Monthly Archives: January 2009

Mustard and hamsters – describing airline food

This is an excerpt taken from what is one of the funniest complaint letters I have ever read: …I’ll try and explain how this felt. Imagine being a twelve year old boy Richard. Now imagine it’s Christmas morning and you’re sat their with your final present to open. It’s a big one, and you know [...]

Youtube video on creation of Katana blades

I came across this while reading about Katana on Wikipedia and thought it was really amazing – I hope I can see a real katana one of these days!

Knife hunting in Kappabashi (2008)

Around September of last year, I took Josh and Sir Niles to Kappabashi in search of a knife.  Not just any knife, but rather the mythical 777 times-folded legendary Kusanagi blade.  Well… not quite.  Actually Josh’s grandfather had asked him to get a good quality sushi knife.  After asking around, I was told that Kappabashi [...]

Fear the Bucktoothed Pink Rabbit!

Came across these pictures I took of Josh (the friend, not brother) at Tokyu Hands and knew I had to put them up! I had accompanied him there whilst he was doing some shopping for his family (ended up getting some Star Wars noren for my family as well!) and we came across this display [...]

Pretty handle!

Just a random picture I took (sneakily) on the train of an umbrella someone was holding – just thought the rose handle was pretty

Jeremy, Janine, Jericho, Jennifer, J… oh forget it.

Just read about a woman giving birth to octuplets – EIGHT babies – yesterday.  That is just amazing – but I have to say I hope that doesn’t happen when I decide to have kids!  2 kids… 3 kids… 4 at absolute most is ok, but no more. I love children, but the thought of [...]

Good Luck, Mr. Obama

As I type this, there are about 2 hours left before President-elect Obama steps up to take the oath office, becoming the 44th president of the United States. I’ve never been one for politics, but the infectious excitement present on the internet (don’t own a TV ) is catching. It is indeed a momentous occasion [...]

Cat Matrix! (or, really cute puppies and a cat)

Google Chrome tweaks – Accessing Hotmail

  Last night while troubleshooting Meg’s computer, I learned that Hotmail does not appear to work in Chrome (as of build 1.0.154.43).  You are able to log on to Windows Live, and view your inbox, but are unable to click on any of the messages.  That is rather bizarre, and I don’t know whether the [...]