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I also took a road trip with my sister and her boyfriend from North Chicago to Orange County in a QX4, loaded full of her stuff. More photos and stories will follow. Never before have I had such a ton of content on the backlog that needs posting. I hope that the pile keeps on … Continue reading »

This dude, along with others of his kind, resides at the Marine Center in the southeast of Oita prefecture. This was one of the many places that my dad and I visited on our hectic tour of Kyushu, which I will post more on in the near future.

After a lengthy period of consideration, I’ve decided to keep posting under the same blog name. Some changes to the site design will have to be made, and I have a ton of content to post. Justin- nice job on the site overhaul. I don’t miss the time consuming process of separating spam from real … Continue reading »

Perched behind a cliff, I thought I was in a good position to get some good shots of waves pounding against the rocks. I was right, but a huge “sleeper wave” sucked the receeding water back, swelled up, and smashed into the cliff, flowing along the contour right at my camera! My new shoes and … Continue reading »

Here are two good articles that you should read: This one talks about the largest attempted bank heist (in a Sumitomo Mitsui in London) and shady dealings in the growing economies of online games like World of Warcraft, putting everything into context with classic trickery used through out history. The other one deals with RFID … Continue reading »

Wired has a pretty good gallery of Akibahara up here. Taro hit it spot on when he said that Akibake like to hang out at Yodobashi Camera (the one in the picture looks identical to the one in Umeda).

Everyone who goes through Incheon Airport probably has shot these signs already, but… I asked the vendor “Does this ice cream taste good?”. When he said “Yes, try some!”, I politely declined. If the ice cream wasn’t being sold at airport prices, I might have taken him up on it. Cool. Maybe I’ll try it … Continue reading »

You can view the set here.

From April 9th to April 16th, my father and I embarked on an eight day tour of Kyushu. We started out in Kumamoto, renting a car at the airport, and then traveled to Saga, Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, and then we returned to Kumamoto. Along the way, we ate many great meals, but ramen turned … Continue reading »