land of the rising sun

finally, the My First Trip To Japan Post-Infancy post.

first off, that place is nuts. especially tokyo. take every city you've ever been to, amplify them slightly, cram them all together in about a greater-LA-sized area and get rid of 99% of the homeless people: tokyo.



we got to stay with our homeboy joji at his house out in chiba city. he was also kind enough to drive us all over tokyo and nearby environs for the whole trip, joji for president.




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head on over to my incredible flickr set to enjoy some shots and notes from the trip. the funny part is the first day or two were so overwhelming, we kind of forgot to take pictures... check out george's flickr for alternate views of the experience as well.

tokyo is amazing and i can't wait to go back, if you have a job opening in tokyo, hire me! nihongo wo benkyō suru totemo hayaku!

finally, hawaii

jet lag from japan got me up reeeeeaaal early this morning, so i decided to kill time by posting pictures from the trip to hawaii. check it all out at flickr and preview a few of my favorites below...

gundam, go!

sea ranch

we weren't there long enough and i was way too tired to get any great shots but here they are, for your consideration:


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juxt do it

if you don't have juxtaposer for your iphone, go get it.

the color booth

here's a glimpse of where i spend a few odd hours at a time on a press check. i'm gonna try to sneak some pics and video of the actual presses running, but they're really sketchy about that...

nihonjin

joji visited!



jarrett came down as well, but he lives in this country so he gets second billing.

psssshhhhhhh!!!

don't try to school ME on how it goes down in aotearoa, flickr!

sunset

pollution always makes for the best sunsets...

i love flickr and now i love the library of congress. more.

"Out of some 14 million prints, photographs and other visual materials at the Library of Congress, more than 3,000 photos from two of our most popular collections are being made available on our new Flickr page, to include only images for which no copyright restrictions are known to exist."



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workin' late

that's right, stuck in the ol' cubicle well past quittin' time, yee haw. waiting for someone else to finish something before you can finish something certainly puts the "this sucks" in "teamwork."

the annual stevenote was today and i certainly was impressed by the MacBook Air and am enjoying the updated iPhone software, but i think i am most intrigued by Time Capsule. that is an absolutely fantastic way to get some backup and a little home server at a reasonable price. we'll know shortly if one of these is in my future...

and remember: a picture of a hot chick will always get twice as many views as any of your other photos on flickr.

for he's a jolly good fellow

here's to mr. kelleher, thanks for the flickr pro account and here's to unlimited uploads!

2,920 days

yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of my current employment. well done, me.

in other news there were some kiwis in our house this week. check my flickr for a recap. better yet, check tim's flickr for an in-depth survey.