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Meta

Remnants of MT

Seems like the site has been switching back and forth between MT and WP because I didn’t really delete my MT installation, thinking I’d keep it there so that I can revert to it in case of any problems that I might encounter. Problem is, as a lot of people probably get to my site through Google and such (and because of some browsers’ cache), they were getting to the old site, and when they posted comments, it would create the index page again, but in MT. I’ve deleted the old site now, so if you happen to try posting now and it gives you an error message, just refresh your page. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Update: I’ve also cleaned things up, and for the first time this page validates for XHTML 1.0 Transitional. The geek in me is getting a kick out of this.

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TB.Grafico

Nihon University

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One of the newer Nihon University buildings in Suidobashi.

Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

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Personal Technology

Matching Mobiles

Yuko lost her mobile phone the other day. Well, she didn’t exactly lose it, she dropped it in the huge fountain in front of her library at Todai. It was impossible to retrieve (it’s quite deep), and so we had to get her a replacement. After some visits to Bic Camera and Sakuraya, we ended up getting the same model as mine (it’s now selling for half the price), in white, at an AU shop. The fun part about this is that she can show me how to do things, now that she’s completely read the manual (she’s got a thing for instruction manuals, loves them actually). She’s been showing me a few tricks I never knew about. Also, as I got bored with Arkanoid, I’ve now developed an addiction to Tetris, which I hadn’t played in years.

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Meta

Getting WPed

Just a quick note to announce that the site will be switching from using Movable Type to WordPress either tonight or tomorrow. This won’t affect readers of the web version of the site, but I’m posting this here now while still on MT for you RSS feed users, as those will change. The following are the new feeds, including a new Atom feed, that will only become active when the site makes the switch: RSS, RSS (Excerpts), RDF, and Atom.

And for those wondering, I did get the blog by email working by using the following plugin.

Update: The move is done. The site is now powered by WP. I haven’t moved the moblog and TB.Selecao yet (they’re still running on MT), as I want to wait and make sure everything is fine with the main feed. If you encounter any problems, please let me know.

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TB.Grafico

Ramen in Suidobashi

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We were about to go to this ramen shop in Suidobashi, but as we got there we found out that it was a fish-based soup, a taste I don’t really care for. Ended up going to a Freshness Burger across the street. We decided to walk to Ochanomizu to come home, and I spotted a couple of nice cafes that I’d like to visit sometime (can’t remember their names though).

Shot taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

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Music

Remix Album by Taichi

After my big gushing over Taichi recently, I was very pleasantly surprised to see Pause selling a new remix album by him at their cash register (first time I see them selling a CD), which I quickly picked up. It’s an exclusive release from Jet Set Records, featuring 21 remixes of artists like Matmos, Tortoise, Squarepusher, and much more. At a very friendly 1500 yen, you can also listen to it at the Jet Set site. Talking with one of the waitresses, she told me that she’ll get me a copy of the AM I album (out of stock from the Soup Disk label). She also mentioned that he’s a regular there, so I might get to personally let him know how much I’m enjoying his work.

Here’s the blurb from Jet Set:

JET SET exclusive!! The best MIX CD in ’04… We know it’s too early to say that in June. But this sensible mix work by a talented Japanese artist forces us to say so… TAICHI mixes up all his favorite music,from POST ROCK /JAZZ, contemporary JAZZ (like MEDESKI, MARTIN.. MILT JACKSON) to his own experimental recordings and even ZAP MAMA, BEN HARPER…This is a milestone approaching his uniqueness in eclectic way, that so-called “popular” DJs will never reach. If you’re bored with all MIX CD cliche then looking for a mix filled with fresh ideas, don’t hesitate to take it.

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Events Music

Tokumaru Shugo in Koenji Again

A quick heads up to and upcoming Tokumaru Shugo live show at Enban in Koenji on July 1. It’s something called “Den-Den Mushi Night,” presented by Majikick Records. Show starts at 7, and it’s only 1000 yen. Alas, it’s another one of those early weekday shows that I can’t attend…

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Design TB.Grafico

Atelier Muji

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Inside Atelier Muji, at the flagship store in Yurakucho. They had some really nice things on display, objects from different parts of the world that might lead to future Muji products.

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Architecture Events TB.Grafico

The Ginza Apple

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Let’s celebrate the return of my iMac (and TB.Grafico) with a couple of shots of the Apple Store in Ginza.

Shots taken with the A5403CA mobile phone.

Update: Patrick lets us know that Towa Tei will be giving a talk there this Thursday (June24). It’s actually part of a SAL magazine event that “will introduce the ‘AudioVisual Japan’ DVD which is a live visual version of SAL magazine (Vol.10 & Vol.11 issues) featuring talk shows as well as DJ/VJ scenes with many creators.” It starts at 7.

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Personal

It Lives!

Just a quick note to say that I’m back on the iMac. Talk about a quick turn around: after it got picked up Saturday night, I got it back with a new HD early monday morning. On top of feeling speedy (probably mostly because of the clean install of Panther), they cleaned it up to make it look like a brand spanking new machine. Now comes the fun part of resinstalling all of my apps. I’m just so glad to be on a 17″ screen again.