2008

“Force Unleashed is certainly less ambitious than the classic...”
— Official Xbox Magazine Well...

Chinese is the roar!

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...

McCain PR rolls a zero

So in a recent blog post on McCain’s official site a stab was made at Dungeons & Dragons...

More Olympic thoughts

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

More on censorhsip

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

McCain & The Internet

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

Victory... By any means necessary

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

More on the Opening Ceremony

My dad went into some detail on his blog about the little girl switcheroo for the Opening Ceremony...

Bush looking to off endangered species act

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...

“It’s true. We all know how Wal-Mart just barely...”
— Onion response to Wal-Mart...

Hey Apple, when you’re not too busy re-orging the...

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...

McCain gets some milkshake profit

McCain uses internet - for the first time

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

Cup Boardroom

Went to the NISSIN headquarters today. Yes, the Cup Noodle people. Going to be involved in a big...

So if I didn’t attach the files, how is it that you...

Wish I had thought of this. Bloody brilliant. (Pun...

Started playing SIREN: New Translation today. Only did the...

El Laberinto del Fauno

Momoko and I managed to watch this tonight. A bit late in seeing it, considering it was the Oscar...

“The pope must be the saddest person in the world.”
— Onion response to Pope...

Bizarre love rectangle

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

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...

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...

I come from the street, bitch!

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

Akanè - First Impressions

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

My E3 Press Conference Impressions

MS: “We still have more units in anyone’s homes - even though we are being consistently...

Microsoft unveiled their upcoming dashboard for the Xbox360....

iPhone won't matter in Japan?

"Goodbye from the world's biggest...

George W. Bush leaving the G8 Summit. After saying this he then “punched the air while...

What is this I see in my sidebar? That looks new. Too bad it...

Post Baby Update

After sleeping in late from a long night, going straight to hospital shortly after waking to visit...

Akane Ruddy

That is all.

When I thought that I would have to pay around $300 for an...

While installing the Flash 10 beta I noticed some of the...

I bet this guy is waiting in front of the Apple store next...

Uhm. Oops. Guess this logo won’t be making an...

ScienceDirect - Neuron : Striatal Activity...

"a great step forward for academic freedom"

Acrobat 9... It's actually worth mentioning!

For the non-believers

Yes, even though it isn’t out yet I got a legal copy of Spore Creature Creator working on my...

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...

Great ending credits

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

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...

Oh man...

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

≥ 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...

≤ 2cm = Hospital

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

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...

“Someone who quits in the face of adversity would make a...”
— Onion response to Clinton...

CZECH UR MAIL. KTHXBAI!

Bob pointed out this interesting site to me today. It’s a site programmed and run by...

I'm a lonely soldier

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

8 From 88

Someone remarked the other day how I keep finding new artists and releases - wondering if I still...

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.

“God damn it. I don’t want to switch from au to...”
— Me, after learning that Apple...

Forget Tony Hawk...

Dominion Budgie has got mad skills. As found here.

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...

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...

Mobile + IC card = Awesomocity!

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

Bethsoft are not terrorists*

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

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

I had mentioned I purchased a new ketai (mobile phone) in my previous post. The one I had been...

From the offices of Holy Fscking Sh!t

Possible homecoming & other stuff

Turns out that Momoko’s condition seems stable enough that she might be able to come home...

“If at first you don’t succeed… get new...”
— Some little kid

Graffiti in motion

I’ve never been much of one for graffiti, nor the head-trippy LSD trip style artwork, but I...

“Happy Birthday, Momoko”
— Jason (today, while visiting...

American Racer

Done. Done.  

 Laptop remote controlling my new server set-up remote...

Go Speed... Go!

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

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

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...

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...

Amnion drinking baby... I love you!

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

Theremin cat... I love you!

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

OK... No walking, either

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

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...

Mmm…. 4GB of memory in the laptop. And only for around...

“No individual president can compare to the second Bush....”
— Historian quote from a recent...

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...

The cow says...

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

The History of Mormonism

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

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...

Saul Wars

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

IKEA day to the max

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

Quiet but good...

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

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...

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...

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...

And... Exhale.

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

Holding my breath...

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

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...

Odaiba Fun Time Get!

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

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...

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...

People make me sad / Mario makes me...

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

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...

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...

Indiana Jones & The Belly of the Ultra...

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

New thoughts on Air

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

Dinner meetings are go!

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

Interlaced fields forever

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

Because a strawberry is more...

I worked until around 4PM today… From yesterday. I managed to take a four hour nap and Momoko...

Another shooting in a school

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...

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...

Drawing pictures and verbal ire

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

Squeeze who for what?

Jason likes old animation. Jason likes robots. Jason likes chocolate.  

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...

Constitution Day = sick day

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

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...

Going to Odaiba

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

Yabba dabba emphysema!

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

Not talking at home but at meetings...