Saw this little bird in the ANA terminal at JFk on my way back to Tokyo. I think it really wanted out.
Archive for the ‘Miscellaneous’ Category
I couldn’t be happier with the outcome of this years presidential election. Realizing that this was a pretty historic and important election for so many reasons I decided to take screenshots of most of the major news outlets home pages at the time Obama was declared the winner
Noisy little Bastards.
A Vision of Students Today
Posted By: modernangel76 on 29 October 2007 in Miscellaneous
This is completely unrelated to being in Japan, but I found it to be well done and interesting.
About This Video
a short video summarizing some of the most important characteristics of students today – how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. Created by Michael Wesch in collaboration with 200 students at Kansas State University.
This is completely random to post here but I felt like telling somebody about my dinner. These frozen vegan BBQ riblets from Gardenburger tast just like the McDonalds McRib. Weird?
I found out today we will be able to break our lease early for our New York apartment. This is great news since I was worried we might have to keep paying rent for some time after we moved out.
I should have some additional good news from Natsuko in a few hours or so. She should be signing the lease for our new apartment in Tokyo soon.
13 years younger, 20 pounds lighter and a seriously full head of hair. Uh huh, yeah thats me freshman year in college. I’ve been packing for my move to Japan and just dug up this gem.
Yesterday I sent out an email to sell the stuff that we can’t bring to Japan. My very new 42″ Plasma
TV is the one that makes me sad to part with 
it hasn’t been 12 hours yet and some people already seem interested.
Most online radio stations are down today in an effort to support the INTERNET RADIO EQUALITY ACT, S. 1353. Below is what is posted on Pandora.com my online radio of choice. Visit http://www.savenetradio.org to help.
A Day of Silence
Hi, it’s Tim from Pandora,
I’m sorry to say that today Pandora, along with most Internet radio sites, is going off the air in observance of a Day Of Silence. We are doing this to bring to your attention a disastrous turn of events that threatens the existence of Pandora and all of internet radio. We need your help.
Ignoring all rationality and responding only to the lobbying of the RIAA, an arbitration committee in Washington DC has drastically increased the licensing fees Internet radio sites must pay to stream songs. Pandora’s fees will triple, and are retroactive for eighteen months! Left unchanged by Congress, every day will be like today as internet radio sites start shutting down and the music dies. Read the rest of this entry »
