kenleewrites in 日本

A friend alerted me to this cool video on likecool.com. Who would have thought it was two hobbits under there. ^^.

Do you remember my otokomae tofu (男前豆腐) post. I bought an official t-shirt and cap way back then. It was winter and donning just a t-shirt in winter can be quite chilly. ^^.

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Managed to catch Terminator:Salvation at Roppongi Hills. The movie was ok. Wasn’t particularly impressed. Am still overwhelmed from Star Trek. ^^. That being said, there’s a link between the two movies. Know what it is?

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Every once in a while, I get asked about Japanese LaTeX typesetting on a Mac. I solved that problem a while back when I was trying to evangelize LaTeX in my research lab. I was pretty successful. Many jumped on the LaTeX bandwagon. ^^.

I was so successful that I even got a junior to make an instruction sheet for me, in English no less. ^^. So, without further ado, here we are.

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Had a most interesting afternoon with Tokyo’s very own Stormtrooper. Two things to accomplish yesterday. Earn some pocket money and interview with BBC’s Fast:Track.

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