I just posted over at the swet.jp blog, which is where all the cool kids hang out. I was happy to be invited to write for that site because: It will focus my attention on thinking about the work that I do and writing something readable about it I can then repurpose that content, bringing [...]
Archive for April, 2008
New old movies
If you live in Japan, you get to watch American movies three months later than everyone else, and for more money to boot. Well, in the theater, anyway; if you’re renting disks it’s quite affordable but you get to wait six months instead. I’ve never gotten into the whole “download movies from the internets” thing, [...]
WP Success
Finally got this place updated to the latest flavor of WordPress. I was tired of seeing that “you are in danger of being hacked by Ukranian credit-card thieves” note every time I logged in. More than that, though, I was tired of never being able to log in. This hosting company isn’t the best I [...]
An old temple photo
An old temple photo Originally uploaded by Durf Taken at Jindaiji in the late nineteenth century. Not. Actually it was taken at Jindaiji a few years ago (the original is here) and run through this cool online “old photo generator” called the 幕末古写真ジェネレーター (Bakumatsu old photo generator). Perfect for making your shots of Kabukicho neon [...]
Koganei babies
A very quick post to link to the website of Hamada Nursing Baby (浜田ナーシングベビー). This Koganei clinic is run by an 80-year-old woman with strong massaging hands and plenty of advice for new mothers wondering what to do with their infants. Megumi has been going there for some months, and has made a number of [...]
