Dave's Blog » Keitai Log http://unknowngenius.com/blog Chemically-enhanced neural rewiring, on a semi-regular basis... Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:06:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Gion Matsuri etc. http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/19/gion-matsuri-etc/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/19/gion-matsuri-etc/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:55:09 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/19/gion-matsuri-etc/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Gion Matsuri etc.

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Gion Matsuri etc.

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/19/gion-matsuri-etc/feed/ 0 Gardening http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/17/gardening/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/17/gardening/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:25:37 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/17/gardening/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Gardening

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A couple more weeks and I’ll have fresh cilantro for my Thai curries!

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Gardening

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/17/gardening/feed/ 1 Self-Defeating Purpose http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/13/self-defeating-purpose/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/13/self-defeating-purpose/#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:20:41 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/?p=3339 Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Self-Defeating Purpose

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Self-Defeating Purpose

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/07/13/self-defeating-purpose/feed/ 0 Learn English and Save Your Soul http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/06/24/learn-english-and-save-your-soul/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/06/24/learn-english-and-save-your-soul/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:04:55 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/06/24/learn-english-and-save-your-soul/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Learn English and Save Your Soul

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These “volunteers” will teach you English (and the Word of Jesus Christ Savior) for free, at three convenient locations around Kyoto.

Obviously, Japan is not doing enough to discourage missionaries these days…

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Learn English and Save Your Soul

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Rice Paddies

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Yep, that’s my daily commute.

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Rice Paddies

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Wine Seminar

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Post-meeting dinner with visiting Todai researcher and incidentally major wine amateur: any day, really…

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Wine Seminar

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Glamour

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God how I would have loved to seat the design meeting for this one:

“- For our sign, we need something refined something that spells GLAMOUR…”

“- how about the silhouette of a woman sitting on her ass, spread-eagled, showing her crotch?”

“- Brilliant! That’s exactly what I meant!”

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Glamour

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/06/03/glamour/feed/ 0 Kamogawa at Dusk http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/31/kamogawa-at-dusk/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/31/kamogawa-at-dusk/#comments Mon, 31 May 2010 05:05:33 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/31/kamogawa-at-dusk/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Kamogawa at Dusk

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Near demachi yanagi

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Kamogawa at Dusk

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Japanese Train Schedules

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Japan: the country where trains being one minute late on the usual schedule warrants posting advance notices all over the station…

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Japanese Train Schedules

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/24/japanese-train-schedules/feed/ 2 Brand New Toy http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/08/brand-new-toy/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/08/brand-new-toy/#comments Sat, 08 May 2010 07:47:41 +0000 Dave http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/05/08/brand-new-toy/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Brand New Toy

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Perfect timing

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Brand New Toy

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Mami-chan

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Testing new iPhone-upload system…

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Mami-chan

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/04/30/mami/feed/ 3 The end is near… http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/10/last-few-days-in-berlin/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/10/last-few-days-in-berlin/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:42:49 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/10/last-few-days-in-berlin/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

The end is near…

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The end is near…

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/10/last-few-days-in-berlin/feed/ 0 More random sights of Berlin life… http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/05/more-random-sights-of-berlin-life/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/05/more-random-sights-of-berlin-life/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:49:34 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/03/05/more-random-sights-of-berlin-life/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

More random sights of Berlin life…

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More random sights of Berlin life…

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A Night at the Museum

]]> The Pergamon in Berlin: throwback to simpler times, when bringing back a couple postcards or a “Love From Athens” t-shirt from your archeological expedition just didn’t seem enough.

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A Night at the Museum

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Busy Week…

]]> International première of Kyoto Uzumasa Monogatari in Alexanderplatz, La Traviata at Deutsche Oper Berlin and Berlinale screening of Otouto at the Berlinale Palast…
Definitely staying home tonight.

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Busy Week…

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Walking on Thin Ice

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Due to current temperature, sandals and robe will unfortunately have to wait. But I can work on the beard in the meantime.

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Walking on Thin Ice

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How cold, you ask?

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Yes: these are boats. Yes: these are people.

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How cold, you ask?

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Max Planck in Berlin

]]> My new home for the next 3 months…

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Max Planck in Berlin

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/01/06/max-planck-in-berlin/feed/ 1 New Year’s Eve in Paris http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/01/06/new-years-eve-in-paris/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/01/06/new-years-eve-in-paris/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:40:29 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2010/01/06/new-years-eve-in-paris/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

New Year’s Eve in Paris

]]> Celebrating the coming 2010s, swinging 20s style…

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New Year’s Eve in Paris

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Tschüss…

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Tschüss…

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/30/tchuss/feed/ 0 When everything else has failed… http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/10/when-everything-else-has-failed/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/10/when-everything-else-has-failed/#comments Thu, 10 Sep 2009 07:38:19 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/10/when-everything-else-has-failed/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

When everything else has failed…

]]> An apparently distraught software project manager, turning to the gods of Meiji-Jingu with a slightly unorthodox ema request…

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When everything else has failed…

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Summer-capping Weekend in Tokyo

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Summer-capping Weekend in Tokyo

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Barney lives…

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Barney lives…

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/09/barney-lives/feed/ 0 Last month was my birthday… http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/09/last-month-was-my-birthday/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/09/last-month-was-my-birthday/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 07:26:09 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/09/last-month-was-my-birthday/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

Last month was my birthday…

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Last month was my birthday…

]]> http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/09/09/last-month-was-my-birthday/feed/ 0 琴引浜 http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/08/25/%e7%90%b4%e5%bc%95%e6%b5%9c/ http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/08/25/%e7%90%b4%e5%bc%95%e6%b5%9c/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:34:33 +0000 Dave's Keitai http://unknowngenius.com/blog/archives/2009/08/25/b6w0zimb/ Post originally published on: Dave's Blog (please leave your comments over there)

琴引浜

]]> 2 days of sun, sand, waves, bbq, tequila, fireworks and fun. 【map】

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琴引浜

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