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The Valentinos, the Most Prolific Fashion Family in Japan
June 4th, 2010Japanese TV loves (and I mean LOVES) to report on all the knock-off products and copyright violations rampant in China. Part of it is for the moral indignation factor (moral indignation is good for news ratings, and Japanese news shows LOVE moral indignation stories), and part of it is for the inherent humor when the [...]
Clapping Shepard Tone
February 3rd, 2010Something that has been stuck in my mind for a few days: First, you should be familiar with the Shepard Tone. If you don’t know what that is: So, that out of the way, something that has often both bugged and amused me is the tendency of Japanese audiences to “clap the beat”. That is, [...]
Being Semi-Unemployed Has Made Me Paradoxically Busy
December 1st, 2009So, as people who know me in person may be aware, I left my workplace of ten years at the end of September. I really couldn’t have asked for better work, in that it was incredibly easy and yet paid well. But all things must come to an end, and the night shifts and gradually [...]
Powers of 10 and WH40K
August 30th, 2008I’ve got a cold, so my mind isn’t working all that well. So this post may not be very organized. Are you, dear reader, familiar with the short film “Powers of 10″? It’s an old education short, about 9 minutes long (you’d think they would have added a minute of padding in there), which zooms [...]
Not Abandoned
April 13th, 2008I haven’t abandoned this site, they just shut off all internet access at work, and I usually updated on night shifts.
My Kid Will Be The Punkest Kid On The Block
November 20th, 2007My wife initialled all of Alex’s cars so they wouldn’t get mixed up when playing with other kids…
