ATMs in JapanMy bank back home had a separate room for ATMs which was accessible by sweipe card after the bank closed. Somewhat unusual, but certainly made you feel special when you swiped into your bank at 1am!
Pentax K-x DSLRThe all white & all red versions that are available in the UK don't look too bad, particularly because they come with matching accents on the lenses.
Even so, they retail in the UK at £599, whilst my Pentax K20D was £639 & is an infinitely better ca...
Japanese Universities - Piano on CampusIn my department when we're down & worn out fro studies & research, we just resort to unhealthy amounts of caffeine >.<
Windows 7 JapanMe uses Windows, Mac OS & Linux on a daily basis so I get the best of all worlds. Then again I am a Computer Science student so it's hardly a common arrangement...
Desktop (in my room) runs Linux with Windows VMs for Photoshop/Lightroom stuff, lapto...
Firearms in JapanThe UK have Firearms Units & Armed Response Vehicles. Normal officers don't carry them, as there is no need, but they can call in their friends who do at minutes notice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_use_of_firearms_in_the_United_Kingdom
Firearms in JapanY'know Danny, some of us UK people are going to start to get offended soon at you constantly badmouthing the place. I know it's not the safe-haven that Japan is, but the vast majority of it is nowhere near as bad as you make out.
Japan Unattended BagsDepends on which part of the UK. Back in Rugby where I grew up, I would never dream of leaving any of my possessions in public like that. But here in St Andrews I will happily leave my bag/jacket to save my seat whilst I go to the bar to get another...
Breakfast in JapanI never skip breakfast, but at the same time I've never been able to stomach a cooked breakfast (bacon, eggs, sausage, etc.) so I stick to something milder like cereal or toast.
Nanoha MovieI'm still sad I won't be able to get the Nanoha/Fate school uniform Figmas (Nanoha is an exclusive with the PSP game which costs over £100 shipped & taxed which is too much for a figma! Not sure what Fate is being bundled with?).
Though I just pre-o...
Japan Illegal KnifeOver here knives carried without an explicit reason have to be less than 3" in length & of the folding variety where the blade folds into the handle. You're not allowed to carry a knife that doesn't fold, or even one that locks into the open position...
Snow Leopard JapanIf you actually read up about that event, you'll realise that he didn't hack OS X in 2 minutes. He came to the competition with a ready-prepared hack that he probably spent many days or even weeks preparing at home. All of the news sites reported it...
Snow Leopard JapanI find it slightly ironic that I can illegally downlaod Snow Leopard faster than Apple can ship it to my door, or before my local Apple store opens in the morning. Because OS X comes with no copy protection, activation or serial numbers, we don't eve...
Akihabara MeetupThe program will most likely be available to watch on the BBC's iPlayer service after broadcast;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/categories/news
Look for the 'News at 10' entry for Thursday.
However I am not sure whether it will be available overseas...
Tokyo EventsI guess I'm a tiny bit embarassed at owning figures, but only because here in the UK there are still so many people who don't know much about the whole manga/anime scene & think that it is in its entirety either fairly childish things like Pokémon or...
Anime ToysOne of the things I love about Opera is its 'fit to width' option which I've had switched on for years. Any image/webpage that is wider than my monitor will automatically get scaled down. I would be surprised if all the other popular browsers don't a...
Android JapanI would love one of those mascots... if I had an Android phone! But alas I just use a cheap old Sony Ericsson wherever there isn't wifi to use Skype on my iPod Touch.
Vertical Apple Cinema DisplayI didn't realise that ACDs don't have rotating stands; just another feature that is surprisingly missing from such an expensive lineup of monitors!
HikikomoriThis article seems a fairly poor representation of hikikomoris as a whole; certainly not all hikikomoris live filthy slothful lives as these photos show. It would be nice to see what an even distribution of photos from hikikomoris' abodes look like;...
Cool RoomsJust my luck that I'm moving twice in the next 7 weeks when there's a competition on! Can't wait until I finish my education, get a job & can settle in one place rather than having to worry about moving every 9 months :/
Halo LegendsLooks like a mediocre series for a mediocre game! Sure, as console-based FPS goes the Halo series was okay, but tbf it was never anything incredible & from what you can glean from the trailer (which isn't much, what with most of the screentime spent...
Good Smile Company X Danny ChooLooks like a very intersting venue - is it at the top of a tall building or something? Judging by the views from out of the windows, it must be pretty high up.
MacBook Pro 17"Restoring over LAN should actually be faster than over USB. Even though USB is rated for 480mbps, you will virtually never get more than 35MB/s read. Over gigabit LAN OTOH you should get full speeds only limited by the speed of the disk, rather than...
iPhone Usage in JapanI never understood all of these iPhone/iPod Touch cases that cover the back of the device but not the screen - the bit that actually matters! I'm sure it helps absorb drops & knocks, but the screen is the most delicate & most important feature of the...
