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2012/02/01 04:23 – Govt To Aid Disaster-Hit Firms In Export Projects
Japan is a land proud of its traditions. Some things never change. (For “aims to prevent a hollowing out of the Japanese industrial base”, read “fears a major reduction in its tax base”.) TOKYO (Nikkei)–The government plans to support companies affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami by granting them priority in handling portions [...]
One Time One Meeting: Sayonara, Autumn leaves
Nothing lasts forever. Now is the time to say Good-Bye, Sayonara to autumn leaves. I enjoyed not only the countless hues of autumn colours on the trees but also myriad of autumn colours of carpets of fallen leaves. via One Time One Meeting: Sayonara, Autumn leaves. More stunning autumn photos from one of the Nara [...]
Music, rhythm, joy, spontaneity, life
Take a look at this amazing movie (see the trailer below). I saw the movie this afternoon. It was followed by a live performance by the boy himself, Takeo. Both were brilliant. The movie is in Japanese with no subtitles, so for those who don’t understand Japanese, here’s a brief summary. Takeo is now about [...]
Great video: chills, spills … suspense … violence …
Not an instructional video, but it’s so cool, and I thought I’d lost the link (but delicious had it). Came across this video almost exactly a year ago. Can’t embed it, but click the image and it should take you to the website. Or click here to go to the original LiveLeak site. The soundtrack [...]
One bottle of water brightened my day… and 643 homes
Remarkable ingenuity, and so simple! 643 Philippine homes brightened. Without electricity! No hi-tech. What a bright idea. Mouse-tip to Lenz for the link.
Autumn twilight
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Made by hand – story of a man who discovered his creative talent
Very cool video about a man who belatedly, but not too late, discovers his creative talent. Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo. I like the b/w and the music. They add depth: watching a man discover and then work to develop his creative talent is a [...]
Congratulations! You are this site’s 10,000th visitor!!!
Well, not quite. And I can’t tell exactly who or when. A milestone, and I know all you 10,000 readers are really happy for me! Thank you all for dropping by. While I’m at it, here’s another glimpse from the visitors’ log. Most visitors are from the U.S., then Japan, then a long way third, [...]
40 years on…
I first saw this film when I was about 12 years old. I was already fascinated by birds, then – the feathered kind, I mean – and that was the main draw for me. It had a powerful impact. I don’t think I’ve seen it more than once or twice since then. There is, as [...]
Too big memory
My NEC computer is 5 years old. It has 2 x 512MB of memory. As performance was slowing down, and my computer wasn’t running too fast, either, I thought I’d increase the memory, if possible. I looked on the NEC shopping website, but couldn’t identify which type of memory was compatible with my computer, so [...]
