2008

Aug

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Red Ring of Death. You are so awesome. I guess this is Microsoft’s way of telling me to play...
Aug 21st
“Force Unleashed is certainly less ambitious than the classic...”
— Official Xbox Magazine Well...
Aug 21st
Chinese is the roar!
Aug 21st

Well, at least China doesn't...

Saw an article about some elderly people (in their late 70’s) who may go to labour camp for a...
Aug 21st
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Ninjas! On roller skates!
Aug 21st

McCain PR rolls a zero

So in a recent blog post on McCain’s official site a stab was made at Dungeons & Dragons...
Aug 20th
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New James Bond movie theme song… Well, maybe not.
Aug 20th
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Hello friends! My name is Tino! Do you like the drum? Great, man! I love the drum!
Aug 20th
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Six words. Boogaloo Shrimp. AquaFresh. Japanese TV Commercial. What else need be said?
Aug 18th

More Olympic thoughts

With the time I had off last week, Momoko and I (and to an extent, Akanè) watched a good bit of...
Aug 18th

More on censorhsip

So there is a violent video game coming out for the Wii in the not too distant future. We had...
Aug 15th

McCain & The Internet

Here’s a nice little bit of information I was linked to today. Turns out that McCain wants to...
Aug 15th

Victory... By any means necessary

Here’s a question: If China is willing to go to the highest levels of government to endorse a...
Aug 14th

More on the Opening Ceremony

My dad went into some detail on his blog about the little girl switcheroo for the Opening Ceremony...
Aug 14th
Bush looking to off endangered species act
Aug 12th

China's.. I mean The Olympic Opening...

So Momoko and I watched the opening ceremony for the Olympics. There is zero question that it was...
Aug 10th
“It’s true. We all know how Wal-Mart just barely...”
— Onion response to Wal-Mart...
Aug 7th
Hey Apple, when you’re not too busy re-orging the...
Aug 6th

If you're not a gamer ignore this entry

Ohmygodohmygodohmygod! You can play as Kratos from God of War in Little Big Planet if you...
Aug 6th
McCain gets some milkshake profit
Aug 4th
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Yes this is real. You just need the software and a camera attached to your computer.
Aug 3rd
McCain uses internet - for the first time
Aug 2nd

Jul

I just thought I would annoy… err.. remind you all how...
Jul 31st

Cup Boardroom

Went to the NISSIN headquarters today. Yes, the Cup Noodle people. Going to be involved in a big...
Jul 31st
So if I didn’t attach the files, how is it that you...
Jul 29th
Wish I had thought of this. Bloody brilliant. (Pun...
Jul 29th
Started playing SIREN: New Translation today. Only did the...
Jul 27th

El Laberinto del Fauno

Momoko and I managed to watch this tonight. A bit late in seeing it, considering it was the Oscar...
Jul 26th
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Friday The 13th Part 3 wasn’t a horror movie!!! I haves the proof.
Jul 23rd
“The pope must be the saddest person in the world.”
— Onion response to Pope...
Jul 23rd

Bizarre love rectangle

While Momoko was in hospital Tara-chan had my undivided attention whenever I was home. No one ever...
Jul 19th

I have become an idiot, apparently

I like to think that I have a pretty good command of my mother tongue. At more than one job I have...
Jul 19th

iPod sample sequencer? Oh *hells* yes.

It’s called BeatMaker and it is out now for the iPhone / iPod Touch (but requires the 2.0...
Jul 18th

I come from the street, bitch!

Today’s episode was brought to you by the letters M, O and P.
Jul 18th

Akanè - First Impressions

Well, it has been a long time coming and now that I have had time to play around with my firstborn...
Jul 17th

My E3 Press Conference Impressions

MS: “We still have more units in anyone’s homes - even though we are being consistently...
Jul 16th
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The next instalment in the Simon’s Cat series. I love how much emotion and expression the...
Jul 16th
Microsoft unveiled their upcoming dashboard for the Xbox360....
Jul 15th
iPhone won't matter in Japan?
Jul 11th

"Goodbye from the world's biggest...

George W. Bush leaving the G8 Summit. After saying this he then “punched the air while...
Jul 11th
What is this I see in my sidebar? That looks new. Too bad it...
Jul 10th

Post Baby Update

After sleeping in late from a long night, going straight to hospital shortly after waking to visit...
Jul 8th
Akane Ruddy
Jul 7th
That is all.
Jul 6th
When I thought that I would have to pay around $300 for an...
Jul 6th
While installing the Flash 10 beta I noticed some of the...
Jul 3rd
I bet this guy is waiting in front of the Apple store next...
Jul 2nd

Jun

Uhm. Oops. Guess this logo won’t be making an...
Jun 30th
ScienceDirect - Neuron : Striatal Activity...
Jun 30th
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The Website Is Down: Sales Guy vs. Web Dude For my more tech-savvy friends, in the small event you...
Jun 30th
"a great step forward for academic freedom"
Jun 28th
Acrobat 9... It's actually worth mentioning!
Jun 25th
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A Shatner rendition of one of Momoko’s favourite songs (Pulp’s “Common...
Jun 24th
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The “sad” thing is, given the way our language is going, I wouldn’t be surprised...
Jun 24th
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Fun little animation… with a message! (I think the message is, “Buy more paint.”)
Jun 24th

For the non-believers

Yes, even though it isn’t out yet I got a legal copy of Spore Creature Creator working on my...
Jun 19th
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Yay! My first Spore creature! I spent about 20 minutes or so making this guy and I think a lot of my...
Jun 17th

ONOYUDIH-INT! Oh, yes you did...

