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Movies 2008
Well, since I am keeping a list of books I read, I decided to keep one of the movies I watch. Again, I’m sure you have little interest, but this is more just something for me. This year has …
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The King of Kong
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters is an excellent documentary for the nerd in you. In one corner is Billy Mitchell, the long established high score champ in Donkey Kong. He is the Mohamed Ali of competitive retro …
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Eating Whale
Note: Click the pictures to check out the new image viewing trick I installed!
Since I have been in Japan, I have been lucky enough to work at just one school everyday and every Tuesday and Thursday the art teacher …
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2008 Best Animated Shorts
Peter & the Wolf (Winner)
Even Pigeons Go to Heaven
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Moya lyubov (My Love)
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Site Upgrade v1.6
or: How I Still Worry and Hate Internet Explorer
It’s been longer than I wanted in making some (mostly) cosmetic and programmatic changes to the site. Since last week was finals preparation for my students and this week is all …
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The Ghost That Feeds
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Awesome mash-up of Ray Parker Jr’s Ghostbusters theme and Nine Inch Nails’ The Hand that Feeds featuring… Journey? Yep! Steve Perry and the boys make a special appearance!…
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Japanese Roots
Jared Diamond, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, has written an article about the formation of modern Japanese people through archaeological and genetic evidence:
“Japanese Roots by Jared Diamond: Just who are the …
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Sakura Season
Last week, Oita City recorded it’s first snowfall in over two years. It flurried most of a day with large, fragile snowflakes and murmurs of school cancellation abounded. Alas, by late afternoon the snow was but a memory and melted …
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Nick Drake
With the recent tragic death of Heath Ledger, the actor’s self-described obsession with singer/songwriter Nick Drake has come to light. “I was obsessed with an artist by the name of Nick Drake,” Ledger explained in a September 2007 interview. Indeed, …
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Batman: Gotham Night Preview
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I was happily surprised to learn of an anime inspired Batman animation film coming out. In the tradition of the great Animatrix, the project is direct-to-DVD and features …
