You can tell we’re about to go on a family snowboard trip, because it’s almost midnight the day before we have to takkyubin the boards, […] Read More
Today is a national holiday over here – National Foundation Day – which means most people are about and about, which means that it’s generally […] Read More
Well, I awoke this morning to see that Tokyo is getting it’s second bout of snow of 2008, at least where we are. It’s still […] Read More
Alas, after years of faithful service (about seven I think) my Sennheiser HD-495s finally went silent for the last time during a quick game of […] Read More
Back to Books at Last! I’ve been in the fortunate position for a while now to have a pile of books to read. I hate […] Read More
明けましておめでとうございます 2008, or Happy New Year. Another year looms upon us like a great looming thing. Overall, I thought 2007 was pretty good, so I […] Read More
What a great way to finish 2007 – today I managed to pass my Oogata ‘big motorbike’ test on my first try. Given some of […] Read More
A few months ago, a friend lent me the DVD set of the Long Way Round TV series, which initially I hadn’t heard of, despite […] Read More
OK, now despite saying a lot that I wouldn’t get all three consoles for this generation (hey, the Wii is my wife’s!) I decided to […] Read More
Every time I go into Tully‘s, do I think this is the best slogan ever. It’s the slogan on a free newsletter they have there. […] Read More