So I was riding the train home from work last night and was standing next to a poster of a baboon...
Jun 17th

Great ending credits

Momoko and I managed to see Kung Fu Panda last weekend before she went back to hospital this week....
Jun 13th

A video preview of my weekend

Turns out the import stores have the US version of Metal Gear Solid 4 in stock. If you remember my...
Jun 13th

Oh man...

Want. Kinda want. Really want. All three are rumoured to ship in October for around $100 - $120...
Jun 12th

≥ 2mm = Cry for death's sweet embrace

Guess who woke up at 0530 with a sudden burning urge to pee? Now guess who startled himself when he...
Jun 12th

≤ 2cm = Hospital

Momoko had her check-up today and her birth canal is much shorter than it should be again....
Jun 11th

A pic of my three favourite females

According to Momoko, the baby is growing so much that her belly button is already less of an...
Jun 9th
“Someone who quits in the face of adversity would make a...”
— Onion response to Clinton...
Jun 9th

CZECH UR MAIL. KTHXBAI!

Bob pointed out this interesting site to me today. It’s a site programmed and run by...
Jun 9th
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Read this before watching the video!!! I saw an extremely innovative re-working of Radiohead’s...
Jun 7th

I'm a lonely soldier

Meat Beat Manifesto, one of my favourite bands of 2 decades has a new LP out called Autoimmune. For...
Jun 6th

8 From 88

Someone remarked the other day how I keep finding new artists and releases - wondering if I still...
Jun 6th
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Interstitial spot for the French channel Tiji. I particularly like the way nebulae are drawn.
Jun 6th

Conversation at work yesterday

Co-worker: Why are you asking some design staff to use AIM instead of [our proprietary messenger]?
Me: Because that's PC only.
Co-worker: Is that a problem?
Me: Maybe if they made a Mac version it wouldn't be. It's less of a hassle for a couple of people to install one application than it is for me to use a whole extra computer with a Japanese operating system just for one application.
Co-worker: Maybe if you used a PC it wouldn't be.
Me: Maybe if you went to hell it wouldn't be.
Co-worker: ?!?!?
Me: Well you just told me to use a PC. Same difference.
Co-worker: LOL! Yeah, I guess so.
Devil: Anyone know where I can find the driver for the Ricoh for Vista SP1? I need to print out a PowerPoint file.
Jun 6th
“God damn it. I don’t want to switch from au to...”
— Me, after learning that Apple...
Jun 5th

Forget Tony Hawk...

Dominion Budgie has got mad skills. As found here.
Jun 5th

Don't break your wrist when you do the...

   Warning: If you don’t care about retro-style animation, or you have zero tolerance for...
Jun 3rd

I'm a monster! Raaaaar!

I stopped playing D&D (and other P&P RPGs) about 20 years ago. Not that I was too good...
Jun 3rd

Mobile + IC card = Awesomocity!

I forgot to mention that my phone has an IC card capability - called Felica. This isn’t...
Jun 2nd

May

Bethsoft are not terrorists*

Looks like some people made a mistake about an image which was reported as being made by...
May 30th

Snake? Snaaaaaaaaaaaaake! (Or "How I...

I had mentioned I purchased a new ketai (mobile phone) in my previous post. The one I had been...
May 30th
From the offices of Holy Fscking Sh!t
May 29th

Possible homecoming & other stuff

Turns out that Momoko’s condition seems stable enough that she might be able to come home...
May 29th
“If at first you don’t succeed… get new...”
— Some little kid
May 24th

Graffiti in motion

I’ve never been much of one for graffiti, nor the head-trippy LSD trip style artwork, but I...
May 14th
“Happy Birthday, Momoko”
— Jason (today, while visiting...
May 13th

American Racer

Done. Done.  
May 7th
 Laptop remote controlling my new server set-up remote...
May 7th

Go Speed... Go!

In honour of the awesomeness which is GTA IV and the upcoming Speed Racer movie, here is a rather...
May 6th

Apr

“If the woods are so great, then why do bears shit in them?”
— Parody commercial on Real Time...
Apr 30th

End of april super quick mega extreme...

Baby is fine. Momoko is out of the ICU, but must still remain in hospital. She has anemia, but is...
Apr 30th

50 Ways to Help the Planet

I don’t usually link to or talk about environmental topics, but seeing as how we may be fast...
Apr 23rd

Amnion drinking baby... I love you!

