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April 2004 - Posts

• Tokyo Dome City

  Saturday the last full day in Tokyo Greg and I went to Tokyo Dome City, a small amusement park in the middle of the city. The park has three big rides a centerless ferris wheel, a roller coaster and a U shaped pseudo coaster. We didn’t ride the Read More... Posted Thursday, April 22, 2004 9:55 PM by darryl | 1 Comments Filed under: travel

• Grammer God

  You are a GRAMMAR GOD ! If your mission in life is not already to preserve the English tongue, it should be. Congratulations and thank you! How grammatically sound are you? brought to you by Quizilla And I thought my grammer mostly sucked. Read More... Posted Monday, April 19, 2004 12:22 PM by darryl | 5 Comments Filed under: misc

• All the Japan pictures

  No matter how out of focus or blurred. Some might not be safe for work. 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 [Edit] Fixed links. Read More... Posted Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:10 PM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: travel

• Buying the US election

  A thought provoking article in the lastest Crypto-Gram Newsletter http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0404.html#4 Read More... Posted Saturday, April 17, 2004 2:29 AM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: misc

• Kamakura

  Friday we went to Kamakura, which was Japan’s capital just under one thousand years ago. In Kamakura we went to the big Buda and a Buddhist temple. The Buda was interesting as you could go inside it but other then that not to exciting. The temple Read More... Posted Friday, April 16, 2004 7:54 PM by darryl | 1 Comments Filed under: travel

• Alcatraz ER

  Tuesday night Soeda-san took Greg and I out to Alcatraz ER a very interesting restaurant in Shibuya. Alcatraz is a prison hospital themed restaurant all the male staff are dressed as doctors and all the female staff as nurses. You get to eat in your very Read More... Posted Thursday, April 15, 2004 8:09 PM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: travel

• Late Late Late

  Friday and Saturday were fun. Friday night we partied at GASPANIC Shibuya till it closed at 5am, then we met Paul at the train station as he was just coming in from Kanasawa. Lucky Greg has storm shutters on his windows so we could sleep throughout the Read More... Posted Monday, April 12, 2004 5:49 AM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: travel

• Everybody must be drinking to stay in GASPANIC

  No Request No Dancing Can’t come in unless escorted by a Japanese female. Just a few of the signs inside GASPANIC a chain of gaijin bars in Japan. We went to the Yokohama one last night with the intention of staying all night but we only lasted Read More... Posted Thursday, April 08, 2004 6:49 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: travel

• Day Two and Three

  Yesterday Greg and I road on a big Ferris wheel , it was pretty freaky as the wind was blowing, making the wheel sway. We ignored the warning about not getting on if you have a heart . Tomorrow or Friday we will go to the Ferris wheel in Yokohama, it Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 07, 2004 12:44 AM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: travel

• Vending machines

  For when you just can't wait to make a backup . Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 06, 2004 4:10 PM by darryl | 0 Comments Filed under: travel

• Camping at Greg's

  Now with photo’s! Greg’s place is much bigger then Paul’s old place that I stayed at last time I was in Japan. But it is much colder and more complicated to stay at. Look at the shower , to turn this bad boy on you need to light the Read More... Posted Monday, April 05, 2004 7:47 PM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: travel

• First Day

  There are a lot of people in Tokyo. Road around Tokyo on the JR loop, visiting Shibuya, and Akihabara. Shibuya is a shopping / red light district there were lots on people there. We didn’t spend much time in Akihabara, stopped just to pick up some Read More... Posted Monday, April 05, 2004 4:06 AM by darryl | 2 Comments Filed under: travel

• Of Squatters and Kerosene

  I made it to Japan safely and sound, a 9-hour flight 4 hours in the airport waiting for customs, luggage and finally a bus to Greg’s place. Last time I was in Japan I managed to successfully avoid squatter toilets for my entire visit, this time Read More... Posted Sunday, April 04, 2004 4:11 PM by darryl | 1 Comments Filed under: travel