DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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A Surprising Birthday
Birthday Cake Friends Friends Friends Two weeks ago, I turned 34. I actually thought I was turning 35, but a bit of addition convinced me that I am indeed now 34, and I have another year to go before I hit 35. I was very busy two weeks ago with work: there was a big […]
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Fukuya open house and Fukutoushin subway line pictures
A narrow house Reading Stairs Retail Space On Google maps (the building isn’t there though!) Last weekend (I can’t believe a week has already passed and I didn’t have time to write up something quick about this!) I went to an open house that my friend Tomoki Fukuya did the interior design for. I was […]
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Review of Charles Stross’ Accelerando
Charles Stross’ Website Free ebook download of Accelerando Continuing my string of book reviews (or more likely, just bragging that I read a book) is Charles Stross’ “Aceelerando”. The book was published in 2006 (I think) and is a very interesting read in the Science Fiction “Singularity” genre. I have written a bit about the […]
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A new, advanced phone (nice) with an awful intercface (boo): DoCoMo P906i Review
P906i closed P906i open P906i TV Mode After two and a half years in Japan I am retiring my “sweets” AU phone and switching to a new P906i phone on the DoCoMo network. I am switching networks because my wife has been on DoCoMo for years and wanted me to switch so we could be […]
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Quick Manga Reviews
One of the interesting things about working at Amazon Japan on the 14th floor is the shelf of free books you can peruse. There are lots of manga, so I started randomly grabbing volumes here and there. Here are some random reviews (click the links on the left to go to the product pages on […]
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German Models in Tokyo
Lydia Nguyen The other day I met some friends – a lot of friends, about 18 of us – and went to dinner in Harajuku at an all-you-can-eat Okonomiyaki place. It was lots of fun. Sadly, I didn’t take any pictures, but one of the people that I met was really interesting: Lydia Nguyen, a […]
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Another site with SF ebooks for free
Check out StarRigger.net for some free SF ebooks. I haven’t heard of this series, but I’ve downloaded the first three books, and if they are fun I plan to donate to the author. This just makes it so easy to check new stuff out.
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Simplifying the menu
Quarter Pounders Only The simplified menu At work this afternoon a friend brought in a bag labeled simply “Quarter Pounder”. Our office is out in Shibuya, and randomly what used to be McDonald’s turned into some random post-modern simplified version of McDonald’s called simple “Quarter Pounder”. I guess they are promoting the Quarter Pounder coming […]
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I used the library!
For the first time since moving into our new Apartment, I used the in-building library. I would like to go down there and spend some time reading, but I’m really too busy to spend time reading for fun. Anyway, I have to review about 8 papers for the upcoming NTCIR Workshop so I brought my […]
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A quick update, and get more convenient, Japan!
Ever since I changed jobs, I’ve been pushing pretty hard to keep up with all my commitments. I’m organizing a track for the NTCIR 7 workshop so after work at my new job, I head home and spend anywhere from two to six hours on NTCIR-related stuff. The big push has been for this week, […]
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Cramp!
I was shocked awake at 5am this morning when I got a massive cramp in my right calf. It has been about a year since that happened. It seems like once a year, one of my calves decides to deliver a massive cramp to me, just to keep me on my toes. Ouch! Two hours […]
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The F1 Grand Prix at the Fuji Motor Speedway
Mt. Fuji from Fuji Speedway F1 car! Netz Race Lots of flags Opening ceremony taiko F1 Car at the race Lots of people wearing flags too For L.’s birthday a few months ago I got L. and I tickets to the F1 Grand Prix in Japan. I don’t know much about F1 Racing, but I […]
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