24 06/09
17:23

Know your Japanese #1

Know your Japanese #1

Here’s a hint. 5 characters. □□□□□. ^^.

23 06/09
20:16

USB Key

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Spotted these cool USB Keys when I visited the local Apple Store recently. Pretty cool design. I used to buy USB drives whenever I felt they were cheap. Will usually pick up a 2GB for ¥500. Since it’s so cheap, I figured it saves me the trouble of sorting out what to delete in my other thumbdrives. Are you guilty of that too? I’ve got 6GB spread over a family of 4 drives. 1+1+2+2. But as USB drives gain capacity, that’s all about to change for me.

Most of the time I only use my USB drives for backup, sometimes for sharing files. I’ve done such a good job of evangelizing that I don’t usually have to bother with the FAT32 format anymore. ^^. Transfer over FAT32 is really slow and the first thing I always do is to reformat the drive. Do you have this habit too?

Really like this design. Slick, sturdy… metallic. Know of any other slick USB drives?

23 06/09
13:50

[adult swim] Gundam bumps

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Had my first TV bump with [adult swim]. Have you seen some of the other bumps they did? I particularly liked the “adopt an anime character” bump. ^^.

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21 06/09
23:55

Black Ship Burger

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Hard Rock Cafe Yokohama 6

Recently had this really good Kurofune Burger at Hard Rock Cafe. The black buns in the “Kurofune” are a reference to the coal-powered American vessels of old that brought Commodore Perry to Japan. He landed at Yokosuka and negotiated a trade treaty with Japan, thus ending over 200 years of isolation. I haven’t been there yet, but am looking forward to visiting it soon.

If not for the warships stationed at the American base there, then at least for the sukajan-s I might be able to get there.

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20 06/09
11:38

Greeting customers with a dead tuna head

Tuna head

Tuna head on display outside a sushi restaurant. Shows you’re getting the real deal fresh from the deep oceans. Hector was just about to give it a little kiss, but backed off when he got within 2 noses.

“She smells.”

What other dead heads have you seen outside restaurants? ^^.