Monthly Archives: February 2005

In Hakuba

Right now I’m in Nagano with Taro, staying at the lodge where he used to work in seasons long ago. The snow is superior to any I have so far encountered in Japan, but this is not surprising. Taro and … Continue reading

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Death and Lake Biwa

This past weekend, Justin, Taro, and I embarked on a weekend trip, excited to finally have the opportunity to snowboard/ski this season. We were hoping to get an early start on snowboarding in Shiga prefecture, but rain on the coast … Continue reading

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music videos that don’t suck

On the Submarine Channels’s Pause Online you can see the videos on Spike Jonze’s and Michel Gondry’s Director’s Label DVDs, as well as other noteworthy works. Works like the Beastie Boy’s Sabotage, a few Daft Punk vids, and many of … Continue reading

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Of Roommates

Gary has an awesome link about the strange behavior of roommates here. The guy reminds me of how Mark gets down at the Sanctuary and now defunct Sharp, except there is no spiking of disco balls and no ass slapping.

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Peeing on things

One day, I will have children who will ask me “What was college like?”, and if I choose to answer honestly I will reply “For young men, college is mostly about destroying things, refining procrastinating technique and bullshitting skills, but … Continue reading

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Kumamoto Ramen Anywhere!

Sapporo has come out with an instant tonkotsu ramen (the bowl to the left) that kicks the pants off of anything widely available outside of Kyushu. This is all the more remarkable since all of the ingredients in this Kumamoto-flavor … Continue reading

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Gigapxl Project

Can you imagine having a camera that took pictures in such fine resolution (measured in gigapixels!) that you would need a special infrastructure to effectively wield it? What would you do with such awesome capabilities if you were retired and … Continue reading

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Killing Pain

Here’s some good reading about how war has been the perfect labaratory in which to study and refine anasthetics. Modern surgery was invented in the 16th century by Ambroise Par?, a lowly barber-surgeon in the French army. When he joined … Continue reading

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Stalactites and Stalagmites

Calcite is one of those mediums with which nature fully displays its crazy genius in the open. These sculptures have been shaped so long ago, that one can not truly comprehend of timescales using a human generation as the incremental … Continue reading

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