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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 2
River near work is 7 ft higher than normal.
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Live Typhoon Tokage Blogging Pt. 1
Live shots of typhoon Tokage.
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Typhoon Tokage
I always used to laugh when I saw somebody use an umbrella in high winds, seemingly being pulled around by an invisible donkey until the inevitable point where the umbrella…
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Alternative Sushi
My nomination for recipe of the year: Hostess Twinkies Sushi
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Cheerful Monday People…
Must die. Please God, make them go away. I asked one of the girls why she was all smiles today. She said it was because the new fax machine we…
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Costco Amagasaki Branch
Long, long escalator at Costco Amagasaki.
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Kuidaore
Famous Osaka landmark with clown mascot. Nuff said.
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Nepalese Rock Salt
T was importing this rock salt from Nepal, but stopped after receiving the first shipment. Somehow I understand why without asking.
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Vaio U3 & Wordtank G50
Adam bought a Canon Wordtank G50 in Nipponbashi today. Much more compact than past models and dwarfed by my U3 micronote.
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Free E-books: The Baen Free Library
If you like (mostly science) fiction, you should definitely check out the Baen Free Library. On the home page you will find a mission statement by the head “librarian,” Eric…
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Fishing Awaji Shima
The gokai, AKA bloodworm, is a nasty looking worm that looks pretty threatening. In addition to its abundance of legs and segments, it has a vein running the length of…
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N. Mancer Returns
William Gibson is blogging again: http://www.williamgibsonbooks.com/blog/blog.asp