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Street view for Tokyo on Google Maps

August 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

As is already possible for other major cities around the world, you can now use Google Maps to virtually drive around Tokyo and enjoy 360 degree views of the cityscape. Here's Shibuya Crossing.

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Tags: Cool Website · Oooh, Look!

Four Day Weekend, Day 2

May 5th, 2008 · 4 Comments

On Saturday morning (day 1) I drove my wife to work so we could have the car to go to Navel Park. That was the plan, but when I got home I crawled back into bed and didn't wake up until the crack of 1pm. I felt refreshed, but guilty for shooting our plans for [...]

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Musical Interlude

April 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

His cover of the Rolling Stone's Brown Sugar is pretty good too. An excerpt from his blog: Even though I'm a ukulele player I don't own a Hawaiian shirt. It's not like anybody made a rule that if you play the ukulele you have to wear one. I never wanted one so I've never bought [...]

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Online stalk everyone with Spokeo

March 27th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Spokeo is an amazing website/online app thingie that imports your contact lists from your email, webmail and social network accounts and creates a comprehensive list of what everyone you've ever been in contact with is up to. My God, for a quiet, lonely hermit, my life is quite an open book online.

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Kanji Box

February 16th, 2008 · 4 Comments

If you're a Facebook user and are learning Japanese, give the Kanji Box app a whirl. And no cheating by using Perapera-kun or Rikai-chan at the same time.

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Tags: Cool Website · Oooh, Look!