DocFugu’s blog. Fighting games in Japan.
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Napa Valley Trip
Trefethen Barrel Room Heating up a balloon Ballooning in Napa Valley Folding up the balloons Last week I packed up a bag, and flew from Tokyo to San Francisco. I’ll be here in CA for about a month for training at my new job. It is really nice to be back in the US after […]
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How the free ebook “Old Man’s War” sold a bunch of other John Scalzi books
A while back, I wrote about reading Ebooks on the OLPC. I am really interested in getting myself a Kindle, but until there is a Japanese release I don’t see the point of buying one: the wireless portion won’t work in Japan, and that is a very attractive feature that I would rather not neuter. […]
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My computer smells funny
I really don’t like funny smells that come from computer equipment. Read on if you want to hear about power supplies and funny smells. This morning, I woke up and started working on email in preparation for a long day of weekend work. Instead, after a little while, my desktop computer, a new […]
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The trials of installing a video card under linux
For a long time I have been running my home linux machine (Fedora 8) on the built-in video chipset, an Intel GMA3100 that is on the Gigabyte GA-G33M-S2H. It actually has an HDMI connection, which is interesting, but the video capabilities of the part just aren’t that great. I guess the performance is OK, but […]
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The Crabbing Boat
I heard about this book sometime last week I think. I’m not sure where, but probably from one of the blogs that I follow. It is a very interesting and curious phenomena: a book written in 1929 becomes suddenly very popular. I’m curious, and thinking about getting a copy. Anyway, first up: an excellent introduction […]
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Changing Jobs
NII Group Shot After two and a half years, last week was my last week at the National Institute of Informatics. As of this week, I am starting a new job working on Japanese search at Amazon.co.jp. You might have noticed that I have been using a lot of Amazon.com affiliate links lately and this […]
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Our new “Mansion”
Living Room Kitchen Computer Desk I never thought that I would be able to say it, but “I own a Mansion.” Of course, this is a Japanese style mansion, so it really means “steel-reinforced concrete apartment”, but still. L. and I bought a two bedroom apartment, a 2LDK in Japanese parlance (2 bedrooms, a livingroom […]
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Ebook reviews: Peter Watts’ Maelstrom and Behemoth
In the past I read and wrote up Peter Watts’ Starfish. The review comes off a bit negative I think, which isn’t quite right because immediately after Starfish, I found the other two novels online and started reading them (sequentially, not in parallel.) Maelstrom has a different focus than Starfish, and went into more detail […]
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Summer Sonic 2008 Tokyo Music Festival: Day 2
Beach Stage Entrance L. And I grabbed a quick bite to eat then went our separate ways. I really want to see Vampire Weekend so I went out to Marine stage. Since I’m almost out of money, I tried to use an ATM here but it said: can’t complete transaction because it is outside of […]
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Summer Sonic 2008 Tokyo Music Festival: Day 1
I went to Summer Sonic today with L. It was great, but as I wrote last time, extremely tiring. I’m both looking forward to, and dreading, going back tomorrow. For those that are interested, here is a link to the Summer Sonic 2008 timetable. You can play along at home by choosing the bands that […]
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Moving out / Moving in
Empty bedroom moving out of the old place All my old stuff (it didn’t make the move) The new place is a mess! Dear blog, I know I haven’t written in a while. I’ve been busy. I know, it isn’t a good excuse. I’m sorry. I won’t do it again. (I hope.) Last week, on […]
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Fuji Rock Festival 2008
A brief post to update you on what I’ve been doing lately. Things are incredibly busy right now — I’m moving to my new apartment tomorrow and am currently packing — so I am a bit overdue for an update. L. is a big fan of The Cribs, an indie rock trio from England. They […]
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