Personal Blog- Updates…It's finally warm enough to rain... And it hasn't stopped in 3 days. Be careful what you wish for... The blog has suffered from a lack of input recently, mainly due to the fact that nothing much of note has been going on. Although my inactivity has definitely brought on laziness as I've had visitors, […]
- Nuttier Than A FruitcakeSometimes I stop and think about life and its meaning... then I immediately eat something. However, the past few days have made me stop and think a little bit more seriously about it all. On Thursday morning at 8:15 I had an yet another appointment with yet another specialist about my back/neck/body/brain. I was on […]
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Tsunami Harely to be preserved at Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee
At the beginning of this month, a 2004 Harley-Davidson FXSTB Softail Night Train washed up on the shores of Graham Island, British Columbia. What made this remarkable was that it…
Sony Unveils Waterproof Walkman
The new Sony Walkman NWD-W253 is this nice looking waterproof effort. It has a 4GB capacity giving in the region of 12 hours worth of tunes. It’s all bundled up…
Sharp Adding TV with Blu-ray recorder – built in
The Sharp Corporation have announced that it will be adding eight new models of its DX range of LED AQUOS TV’s and they will have Blu-ray disc recorders built in….
Nujabes Dies in Traffic Accident
I just found out that DJ/Producer/Record Label Owner Nujabes (Jun Seba), was involved in a traffic accident on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo late on February 26th. He died from…
Cherry Blossom Forecast
The Japan Weather Association has released information about this years Cherry Blossom Season. Every spring, Japan turns into a glorious spectacle of pink and white and the Japanese people (who…
Life Size Gundam Almost Done!
::via Yahoo! Japan:: The 18m life size replica of a Gundam has had it’s head put on! The Mecha is scheduled for completion in July ready for the 30th anniversary…
New Japanese DVD Releases for 2009
Good news! The UK based Third Window Films will be releasing a veritable feast of Japanese movies on DVD in 2009. On browsing the catalogue it looks like they will…
CouchSurfed at these coordinates:
Yesterday saw the first couchsurfer I have been able to put up since becoming a member back in May of 2007. As I’ve spent a lot of time travelling myself,…
Touring Japan
I’ve finally committed (mentally) to the vacation of a lifetime and will hopefully begin my Japan Tour in Spring next year. I’ve been saving a little cash and I hope…
Oriental City
Back in June, Oriental City closed its doors for the last time. No amount of intervention from local Chinese groups, celebrities (Ian Wright) and petitions could stop the then Mayor…
Chewie, lock in the auxiliary power!
I’m definitely caught in a tractor beam. After Monday’s session with the ‘social’ – (I have no idea why they call themselves the social, they’re anything but…) I found myself…
Steampunk at Heart
I think not having a schedule now that my presence at Jobbcentrum is no longer required, has given my body a chance to reboot. This might be an excuse for…
Sunday May 27th, 2007
The Internet connection I’m poaching finally comes back up today and I’m able to catch up on about 300 emails, unfortunately about 299 of them are spam. Same with the…
Thursday May 17th, 2007
After getting about 3 hours sleep because I can’t put Hurakami’s – The Wind Up Bird Chronicle down, I spend from 9 a.m. until 1 (ish) looking after Gran. Dad…
Friday August 4th, 2006
Broken record time again… I manage to get about 2 hours sleep before I wake up and can’t get back to sleep again. This makes my running total: 6 hours…
Not dope…
I gotta get some stronger sleeping pills. I watched a great little flick last night – ‘Initial D‘, a Chinese/Japanese collaboration based on the pretty awesome Manga of the same…
Man Without Fear
… not me, Daredevil. For years I’ve been using a web site for research, general info and continuity of the Daredevil comics. I don’t know why I’ve never registered at…
