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Month: August 2006

  • WDW

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    A new WDW tee collection on display at Beams Street in Ikebukuro.

  • This Week at Gridskipper

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    Leica Ginza Onitsuka Tiger Tokyo Paper Sky Visits Akihabara Tokyo Underground You can read all of my Gridskipper posts here (or even subscribe to a feed).

  • Photo of the Week

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    This new “Photo of the Week” in METROPOLIS is by Katsuyoshi Ueno, of the the Yasukuni Shrine’s Mitama Festival. Update (16/10/16): The image is no longer available.

  • Technical Help

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    I have a little technical question, hoping some WordPress wiz can help me with. Is there a way to remove all signs of commenting on WP “pages” (not to be confused with regular posts). I know you can turn of commenting on them, but you still get something like this: Comments No comments yet. Sorry,…

  • Shots

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    If you weren’t able to make it to the “Shots” party last week at SuperDeluxe, PingMag has got you covered.

  • Electrifying

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    More good news for this LOHAS-loving nation: JR-EAST (East Japan Railway Company) and Keio University are experimenting with human-generated electricity in an effort to push for more environmentally- friendly rail stations. Electricity is created by passengers via the harnessing of pressure and vibration as they walk through the turnstyles. (Core77)

  • Inspired 2006

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    Let me start off by saying I have absolutely no problem with sponsored/curated competitions of this kind. If Getty Images wants to support new works by artists, then I’m all for it. That being said, here are the details for “Inspired 2006” (from Shift Blog): “Getty images Japan” carries out a film competition “Inspired 2006”…

  • Rocketman Cafe

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    This sounds like a nice way to launch an album, especially since I’m a big fan of Ryo Fukawa. From Patrick’s Agenda: For the month of August, Rice Cafe (a cafe located nearby Komazawa University) is transformed into Rocketman Cafe, celebrating the release of Rocketman‘s great 3rd album “Love, sea & music“. While it doesn’t…