  If the saying “when mother is sick, baby is well” is true, then Akane must be doing...
Apr 21st

Theremin cat... I love you!

A much welcomed distraction. My love of cats coupled with my love of a classic experimental...
Apr 21st

OK... No walking, either

Friday Momoko went in to have an ultrasound - for which we have the video and I will likely post...
Apr 21st

No jumping. Or running. Hell, don't even...

Well… turns out that Momo’s weakness may be more of a concern than we had initially...
Apr 16th
Mmm…. 4GB of memory in the laptop. And only for around...
Apr 15th
“No individual president can compare to the second Bush....”
— Historian quote from a recent...
Apr 10th

Can't have the good without the bad...

Real quick update as I am tired and have a lot going on at the moment… Started working with...
Apr 4th

Mar

The cow says...

Partly disturbing. Partly funny. Entirely entertaining. Really imaginative piece here by an...
Mar 28th

The History of Mormonism

Forget how black people came to be… Forget how Mary “really” got pregnant...
Mar 26th

X to the X, y'all

I had said that I would be away for a while, and I clearly didn’t lie. So above is the...
Mar 24th

Saul Wars

Just because I am über busy doesn’t mean I can’t share… So here is a cool video I...
Mar 4th

IKEA day to the max

Very tired. Computer just now set up on new office furniture. Lots of lifting and moving and sliding...
Mar 3rd

Quiet but good...

My friend Scott got back from Southern Japan today and we both headed down to Shin Yokohama so I...
Mar 2nd

Party... Where's the party at?

It was at my friend Drew’s new house. A regular gaming friend of mine recently relocated to a...
Mar 1st

Home is where where you throw parties

Lots of work done today. Lots of computer prep to get the old laptops cleaned out of their old data...
Mar 1st

Feb

Known unknown and unknown known

Went off to Shin Yokohama today and had my credit card credited and then re-debited for the old and...
Feb 28th

And... Exhale.

Long story short about the computer… I got dicked around quite a bit, but due to the...
Feb 27th

Holding my breath...

So yeah, four days after my purchase with no advanced warning Apple immediately releases new laptops...
Feb 26th

Let the meetings and crappy shows...

Today I had an early meeting in Ebisu and discussed a new video project I will be working on in...
Feb 26th

Odaiba Fun Time Get!

Momoko was a bit surprised that I wanted to go out as far as Odaiba and kept insisting that we...
Feb 25th

Now you're playing with a ring...

I know this is old, so I am not going to rip on the video techniques - which were probably good...
Feb 24th

Tearing down / Setting up / Freaking out...

I slept in today. An it felt… good enough. I woke up with a continuation on my back pain from...
Feb 23rd

People make me sad / Mario makes me...

Tonight my depression kind of swung back into effect again after listening to ignorant people spew...
Feb 22nd

New furniture coming / New laptop here

After getting not enough sleep Momoko, her mother and I headed out for Shin Yokohama to see if I...
Feb 21st

Air: Not the best medium for sound

I hit up a few stores today see if they had the Air in stock. No dice. Everyone wanted me to make a...
Feb 20th

Indiana Jones & The Belly of the Ultra...

First things first… This trailer has me really excited! I just wish that I didn’t...
Feb 19th

New thoughts on Air

I think I changed my mind about the MacBook Air. I make no illusions about being someone who...
Feb 19th

Dinner meetings are go!

Met with my friend / colleague for dinner tonight, along with a new person who will likely be...
Feb 17th

Interlaced fields forever

As promised, here is the better imagery of Ichigo-chan. Most of it is a standard 2D sonogram, but...
Feb 16th

Because a strawberry is more...

I worked until around 4PM today… From yesterday. I managed to take a four hour nap and Momoko...
Feb 15th
Another shooting in a school
Feb 15th

God of War went gold!!!

God of War went gold! God of War went gold! God of War went gold! Now I can enjoy a PSP game from...
Feb 15th

Writing and tasting the love that was...

I made big progress on the animation today. Not the animating part, but I have my first draft of the...
Feb 14th

Drawing pictures and verbal ire

I made some excellent progress on my animation concept work today. I drew a slew of sketches for the...
Feb 13th

Squeeze who for what?

Jason likes old animation. Jason likes robots. Jason likes chocolate.  
Feb 12th

Good for the goose, but not the gachou*

Got the last big layout done for one of my clients today and made a bit more headway into the early...
Feb 12th

Constitution Day = sick day

Felt pretty ill today. Nothing overwhelming, but I woke up with some general back pain today which...
Feb 11th

Kids, dogs & lots of crappy statues

True to my word, I woke up at 1100 and we were out the door around 1300 today. We took a cab to the...
Feb 10th

Going to Odaiba

I ended up having to work very late last night - like most nights. This means that I ended up...
Feb 9th

Yabba dabba emphysema!

Found this while doing my animation research. While I know that in-show cigarette advertising was...
Feb 8th

Not talking at home but at meetings...