studebaker said...

studebaker at 12:29 PM JST - 19th August

I learned this stuff a few years back at the Dale Carnegie course. It did wonders for my communication skills and public speaking skills. I remember applying 'don't use 'but'' to discussions, and having a better success rate.

Posted in How to disagree agreeably at 12:29 PM JST - 19th August
studebaker at 12:25 PM JST - 19th August

The movie 'Blindness' ends with everyone magically regaining their sight, after having been quarantined in an abandoned hospital or something. I guess the virus ran its course and went away. It is from a book, I believe originally published in Portuguese. Looks like quite an interesting movie, but the writer's…

Posted in Actor Yusuke Isetani angered by questions about former girlfriend at 12:25 PM JST - 19th August
studebaker at 12:18 PM JST - 19th August

The benefits of having an affiar? Let me list them: 1. Many Japanese wives cease to have sex after they have had kids. Many couples even get separate beds after they've had their lot of children. I met a guy once who has been living with his girlfriend for 15…

Posted in The do's and don'ts of having an affair at 12:18 PM JST - 19th August
studebaker at 11:49 AM JST - 19th August

pizzaboy: I believe that was PT Barnum who said that.

Posted in 6 convicted for selling bracelets claimed to smooth blood flow at 11:49 AM JST - 19th August
studebaker at 11:43 AM JST - 14th August

Martin's office in Denenchofu is quite possibly the coolest office I've seen in Tokyo (and possibly anywhere), and the offices he has done for his clients also look quite stunning.
And to electric2004: an office's design depends on a lot more than the quality of the furniture, but it does…

Posted in Rethinking office design at 11:43 AM JST - 14th August
studebaker at 11:35 AM JST - 14th August

Perhaps the problem is not that the minke whales and the humpback whales are competing for the same food sources; perhaps the problem is that humans have impacted the balance of the food supply through other activities. (And I know that they eat krill and not fish)

Posted in Humpback whale population increases due to hunt ban at 11:35 AM JST - 14th August
studebaker at 06:42 PM JST - 12th August

I said that it wouldn't sell well because the youths that would make it popular can't use it. ie) girls with long fingernails can't use the touch screen. I also said that many people without technical abilities would find it intimidating (even though we find it easy to use). I…

Posted in Softbank boosting efforts to shore up sales of Apple Inc.'s iPhone 3G at 06:42 PM JST - 12th August
studebaker at 01:40 PM JST - 7th August

And another news feed for the promotion of 'talent'.

Posted in Divorced Emiri Henmi eager for new relationship at 01:40 PM JST - 7th August
studebaker at 05:17 PM JST - 5th August
Sorry to disrupt your discussion but 2 things: 1. The Uigher separatists were conveniently branded terrorists after sept 11th 2001, and it became easier to for the Chinese to control them in their 'Autonomous region'.
1. Driving a dumptruck into a group of jogging police officers and then throwing grenades…
Posted in 16 policemen killed in attack in northwest China; terror plot suspected at 05:17 PM JST - 5th August
studebaker at 05:00 PM JST - 5th August

The Olympics don't fit spacially or mentally in Tokyo. (But they do fit better in Japan politically than in China) I'd be happy to see them go to South America. (When was the last time (if ever) the games have been held in the southern hemisphere, outside of Australia?

Posted in Tokyo launches campaign for 2016 Olympic bid in Beijing at 05:00 PM JST - 5th August