November 2011
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I'm in New Zealand and this blog is in stasis! →
Yes, I’ve safely left Japan and finally updated my main website. This blog will be around for posterity, but it probably won’t see (m)any updates from now on. Click the big link above to see the projects I’ll be working on instead.
Nov 1st
March 2011
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Earthquake and tsunami
By the mouth of the Kushiro River, lumber washed away from a mill near my house is floating out to sea as higher-than-normal swells continue to lap at the shores here in Hokkaido. Roads are closed and some towns further east towards Nemuro and southwest towards Hakodate have been flooded by the tsunami, but none of it compares to the damage and loss of life down in Tohoku. The earthquake here...
Mar 11th
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August 2010
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Richard Feynman on learning Japanese
While in Kyoto I tried to learn Japanese with a vengeance. I worked much harder at it, and got to a point where I could go around in taxis and do things. I took lessons from a Japanese man every day for an hour. One day he was teaching me the word for “see.” ”All right, he said. “You want to say, ‘May I see your garden?’ What do you say?” I made up a...
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June 2010
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Jun 30th
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Hey, Now BP Is Doing Stuff In Alaska That'll Piss... →
Via savingpaper: BP is moving ahead with the controversial project to drill for oil three miles off the coast of Alaska in spite of the Obama administration’s moratorium on offshore drilling. The project, called Liberty, has been classified by regulators as an “onshore” project because it sits on an artificial island — a 31-acre pile of gravel in about 22 feet of water — built by BP. And then...
Jun 25th
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Jun 22nd
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AP Analysis: BP Spill Response Plans Severely... →
savingpaper: BREAKING NEWS, EVERYONE.
Jun 9th
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Jun 1st
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May 2010
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Mar 17th
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McSweeney's: A Short History of the Norse... →
savingpaper: So fuckin’ like 1200 years ago, mostah the young guys livin’ ovah in Nahway were havin’ a real tough time, just sittin’ ‘round the fahm thinkin’ tah ‘emselves, “All the good land’s already been takin’ here in Nahway, dad’s gonnah leave the fuckin’ fahm tah my oldah brothah since he’s oldah ‘en me, n’ if I don’t go n’ get myself signed up with one’ah the union guys down at the docks...
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