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Category: Tokyo Boy

  • Montoak

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    The Montoak cafe/bar, in Harajuku. Had drinks there the other night with Yuko. Very nice stylish interior. The first time I heard about it, when it opened about a year ago, was from an article in WALLPAPER.

  • The Yappy Thread

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    Looks like we have a new record-length comment thread (40 comments and counting), and it’s for a post that’s just over a day old!

  • Jean Snow Versus Godzilla

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    Writer Warren Ellis is currently in Vancouver for the shooting of the TV pilot for his GLOBAL FREQUENCY series. Seems like I should have kept my mouth shut, and not say that he wouldn’t have any problems getting coverage for his wireless PDA. Time to feel Warren’s wrath… Day 2 without GPRS. Jean Snow assured…

  • OK Fred Freshness

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    Oh yeah, look at that freshness! The new OK FRED (4), just off the boat. Only problem is that because of a duty snafu, due to an obscure Japanese law, every copy had to be stamped with an indication of where it had been printed. It was hard work, but OK FREDders extraordinaire Yoshi and…

  • Je suis un Acadien

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    For those who are curious, or don’t understand what I mean when I say that I’m Acadien, the NEW YORK TIMES has just published the following article. Sunday, the 15th, is our official holiday, our national day if you will.

  • Brewing

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    Things are brewing. Good things happening. Seems like you’re going to be seeing me in other places (meaning outside of the realm of this site and the

  • Nakameguro Street Art 4

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    Another pic from the Nakame front.

  • QR Barcode

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    You’ll notice a new addition in the sidebar: a QR barcode. I don’t know if these are very common outside of Japan yet, but here they’re getting more and more popular. Basically, you point your QR enabled mobile phone (mine isn’t) to the barcode, and it registers the data, which in this case is the…

  • Nakameguro Street Art 3

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    Continuing in my series of Nakameguro street art pics.

  • It’s Damn Hot

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    The temperature topped 30 C in Tokyo for 37 days in a row Wednesday, tying the record set in 1995, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. (Kyodo News) Yes, it’s pretty damn hot here. What am I doing? Hiding in my apartment, reading and watching movies/TV shows, and spending way too much time on the Net.