Kenji Kawai concert: Ghost In The Shell Soundtrack

I don’t know how long this will stay up before the Copyright Commandos remove it, so watch while you can.
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Nerdtour 2012 quickie: Yokohama Chinatown

Chinatowns in all big cities are pretty much alike, but the one in Yokohama is very colorful at night, just like most of urban Japan, and much more so than the DC Chinatown. Here’s a prime example:
street scene in Yokohama's Chinatown

Some DC springtime pictures

One nice thing about living in the DC area, you have a chance to go downtown and see some of the beautiful monuments and other scenery on nice early spring days.
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Music discovery: Mongol pop music!

So, pop music from Mongolia, that you can buy on iTunes, how 21st Century is that! (update, bonus video!)(another update, fixed video sizes)
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Better hope your next surgeon was a gamer…

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

Katsucon 2013 SuperUltraMega-Cosplay-Photo-Extravapaloozathonorama!

(Okay, it’s not THAT big, but there are a lot of pictures!)
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Katsucon 2013: Day 2

Well, Saturday at Katsucon came and went quickly, it was a cloudy, cold, windy day and I didn’t get a lot of photography done (mostly crowd shots, to get a feel for how busy and fun the con was) but I managed to get some pictures of great cosplayers with really neat costumes!
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