Firearms in JapanDisclaimer: I own a gun.
That said, I believe what's so "American" about owning guns is really the fact that the our government allows you to. It is a testament to the faith and trust of the founders of the nation that they enshrine the ability to o...
Candy BoyMust. Resist. Temptation. Though, it doesn't look like they're wearing earrings, and I think it would've been much more symbolic if they had them!
Suenaga Sisters MangaIt's a crop of a wallpaper I've been using for quite a while, and I can't remember where it's from. Here's the fullsize; maybe someone else can identify the source. http://www.sophisticute.net/205-1.jpg
Partial or Full RSS FeedsWouldn't it just be easier to have both as options? I prefer full on a computer, but partial is nice when I'm browsing via iPhone.
Final Fantasy Online BanningActually, this particular 'bug' was known by SE for over 3 months and they didn't fix or put out a notice that it was indeed a bug. You can say that the particular sequence of actions to do something didn't make sense, but it only happened in very pa...
Adult MikuruI really really really don't like her trying to take her shirt off (?) but I like the sculpt and the rest of the pose... and it's a figure of Mikuru... what to do, what to do. =/
Japanese School Girl SkirtsActually, even though I voted short, it really depends. If they wrap their innocent bodies and souls in a deep-colored school uniform, and walk slowly as to not disturb the pleats in their skirts and to not toss their white sailor scarves, I would mu...
Cup NoodleI think they could've made it so much better if they rolled the cup noodle container under the hot water dispenser, which would dispense a measured amount of water via a needle of some sort. Timer gets set off automatically, and the door is locked un...
Juicy Honey Key HolderI wonder if there's an "easter egg" in these like they have for those bubble wrap poppers... except the "easter egg" would be a very very deep manly voice saying the aforementioned phrases. >.<
FukubukuroWhile a certain population of people are going to try their luck getting expensive items in fukubukuro, there's probably just as many who are doing it for the experience. A very similar case would be woot.com's BoCs that get offered during the woot-o...
Acekard 2That was fairly quick. I still think that most people would prefer a DS Lite over a DSi since the DS Lite still supports GBA games. Not that I've played a GBA game in my DS recently, but knowing that there's the backwards compatibility is what's impo...
Strike Witches BentoTo be honest, this doesn't take that much skill to make, but the time and effort put into doing paper-cutting on the nori (seaweed-cutting?) looks pretty substantial. I wonder how many sheets of nori were ruined during cutting. >.<~
Roppongi HillsI'm impressed at how well some of those pictures look. Are you using a tripod of any sort on the building images or is that the image stabilizer at work? I was looking to pick up an LX3 when I was back in HK two months ago, but was surprised that the...
Gothpunk MikuruI saw this and immediately had to preorder it as well as dig up the corresponding gothloli Haruhi that was released before it. From the pictures, it doesn't seem to look as good as the promotional ones (the eyes especially look a bit off), but it's a...
Japanese Password UsageActually, I have a simple secret algorithm that uses the URL of the website to come up with a unique password for the site. As an example (no, this is not the algorithm I use), take the first letter or number of the URL, then capitalize it if it is a...
Tokyo By NightExcellent article as always, Danny. Something you did not mention that I think is very important to the art of asking is knowing exactly what you can bring to the table. If there is a way that you can benefit the other party, they will be much more w...
Your First AnimeI'm surprised that there's no one else (so far) whose first anime was Kimagure Orange Road. While I'm pretty sure I watched shows like Doraemon before my first episode of KOR, I didn't really consider those anime; they were more like kid's shows or c...
Bilingual in JapanI'm fluent in English and Cantonese, though not particularly good at reading/writing Chinese. I've learned Mandarin, French, Spanish, and Korean in a classroom at some point, but find they're at varying levels of decay as I'm horribly out of practice...
Mobile WallpaperI can't for the life of me remember where I got this image of Suiseiseki, but it fits nearly perfectly on the iPhone right between the clock and unlock overlays.
http://www.sophisticute.net/jade.jpg
Also forgot source of main desktop:
http://www....
Tokyo Photo Walk 2Danny, I'm not sure whether you've seen Randy Pausch's last lecture, but reading your post today reminded me of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Pick your Anime BF GFA very tough choice, but I would have to go with Shirakawa Kotori. While all the other choices listed already are good too, Kotori's brand of dedicated I'll-give-you-everything;-even-another-woman love usurps it all in the end. I'm rather surprised t...
Personalized Top PageThe only customizable page I use on a regular basis would probably be www.netvibes.com and I suppose Facebook. With the exception of Netvibes, I pretty much leave everything at default (maybe hide/close things that I don't need), since someone spent...
