2 months since last post... better than 2 years (and thanks chu_hi for commenting ( Read more... )

Holy fucking shit.

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Bike Snob NYC wrote a great post today (http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2009/10/as-i-mentioned-yesterday-one-of-most.html). As I'm aware of how annoying clicking stuff is, I'll just paste the relevant part here.

As I mentioned yesterday, one of the most difficult things about cycling is that it can be hard to come to terms with the fact that you're ( Read more... )

Got an iPhone 3G and a steezy fake carbon fiber case today. I'm not too happy about the fact that I had to taint my Windows 7 installation with goddamn iTunes though. At least it would appear that in June Apple finally, after several years, fixed the security vulnerabilities in Quicktime that everyone and their brother knew about ( Read more... )

What a fucking waste of a nice day. Wanted to go for a bike ride and get an iPhone, failed on both counts. Turned out to be one of those days where you wish you hadn't woken up (for reasons other than bikes and phones)(like most days these days). A few cool things happened though:

1. I made myself a bitchin' pastrami sandwich for lunch.
2. After the ( Read more... )

Required personal identification for a Softbank phone contract:
http://mb.softbank.jp/en/start/subscribe/id.html

According to their page you don't even need a credit card, muchless a JAPANESE credit card.

I guess the nice thing here is that I don't have to hate Softbank, just that effeminate cocksmoker at Bic Camera.

As you're probably aware, the new TV season is underway.

The Simpsons: Ehhhhh... worth a couple of chuckles, but not really doing it for me. Cheap, shallow jokes and plots aren't the Simpsons I grew up with. Recently we've had seasons start out shitty and deliver some surprisingly good episodes though, so it's too early to write season 21 off. At ( Read more... )

Let's delve into Japan's longest standing rivalry that only people in Osaka seem to give a rat's ass about. After several years of living in Osaka and 3 days traipsing around Tokyo as a tourist, I feel that I have sufficient knowledge to evaluate the matter from an expert's perspective.

TOKYO: No One Sleep In Tokyo
OSAKA: ...to my knowledge, has ( Read more... )

FUCKING

SUCKS

Visa stuff all went as smoothly as possible, Greek food is even better than I remember, and did I mention that Osaka fucking sucks?

2:10 AM, work tomorrow, more postings later.

TELEVISION IS BACK!!!

ALL HAIL TV!!!