Monthly Archives: June 2008

Teriyaki McBurger, Ebi Filet-O

Posted on June 21, 2008 by baudattitude

In Narita Airport, on the way to the gates for flights to the US, there is a small sushi restaurant.  It has a sign which bills it as your “last chance to enjoy good sushi and sake before you leave!!” … Continue reading →

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A 41 hour birthday…

Posted on June 21, 2008 by baudattitude

I keep saying to people that I’m doing the Louis Wu thing for my birthday, and thus far nobody has gotten it. For the benefit of, well, everyone who hasn’t read Ringworld, and for those people who HAVE read Ringworld … Continue reading →

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Akihabara – One Last Time

Posted on June 20, 2008 by baudattitude

I’m in that “I’m packed up and don’t want to try to squeeze anything more in” state of things, so I really didn’t need to go back to Akihabara. In truth, I wouldn’t have if I hadn’t had a directive … Continue reading →

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Fun things from Koganei

Posted on June 20, 2008 by baudattitude

While I was on my quest to find Studio Ghibli, I passed lots of neat “Only in Japan…” sorts of things. Here are some of them. First, the 24 hour NPC. In the land of the console RPG, I can’t … Continue reading →

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Stalking Miyazaki

Posted on June 20, 2008 by baudattitude

I needed something to do today, on my last full day in Japan. I did get a task from my wife – “go buy me a new gadget”, which was not a simple task, but one which I have accomplished, … Continue reading →

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Wendy’s Double Cheese Curry Burger

Posted on June 20, 2008 by baudattitude

I live my life by a set of simple rules. Stuff like “by default, be nice to people” and “don’t spoil the end of movies for people who haven’t seen them” and “girls with glasses are automatically about twice as … Continue reading →

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Why I shouldn’t be a tour guide.

Posted on June 19, 2008 by baudattitude

I didn’t spend all day making poor food choices.  I make THOSE on the spur of the moment. I spent most of the day trying to play tour guide, and succeeding right up until the point where I got cocky. … Continue reading →

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Mega Tamago

Posted on June 19, 2008 by baudattitude

My dear readers: I would like to say that I am writing this from the comfort of my Tokyo hotel room. The sad truth is that there is no place on earth that could be comfortable right now. I have, … Continue reading →

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In which, our hero tempts fate.

Posted on June 18, 2008 by baudattitude

There are plenty of ways one can tempt fate. The most common is to precede any action with the phrase “Hey, y’all, watch this.” To my credit, I didn’t do that. On the other hand, I did blindly assert to … Continue reading →

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Windows Update and the EEE

Posted on June 17, 2008 by baudattitude

Windows Update can officially go to hell. When I turned on the EEE for the first time, it had about 2.5GB free on a 4GB disk.  After letting Windows update run free, I’ve got a whopping .5 GB free. When … Continue reading →

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