I am a graduate of Chico State University with a degree in Computer Information Systems, that I have done nothing with. I am one of those guys with way to many hobbies to see them all visit my blog to see some of them.
Anime T-ShirtsI'm liking the three girls version in black but the maid version in white. Though I think I would need a XXXL size for me to be wearing one, I'm loose shirt kind of guy and the XXL is a bit too short for my tall frame.
Pet Stores in JapanI wouldn't buy a dog or cat from most US mall pet stores, too much risk of buying one that was from a puppy mill. Nice is that one of the big pet supply chains is that while they have dog and cats in the store they are from a local animal rescue orga...
Vegetarian in JapanOne way they get the big fruit is that they go out a few weeks after the fruits have started to form and cut a lot of them off the tree. The tree is still producing the same amount of energy but with fewer fruits to support each fruit will become big...
Firearms in JapanYea but I've seen the paperwork you have to go through to become a registered federal "Gun Collector", it's not easy or cheap. Then there are state like California where they pile even more regulations and requirements on top of what the feds want.
Japan Blood BankI use to give ever couple of months then my work schedule changed and I got out of the habit. Usual just got juice and cookies out of it and the knowledge that you were helping someone in need.
Vertical Apple Cinema DisplayWell if my mom gets a new computer with monitor I get her old one and I'll go dual monitor. I've been thinking of mounting it vertical if I can.
MacBook Pro 17"True but most home LAN aren't Gigabit, and yea the spinning disk is the bottleneck on USB. One test I saw had max data transfer from HD over USB maxing at about 300Mbps with only some solid state drives and flash drives getting close to maxing out th...
MacBook Pro 17"Most home LAN speeds are 10 or 100 Mbps. USB 2.0 is 480Mbps. All numbers are raw actual throughput will be less but USB does have the speed advantage over most LANs.
Vader ArmorI've thought about it a few time but never had do to lack of sewing skills and the like. Looked a buying a ready made outfit but none of them were ever big enough to fit me, and the prices that the custom people wanted was way out of my budget. Resen...
Japanese SkirtsThat reminds me of a pic I saw back in the late 90s on how to spot school gang members. The pic of the girl had her wearing a really long skirt almost to the ankles.
iPhone 3G SFor me to get an iPhone two things have to happen.
1. I need to get a job
2. Apple has to kick AT&T to the curb.
Two of nice new feature of the 3.0 software AT&T is not yet supporting, MMS, and tethering. MMS is not going to be supported until a...
Tokyo Tilt ShiftThey used a shift tilt lens. Shift tilt lens cameras tend it make it look like miniature because they can make parallel lines parallel not going to a vanishing point that you are use to. The video was also taken with a large aperture giving it a shal...
A Day in Tokyo 5Danny just be glad it was a Upper GI (aka Barium swallow) and not a Lower GI (aka Barium Enema) where you get the Barium inserted in the other end.
Health Care in JapanThe also check urine for protein and sugars. High levels of protein can mean kidney problems. High levels of sugar can mean diabetes, and really high level of sugar in urine can cause it to smell like Maple Syrup in which case you have (and I kid you...
Tokyo DriveYou might want to look for something like the Joby Gorillapod they're great for holding cameras on oddly shaped surfaces. http://bit.ly/dQEd2
A Day in Tokyo 4Most cars have gone to the small dounut spare for several reason. It cheaper then a full size spare, they don't take up as much space, and the don't weight as much. The weight issues helps with gas mileage. You usually only see full sized spares now...
20090326 Giveaway WinnerCongrats to the winners.
They were all so much more Otaku then me. :-(
But then again I've always figured I was more of a geek.
Mirai Suenaga MerchandiseWell for now going to have to go with none of the above. Would love to get the dakimakura but way out of my price range for now.
