Japan’s manhole cover location community

Late last year I made a quick blurb of a post about how extraordinary something as simple as a manhole cover in Japan can be a

The Day the Earth Stood Still

It’s been a while since I took a trip to the theatre but with so much free time lately I decided to go check out a movie

Merry Christmas!

It’s that time of year again and I’d like to take this opportunity to wish all my regular readers, blogging pals,

Christmas in Japan Video – Catchy and Hilarious

A few days ago a blogging pal of mine sent me this hilarious video entitled “Christmas in Japan”. It’s hilar

Heroes Season 3 Reactions

The third season of Heroes has come and gone so quickly and before I even finish the first sentence I would like to say that t

Japan: Robot Nation

Japan: Robot Nation is a very interesting video (25 minutes long) I would like to invite my readers to watch. It speaks of Jap

My Japanese Coach – Update

It’s about a month now since I’ve been playing the Nintendo DS game My Japanese Coach in my spare time. So far Mos

Follow me on Twitter and minor blog updates

I’ve been using Twitter for a few months now but when I just starting using it I was turned off by the frequent outages,

Hello Kitty Hospital in Taiwan

Japan’s obsession with cute, brightly coloured characters is well known. Characters like Pikachu, Doraemon and especiall

Nucleus CMS to WordPress Conversion Guide

As promised I have written a guide using my experience from my recent conversion of my blog from Nucleus CMS to WordPress for

Nucleus to WordPress Conversion Complete

AfterΒ  four errors and a few unforeseen hiccups I have managed to complete the conversion of my blog to wordpress (finally).

Nucleus to WordPress Conversion Experiments Successful

As I wrote a few days ago I am thinking about converting to wordpress. A couple nights of insomnia and a day skipped from work

From my other Blogs – Fifth Edition

This is the fifth edition of a monthly recap of interesting posts from my photography blog and my video game blog. Eyeshrine.c

Gmail Ninja Theme

Gmail themes are one of the newer features of Google’s online mail client. The first couple themes that were released th

Nicotine free battery powered Cigarettes

What may be viewed as weird in other cultures may come across of perfectly normal in Japan, no wonder Japanese inventors file

500th post and thinking about converting to WordPress

Many years ago my geekiness flowed uncontrollably and I decided to register a domain and create a blog so that I would have a

Meet the 78 year old first person shooter Guru from Japan

Ladies and gentlemen, meet Akira Kitajima, a 78 year old Japanese man and 13 year veteran of western style first person shoote

Irie City – Jamaica Themed Global Social Networking Site

To be “irie” is to be at total peace with your current state of being, the way you feel when you have no worries a

I’ve bought My Japanese Coach for the Nintendo DS

I’ve been meaning to buy a title for my Nintendo DS that would aid my study of Japanese and my latest purchase for my DS

Star Trek Movie coming May 2009 – Check out the Trailer

Trekkies, Geeks and Sci-Fi Movie lovers rejoice! 2009 will be a good year because a brand new Star Trek Movie is scheduled to

More Cloning in Japan – This time an Amami Rabbit

Scientists at Japan’s Kinki University have cloned an embryo of an Amami Rabbit and are awaiting its birth next month. T

Vote for Jamaican Athletes – Performance of the Year Awards

It’s voting time again! I hope you dropped by the IAAF website to cast you vote for the Jamaican athletes as I requested

Japanese Scientists have Cloned a Frozen Dead Mouse

The line between science fiction and reality continues to be blurred more and more. Recently a Japanese team of scientists at

Honda’s Robo-Legs – Futuristic Walking Assist Device

Honda recently revealed an interesting piece of technology. The device is a robotic exoskeleton that is worn like shoes to sup