Category Archives: travel

A brief bit on taking a Cell Phone to Japan

Posted on August 22, 2007 by baudattitude

As I mentioned a few months ago, I bought a Nokia 6630 because, among other things, it was a dual-mode phone that would work on Japanese cellular phone systems. At the time I was fairly dubious about this, but I … Continue reading →

Posted in gadgets, Japan, travel | Leave a comment

9 hours to go…

Posted on August 13, 2007 by baudattitude

Well, I’m packed up and ready to hit the road.  Time for a healthy five hours of sleep before getting up at 4 AM to get a cab to the airport.  I’m already looking forward to finding out what I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in travel | 1 Comment

Proactively leveraging synergy.

Posted on July 28, 2007 by baudattitude

…or, in today’s installment, I am an idiot sometimes. We had planned to have my gamerspouse and his wife over to our place today to look at vacation photos, since we racked up about 4GB of photos on our recent … Continue reading →

Posted in gadgets, travel, videogames, Xbox 360 | Leave a comment

The world is a tiny place.

Posted on June 25, 2007 by baudattitude

I will admit that, in the primitive times that were early 90’s anime fandom, I did occasionally buy something just because it was Japanese, or just because it featured anime characters – even ones I’d never heard of – just … Continue reading →

Posted in travel, 日本語 | Leave a comment

An unfortunate pattern.

Posted on June 17, 2007 by baudattitude

When something happens only once, it’s possible that it’s a unique event. When something happens more than once, it starts looking like a pattern. That’s about as “deep” as I get in the morning. At any rate, the pattern in … Continue reading →

Posted in gadgets, tokidoki, travel | Leave a comment

I don’t (heart) LA

Posted on June 13, 2007 by baudattitude

But we lived there for five years anyway. If you’re a fanboy, LA is like a giant box of things you probably want.  Honestly, it’s no Akihabara but  it’s full of stores that want to sell you cool things. That … Continue reading →

Posted in travel | Leave a comment

Alaska trip is go! And Vista update

Posted on May 7, 2007 by baudattitude

Got the email today from the travel agency saying that they’d charged us a huge sum of money and would be sending us travel documents, so come July we’re off for a bit over a week of hard core tourism … Continue reading →

Posted in gadgets, travel | Leave a comment