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Natto, Fermented Beans in a Styrofoam Box Video

March 11, 2010

People were curious about what nattou (納豆) really looks like when I posted about it awhile back. So I made a video of me dissecting a container of it.
Natto is a staple food for many in Japan, especially in the Kanto region. It’s made from fermented soybeans using the bacteria called Bacillus subtilis. It’s also [...]

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For the record…

February 26, 2010

This arrived in the mail today. I think I mentioned the JLPT 2009 about 24 days ago
This is the test result from that thing I took back at the beginning of December. Back when I interviewed Arthur Humphrey. Feels like ages ago already. Ah, Technology.

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For the Love of Food and Japanese

February 22, 2010

Over the past year I’ve realized two important things:
One, people really like looking at food. Just as much as eating it, perhaps more.

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Random Japanese Stuff and Fake Beer

February 16, 2010

Hello Kitty earplugs. Because the character on your earplug case totally matters.
Pretty busy these days, so I’m copping out and just posting a few funny pictures of stuff I found over the past few days

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Sin City Scenery on Inspiring Travel Monthly – Romance Edition

February 9, 2010

My recent Vegas trip was recently posted on the awesome travel blog carnival, Inspiring Travel Monthly – Romance Edition
While, I can’t guarantee that my original Sin City Scenery had anything to do with Valentine’s day or Romance (aside from maybe some of the scenery), it still had some interesting things to look at. [...]

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Snow in Tokyo

February 8, 2010

It snowed in Tokyo a few days ago and I snapped a couple pics around my neighborhood. The following one being my favorite:

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Arvale Flash Prototype

February 6, 2010

While switching servers recently, I ran across this old thing on my server:

You might have to right-click on it and select ‘Play’ for it to work. Click on it, then use Up/Down/Left/Right arrows to move around.
It’s an old Flash prototype for Arvale I made while I was sick at home 2 years ago messing around [...]

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Las Vegas Leftovers

January 22, 2010

That’s Penn Jillette and me. In the same room. True story. He’s shorter than I remembered
Sometimes I simply can’t fit all the information and pictures into a post. Either I couldn’t fit them into the story (yes, I try to stick with a narrative, and yes, sometimes I make stuff up to make [...]

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Japanese Jazz Cooking 101

January 20, 2010

Jazz Cooking is a term that a friend of mine named Julee coined back when I was in university. She was a big Jazz musician and wailed at flute and sax. I haven’t seen her in a few years, but last I heard she was teaching flute as a professor of some university. Anyway, she [...]

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New Site Design by Ryan Anspach, and Other Cool Stuff

January 19, 2010

Do not attempt to adjust your monitor! Everything is okay!
Just a quick note to say the site has a brand new look, thanks to the brilliant artist, Ryan Anspach. You may recognize the name, as he worked on the venerable Snails or the classic Travel Collection. He still doesn’t have his own site [...]

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