I’d like to present some thoughts on Japanese street fashion, and more specifically the differing impetus behind fashion in western cultures and fashion as I experienced it in Japan, and through talking to various Japanese people about clothing styles and whatnot. It seems to be that in western cultures,…
So, the other day Annette and I were at the house we want to buy, waiting for the real estate agent to show up. We’re sort of purposelessly standing on the corner of the street, in this quiet suburb, at night. Just waiting for this dude to arrive and…
I had a dream the other night in which I was told my dear friend, Mr Chris Rigby, had died in a motorcycle crash. My immediate reaction was to sing the Battle Hymn of the Brunnen-G. Upon waking, and reflection, I believe it’s what he would have wanted.…
So, we’re waiting on word from the bank confirming our new mortgage. And it’s taking freaking ages, and driving us crazy. Now, this particular mortgage is not that large, specifically because we’re putting down a fairly plump deposit. In fact, the largest deposit I’ve ever put…
Our apartment sold today, at auction. Not quite for our reserve price, but very very close. We’re quite happy with the sale price. So that’s a done deal. And we haven’t actually bought a new place yet. So ..yeah. I’m sure there’s no possible way…
I just watched an episode of CSI where the investigators are sneaking up on a suspect who is using a terminal at one end of a large data center. The data center in question contains dozens of racks, all chock full of active servers. The CSI dudes are trying not…
I just cleaned bits of our kitchen. Which doesn’t sound like a big deal, but you see because it’s on the interior of the building, the kitchen in our apartment has no windows. And the range-hood doesn’t actually have a vent, it just runs air through the…