Month: January 2003
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524
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A big thanks goes out to my good friend Patrick for the amazing cassette that he won on the Japanese Yahoo! auction site, and then converted to MP3, which is what I’m enjoying right now. Called 524’S WORLD OF TWIST, it was a very limited tape (only 100) that was sent with orders from the…
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Russian Sex Roulette
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This is one of the scariest things I’ve ever read. Are teenagers really that stupid? I mean, a plastic coffee spoon?
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Miserable Day
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Oh, what a miserable day today. Cold and rain, the worse possible combination of weather that you can have. It basically felt like 0 degrees, but yet it was raining all day. It chills you. February is approaching, and I’m hoping Spring will start early, just like last year.
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Internet Problems
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I was having some Internet problems last night, constantly being disconnected, and now I know why: TOKYO – A computer virus “worm” triggered worldwide Internet trouble earlier in the day, Internet security companies said Saturday. According to F-Secure Corp, a Finland-based company, problems such as slow access occurred as the virus randomly sent out massive…
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Update on Tokyo Boy
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There are finally definite plans on the return of TOKYO BOY. It will return around the middle of February on a new site created by Warren Ellis called SLEEPLESS PLANET. Should be an interesting site, as it will be a gathering point for creativity on many fronts (music, photography, flash experiments, weblogs, and more). I…
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Japanese Smileys
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This site lists and explains all the smiley faces that the Japanese use in their emails. They are a lot more detailed then the ones usually used by Westerners. I actually use these a lot when I send messages to Yuko, or to friends in Tokyo.