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September 2007
By Andrew Diseker アン...

A little boogie-woogie from Japan!

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Courtesy of the Japanese girl duo “Puffy” (in the US, “Puffy Amiyumi” to avoid confusion with the rapper). here is a video of their song “Boogie Woogie #5″, a really upbeat swing song from one of their older albums. Puffy made it big in the early 2000′s by doing the theme to a kid’s show, … continue reading

When engineers have dogs…

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Problem: How to play fetch with your dog when you’re not home. Solution: Awesome tech!

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Nerdtour 2012 quickie: The shortest train line!

Tokyo train sign with only three stations showing

When I was in the station at Takadanobaba in Tokyo, this was the sign I saw above the stairs leading to the platform.

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Better hope your next surgeon was a gamer…

"Oh, I'm not a surgeon, but I did just marathon 36 hours on a World of Warcraft campaign!"

Somehow I can see the scene at certain homes: “Honest, Mom, I’m going to be a surgeon, I need to keep playing!”

Hour a day on a Wii boosted surgeons’ skills: Console helped doctors speed and efficiency in delicate procedures

“Oh, I’m not a surgeon, but I did just marathon 36 hours on a World … continue reading

Katsucon 2013 SuperUltraMega-Cosplay-Photo-Extravapaloozathonorama!

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(Okay, it’s not THAT big, but there are a lot of pictures!)

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Katsucon 2013: Day 1 (cont.)

Some more pictures from Friday, the first full day of Katsucon. Some are kind of cleaned up, some are still not, but I’m getting there!

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Katsucon 2013: day 1 – so many cosplayers!

I want to show all of the pictures I took of all the fantastic cosplayers, but there are soooo many, and I am soooo tired…

Here are some, just to whet your appetite, I’ll be cleaning up and reorganizing these and all the others (ALL the others!) as soon as I catch up on sleep.

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