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Clash of the cultures stereotypes
I read an article at 1up called “Clash of the Cultures” that talked about the differences between American and Japanese games and directly correlated those differences with the differences in American and Japanese culture, mind-set, history, etc. My feelings on … Continue reading
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Linux may be finally arriving
I have an old computer. I got it as a gift 8 years ago, and it wasn’t even top-of-the line then. It is an Acer Travelmate 512T laptop, which comes with a whopping 330 MHz processor, 64 MB of ram, … Continue reading
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More Shimajiro videos
I’ve put up some more excerpts from the Shimajiro videos our daughter Karisa gets from Japan. You may remember the one I put up a few months ago featuring the toilet training song, complete with dancing poo. I hadn’t checked … Continue reading
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Instant Tom Cruise movie review
My cousin Peter made this comment on my earlier post on the Conan movies. My comment on Tom Cruise’s acting recalled this quote from a review of Minority Report: While there are action elements, this is not an action film, … Continue reading
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Message to your 12 year old self…
Over at fark a while back, there was a LONG discussion in the forums here. The subject is, “If you could go back in time and tell your 12-year old self one thing, what would it be? Difficulty, no stock … Continue reading
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answer to the ESP test
Is I mentioned in the earlier post, I would post the answer later. Most people that were kind enough to comment on it also gave the correct answer. I thought the trick was pretty sneaky, so I wrote an email … Continue reading
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Japan making the Bomb
Reading this news article piqued my interest. What I found interesting is not that Japan’s foreign minister proclaimed that Japan was capable of producing a nuclear weapon should it wish to, but that such a declaration was even necessary. Japan … Continue reading
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Baby girl
Ack… I haven’t posted anything here in quite a while. Well, Ryoko gave birth to a baby girl on Sept. 25th. Everything went fine, and we have named her Eren. The spelling is what it is because we wanted no … Continue reading
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The secret of ESP
I saw a link to this ESP test and on a whim checked it out. Try the test a few times to see how accurate it is. Then, see if you can figure it out. It had me stumped at … Continue reading
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Economics of mass transit
I ran across this article that discusses the economic reality of why people in America don’t use the public transportation. I find it meaningful because he address the value of the commuter’s time, which he purports to be the most … Continue reading
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