Blue and Gold

July 21, 2008 – 11:21 pm

Walking home from the office, I passed by the parish church, and saw the cross was glowing against the darkening sky in the late twilight, so I pulled out my Canon G9 and started shooting. There’s a little post work in iPhoto to crop and color correct.
No, I didn’t have a Paul-knocked-off-his-donkey experience, I just [...]

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Greetings from the uncanny valley.

August 31, 2007 – 8:37 am

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Fireproof

August 31, 2007 – 8:37 am

I see this seal in rooms.

Update: Itojun, who worked on the Worldcon, says it’s a certificate for fire resistant materials in the room.

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Ruby and Cafe Scifi+tique

August 31, 2007 – 3:00 am

You wouldn’t be surprised to meet Ruby enthusiasts at a Japanese science fiction convention.

Shimura’s got embedded Ruby running in Illustrator. Press a button, and that evals to ‘7′.
The back story: Shimura’s part of Cafe Scifi+tique, a performance event put together by Japanese science fiction fans to invert and parody the creepy ‘maid cafe’ scene.
Cyn and [...]

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Nausica’s Glider

August 30, 2007 – 4:22 pm

Some people write fan fiction. Others do fan engineering.

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A Pun and Some Japanese Fanish History

August 30, 2007 – 6:27 am

Dai means big, as in the Daibutsu. Con is short for “convention,” as in science fiction conventions.
That’s why the gentleman in the photo has a giant radish on the back of his tunic.
In 1983, at Daicon 4, a group of animators premiered a fan video. The over the top sequence introduced several visual tropes identified [...]

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Kamakura

August 28, 2007 – 12:23 am

Kamakura’s a little town about a 20 minute rail trip from Yokohama station. Narrow streets, lots of shops, plenty of temples. Cynthia and I went there today.

Several faiths represented here in this old capital.
After walking around in the late summer humidity, I wanted some cold soba. We passed by a place in the morning where [...]

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Box of Book Seven

July 21, 2007 – 12:13 am

A Books Inc. employee rushes past with one of the first boxes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for customers who preordered the book.

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Potterdammerung

July 21, 2007 – 12:13 am

The line for Book Seven @ Books Inc, Mountain View.

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Quik-E-Mart

July 2, 2007 – 8:54 pm

7-11 converted one of its stores in Mountain View into Abu’s bodega from The Simpson’s.

There was a line to get in, as well as this intimidating sign in front of the parking spaces.

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New socks

July 1, 2007 – 4:58 pm

Cyn finished a new pair of socks for me yesterday.

Posted via iPhone.

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Cactus Flower

July 1, 2007 – 4:39 pm

It’s nearing mid-summer, and time for the ephemeral cactus flowers to appear, like this one on the stair to my door.

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