Author Archives: baudattitude

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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Kochi Ramblings

Posted on June 17, 2008 by baudattitude

Kochi reminds me a lot of Eugene, the town I grew up in. In certain aspects, anyway. Both are on the small side, but large enough that the outside world knows about them – while you don’t have access to … Continue reading →

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Castles and Trains

Posted on June 16, 2008 by baudattitude

Happy to report that I started the morning without a yelp of surprise. There’s something about the mattress in a capsule hotel that makes it quite impossible to think you’re waking up anywhere else. It seemed perfectly comfortable when I … Continue reading →

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