DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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Jogging around the park
Nice jogging path in the park across the river Random Statue Random Statue The final stretch: I can see home It has been a while, but I had time today on my day off (Happy Imperial Birthday Day everyone!) to go for a nice jog. I did my normal 6.8km loop around the park across […]
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The Baen Free Library and a bit on DRM ebooks
Covers from the Baen Free Library I’m sure that I’ve pointed out a few books from the Baen Free Library before, in particular the the books by Rick Cook, which are interesting to computer science people and fantasy people (or possibly only the intersection of the two.) I’ve been meaning to go through and download […]
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Driving in Tokyo, buying turkeys, and Eeden Mall
Eeden Mall in Fukuzawa Palmetto Western Restaurant Real Pepsi in a glass bottle!! Good Burger! Turkeys at Kinokunia This weekend, R. and needed to go and buy a turkey because we are planning to cook a nice traditional (for Christmas, which is what R. thinks I need) turkey dinner for the Emperor’s Birthday, which is […]
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Review of Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife
John Scalzi’s “Big Idea” on Matthew Stover’s Caine series Matthew Stover’s blog A while back I subscribed to John Scalzi’s “Whatever” blog and I saw his Big Idea column on Matthew Stover’s new Caine Black Knife book. I read the first bit of the column, but then quit because it sounded interesting and I didn’t […]
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Switching to Ubuntu from Fedora
So last week I broke my Fedora 8 box. It was a shame really, there was no reason for my machine to break. There was one problem with the video card, a kernel panic and reboot. That was the first time since I replaced the power supply that went bad that the machine had any […]
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I need to back up data more often
Friday night my desktop linux machine crashed. That is pretty unusual: it usually runs 24×7 for months at a time. I have had one or two crashes recently due to the video drivers (I guess) because basically the video goes out, but I can still ssh in from another machine and the desktop is still […]
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A busy day – another typical blog post
13.1km loop 13.1km loop detail Shrimp Gratan Doughnut This is another really typical blog post. Nothing interesting here. I had a lot to do today, and didn’t get enough done. In the morning I got up at a reasonable time for the weekend – 9:30am, and called the family back home. It is hard to […]
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What I had for lunch and other misc
Breakfast: Mega McMuffin Lunch: Bento Dinner: Spaghetti with Meat Sauce Yeah, I know, the stereotypical “What I had for lunch” blog post. Well, you have to put up with these sometimes. This is a recent food post and a few other random notes. First up: food. Breakfast The other day I stopped by McDonald’s for […]
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Marketing in Japan
Aomori Marketing Mascot? Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters Final Fantasy Posters The other day while walking around my local supermarket, there was a stage set up. I thought this was a bit odd, but no stranger than anything else I have seen around Tokyo. On the way out, things had started […]
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Mini Manga Reviews 2: Crossfire and Yotsuba volume 2
Continuing in my series of mini-manga reviews, we have Miyuki Miyabe’s “Crossfire” and the second volume of “Yotsuba to”. Crossfire is a pretty nice and easy read. There were two words that I learned, basically accelerant (促進) and pyrogenesis (I think that is the English for it – someone that can cause fires with their […]
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Those guys over at 2-d Boys are really cool: buy World of Goo
World of Goo I like the idea of independent and fun games. I don’t really have much time to play games, and I am horrible at 3-d things. I get lost in the real world, and I don’t want to emulate that within a sandboxed virtual 3-d environment. With monsters running after me. Trying to […]
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Fall leaves in Koishikawa Park
R. and Dave at Koishikawa Park Nice lake and leaves reflection Two women in Kimono A Bunraku show All photos from Koishikawa Park Yesterday, R. and I went to Koishikawa Park (小石川後楽園) in the middle of Tokyo, near Tokyo Dome, for an afternoon picnic. It was a holiday weekend, so the place was packed. Actually, […]
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