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  • TX·1394

    Rant愚痴

    Dreams are not for Asia

    There's a pretty good essay on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's call for young Singaporeans to "dare to dream" over at The Online Citizen. The gist of it…

    59 replies7 min read

  • TX·1389

    Blogブログ

    Spider Attack

    I was told that this is the last part of whatever this thing is. This city seems to be constantly under attack from campy sci-fi monsters. The monsters…

    11 replies1 min read

  • TX·1392

    Animeアニメ

    Spice and Wolf

    Once in a while, a rare gem tumbles down from the monstrously huge pile of worthless pebbles sitting on your front lawn and against all odds lands itself…

    18 replies5 min read

  • TX·1383

    Music音楽

    Identify this song!

    This song is Sayonara wo Kikasete by Nanase Aikawa, a veteran female J-rock singer. It's the B-side of one of her earlier singles from the late 90s and…

    9 replies1 min read

  • TX·1381

    Rant愚痴

    Jury Trial in Japan

    Those of you who played the 4th Ace Attorney (逆転裁判) game would be aware of the new jury system being implemented in Japan, first proposed in cabinet review…

    10 replies3 min read

  • TX·1375

    Otakuオタク

    New York Times: Love in 2-D

    Found a semi-interesting somewhat sensational NYT article on 2D love in Japan. (You can get a login from bugmenot.com) There's a Boing Boing blog post on it too.…

    25 replies1 min read

  • TX·1373

    World世界

    Israeli Conscription

    Sometimes diving around in the polluted ocean of Digg nets you a rare surviving coral or two. The frequency of this rare occurrence is inversely proportional to Digg's…

    25 replies3 min read

  • TX·1371

    Blogブログ

    DaiCon

    I was in an apartment somewhere in Malaysia, sitting on the floor of an under-furbished room with two vicious felines plotting the death of my sleeping bag. The…

    17 replies7 min read