February 2005 Archives

Tetsujin 28 weblog

So this is all in japanese but here's what seems to be going on: there's this movie, "Tetsujin28", coming out that looks like a modern remake of some japanese giant robot series or whatever. And here is the movie's... blog....


The Old Man and the Sea

On monday night I went and watched "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou". I went alone. It took until last night for me to fully absorb it and realize that I really liked it. A straight-faced dead-pan comedy adaption of...


Narcissism

A very rare picture of me that I can live with. Thanks Yuki. (Sorry about the desaturation and levels tweak though... my complexion was really bad that week.)...


Screenology

The screen is really messing with my head. I don't mean just the screens of my computer.. I mean "the screen", as the interface to the network and my expanded mind... (Here he goes again...) Two examples. Last night, moblogging...


Did I say that out loud?

I write an inordinate amount of “weblog entries” in my head. Ninety-nine percent of them never make it to the keyboard, let alone get published. A funny side-effect of this is every so often someone will bring up an entry...


Google map this

Ok so we've all seen Google Maps in action right? Just for kicks (like I have time) I asked for directions from my place here in Montreal, to Aaron's in Vancouver. Nevermind that it seems to be totally oblivious to...


Daily Show on Bloggers as Journalists

Jon Stewart's Daily Show on Bloggers 02/16/05 Bing!...


The mind wanders...

I woke up this morning, still in Vancouver, and I am still here, about to go, and my mind is already home and it is already moving as if it were already home, i.e. I am thinking again like myself,...


Getting out

I awoke, my heels on fire, knowing what I needed to do. After washing my face and brushing my teeth, I called the airline: - “Hello I'd like to change my departure booking please.” - “Sure. For when?” - “As...


Vancouver arrival

I am sitting on my suitcase outside Aaron's apartment building waiting for him to debug something and come let me in... ;) Canada Customs don't like webdesigners who stay in Tokyo for a month “for fun”. Makes them suspicious. Unpacked...


Uncanny

Boris, February 2005, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. Karl, January 2005, Taipei, Taiwan....


Darkness

I've been on a lot of flights, to many places, at all hours of day and night. I've seen mountains, I've seen oceans, Aurora Borealis and the thin line where the sky turns dark. Above the Bering Straight, looking...


Sayonara

Well, that's it. I have a flight to catch. Thanks to all who helped me out, let me crash, bought me drinks/food and otherwise spent some time with me! I'm off to Vancouver now for a two week stint. Wheeee!...


Comments

So my comments system got SNAFU'd by a clever spammer who snuck a whitespace bye me when I added 'im to my Blacklist. In other words, any submitted comment that contained a space was bounced for the last 24hrs or...


Happy birthday

“It's like you're in mourning” he said. “Like you're holding on to her ghost, and somehow feel you are totally satisfied with that.”...


Fuji and Shibuya

I can't get tired of views like this. Tokyo City View, Roppongi Hills, Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan...


Fuji zan

Coming around from Akihabara on the JR Yamanote line this evening, I would catch little glimpses of a sky that could only be produced by a glorious sunset. Having just passed Ebisu, the rail line was now deep in...


What I Heard about Iraq

London Review of Books | Eliot Weinberger : What I Heard about Iraq Loooong and anger inducing....