Wednesday February 15, 2012

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    The monkey dance is a sight to see. I think it's on youtube for anyone interested.

    Posted in: Microsoft CEO calls Japanese response to Windows 7 'fantastic'

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    MMA and K-1 on New Year's Eve, ah, the new Japanese tradition. Let's ring in the new year watching people beat each other up. Great.

    Posted in: Blockbuster MMA event Strikeforce comes to Japan via live webcast

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    Blue_Tiger, they are only giving McD's a run for their money in Tokyo I think. Still waiting for a BK in Hiroshima. (There was one for a short time, before the whole chain folded the last time. Hopefully this time around they'll survive.) I'm all for these new quarter pounders, but I'm still waiting for Taco Bell to launch throughout Japan....

    Posted in: Quarter Pounder back for seconds

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    Mohican is the Japanese way of saying a mohawk, as in the hair style. As you can see in the photo, it has a light blue mohawk or mohican pattern.

    Posted in: ANA Mohican jet returns to skies after 20 years

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    Haneda is much more convenient, especially if you are transferring from a domestic flight to an international flight. The Haneda to Narita transit is a pain in the neck. This would allow airlines to offer more international flights from local airports. I usually use Kansai Airport, because I'm in Hiroshima, but if Haneda had more international flights, it would probably be more convenient for me. As was written in a recent article here "Tokyo ranked fourth in terms of city functions among 35 major cities selected worldwide, with its main negatives being inconvenient access to Narita International Airport...", that pretty much says it all.

    Posted in: Would you like to see Haneda airport be the main hub for the Kanto area instead of Narita?

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    Be still my beating heart! Gotta run out an get myself one of these gizmos. Not.

    Posted in: Desktop sealing machine

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    Cicada, that is really an inane statement. Some people don't have a choice in the matter, and take any job they can get. Having worked in a restaurant, I know that tips really help make ends meet sometimes. Tipping in the US does seem high, but I do tip for good service. There was one time that I almost left a penny tip. At a TR rib restaurant in SF, after the meal the waiter handed me the bill and stated that no service charge or tip was included on the bill. He was practically begging me to tip him.

    Posted in: What do you think of the tipping system in restaurants, taxis, etc?

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    She has been sucked into the world of tarento, and I say she should milk it for all she can get from it. She is a successful manga artist, has been since 2006. Between doing the goofy tarento stuff, she draws her comics.

    Posted in: Britney Hamada breaks into modeling world with double page spread for Flash

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    I also really enjoy the architecture of Japanese castles. I remember my biggest shock when I first visited Japan as a child. We went to Osaka Castle, my first castle. I was awe-struck right up until we went inside and saw the carpeting and the elevator. Of course it was rebuilt after the war, but as a child I was disappointed. I have since been to Hikone, Himeji, and several other castles. This one sounds like a nice one to visit, but I really want to go to Matsumoto Castle, which is known as Karasu-jo or Crow Castle because of it's black color.

    Posted in: Aizu: A castle, sake and red cows

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    Am I the only one who was reminded of the Bionic Man when reading the headline? It's amazing how technology is advancing so quickly. I look forward to a day when hard drives will have no moving parts, and be economically feasible. It really bites when a hard drive dies. At work we had a dying hard drive, and bought an external 1TB hard drive and carefully pulled off all the necessary data from the dying drive. We finally finished and were preparing to back up the external, when the external died. A one-month old drive. If we had one of these cards, we could have at least temporarily put the data on it, or used it as a backup I guess. Again though, have to wonder about the price.

    Posted in: Bigger, faster, stronger

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    I'm sure Osamu Daizo is currently rolling over in his grave. Come to think of it, since he was probably cremated, I'm not sure he could do that... At any rate, why, oh why was this lad chosen? Not only is it his first movie, but he is from Johnny's for peep's sake. Oh wait, I see the problem. It's a Kadokawa production. Do yourself a favor and read the book.

    Posted in: Johnny's talent Toma Ikuta gets big chance with 'No Longer Human'

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    Who was the referee? Some really bad calls/missed calls. Seemed to do his best to help Uzbekistan. The game was OK. Again, Okazaki was great. Was Okubo really offsides on the goal he scored off the crossbar rebound?

    Posted in: Japan beats Uzbekistan to clinch World Cup berth

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    Could've been worse. They could've called him Mr. P, or P-san in Japanese I guess. He shouldn't have been stressed, he should just make a name for himself, so he doesn't have to live in his wife's shadow.

    Posted in: Singer Noriko Sakai kicks surfer husband out of home

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    My mistake, it is a perfect B movie. John Saxon IS in it.

    Posted in: Hollywood is in full remake mode this year, with "My Fair Lady" (Keira Knightley as Eliza Doolittle) the latest project announced. Which of your favorite movies would you absolutely not like to see remade?

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    It's a wonderful life was remade with Marlo "That Girl" Thomas in the leading role in 1977. It was called "It Happened One Christmas". Wish it hadn't! "Psycho" was also remade, in 1998, wasn't it? "Magnificent 7" (Originally "7 Samurai") was remade as "Battle Beyond The Stars" with Richard "John Boy" Thomas as a psuedo Luke Skywalker. Robert "Man From Uncle" Vaughn even reprised his role. Almost a prefect B movie, except John Saxon wasn't in it. George "A Team" Peppard was though... I figure Hollywood can remake anything they want to. Whether people will go and see the remakes is another story. I think most won't.

    Posted in: Hollywood is in full remake mode this year, with "My Fair Lady" (Keira Knightley as Eliza Doolittle) the latest project announced. Which of your favorite movies would you absolutely not like to see remade?

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    Damn! Dear Leader, Great Leader, always getting those Kims mixed up...

    Posted in: Search for U.S. poet on island to be scaled down

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    Maybe Kim has nabbed him and he's now composing poems like "Ode to the Great Leader".

    It's sad that this happened, but the plain simple fact is, don't go hiking by yourself. Always go with someone, it's just common sense. I hope they find him safe though.

    Posted in: Search for U.S. poet on island to be scaled down

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    "near final"!?!?!?! Bwahahahahaha. I agree with JohnBecker, wait until after Service Pack 2. Then a few months later they'll announce Windows 8 coming soon, and delay its release, then announce support for all previous Windows will stop after Windows 8 is released. I really think that XP was a great OS, don't know why they had to make Vista. Now with Windows 7 sounds like Windows users may have to learn how to use it all over again. Being from Seattle, I hope that Microsoft does well. Personally I prefer to use MacOSX, though I am interested in trying out Linux.

    Posted in: Microsoft releases near-final version of Windows 7

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    Glad they're coming, but I bet I won't be able to afford to go and see them. It'll probably be broadcast on NHK or WOWWOW later anyway.

    Posted in: Simon & Garfunkel to make final Japan tour in July

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    Jeez, if people haven't seen the episode yet, I guess now they won't have to. Thanks a lot! You could have at least put up a spoilers warning, so that people who are planning on watching it don't accidentally read this synopsis. Jerks.

    Posted in: 'ER' says goodbye after 15 years

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