; this was not the case a year ago. I wonder if switching to a dedicated Jabber client would yield even better results, and might enjoy having Google Chat … Continue reading →

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