Anime: Japan in WWII
I had a little downtime this weekend and watched In This Corner of the World (2016) on ROKU. It’s a beautiful film and a reminder that the victims of war Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Japan
Weekend 412.0
Quiet weekend. I took a look at my list of personal goals for 2018 (hastily drafted during my holiday sabbatical) and was frightened by the lack of progress. (1) Route Continue Reading →
The Orange Ninja (and other links)
I was at NYCC yesterday with my brother and snapped this photo of the orange ninja. It’s his 15th anniversary. (1) Naruto Manga Sequel Coming in 2015 (1a) Orange Ninja Continue Reading →
Weekend 343.0
(1) Tokyo’s abandoned homes (Domain) (2) A quote from The Heart of our Cities by Victor Gruen: “A healthy city heart attracts and holds creative people–painters, sculptors, musicians, poets, actors Continue Reading →
Weekend 309.0
(1) Sturmey Archer “The Planetary Gearset” (YouTube) (2) Speed Traps For Japan’s Escalators (WSJ – Registration Required) (3) Shakespeare as a Life Coach (WSJ) “The world is grown so bad Continue Reading →
Weekend 286.0
(1) Brompton aims to boost sales in New York (2) Why bike sharing benefits everyone (even if you already own a bike) (3) Masdar: the shifting goalposts of Abu Dhabi’s Continue Reading →
Weekend 284.0
(1) A resort train winds through Kyushu (NHKWorld) (2) Model R.R. (Pop Pop)
Weekend 273.0 (Train-spotters)
(1) A quote from What We Talk About When We Talk About The Tube (The District Line) by John Lanechester “When you start researching the Underground, you soon realize there’s Continue Reading →
Weekend 272.2 (…the Roman Road aslant the eastern border)
Going biking now (must remember sunblock today…my arms look like lobster claws). (1) A quote from A Good Parcel of English Soil (The Metropolitan Line) by Richard Mabey “But the Continue Reading →
Weekend 215.0 (Inventors Edition)
(1) The Nucleus of the Digital Age: In pursuit of hydrogen bombs, a math genius and a brilliant tinkerer in Princeton developed the modern computer (WSJ) (2) A related quote Continue Reading →