Archive | May, 2006

31 May 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Going all primes

I’ve sold my Sigma 15-30mm zoom on Yahoo! Auctions and will probably pick up a Sigma 20mm f1.8. With the benefit of experience and hindsight I wouldn’t have bought the 2 zooms that I did. Eventually I will moving to an all prime set-up. After the Sigma 20mm, I am looking towards maybe getting a [...]

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27 May 2006 ~ 0 Comments

Nice Mac like themes for firefox

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Some nice themes for Mac OSX Firefox to help it blend in better with Mac OSX. I’m using GrApple (Eos). Pity they can’t help Firefox to behave more like a Mac OSX app. I’m constantly switching between Camino and Firefox under OSX to try to see which fits in better with my browsing habits. Camino [...]

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26 May 2006 ~ 0 Comments

UV light tattoos

Pretty cool uv-light tattoos. There’s a bit of a stigma/prejuidice in Japan for people with tattoos, maybe this could be an answer, especially with night-club goers?

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24 May 2006 ~ 0 Comments

The Tipping Point & Blink

Just finished reading The Tipping Point and Blink both by Malcom Gladwell. I have to agree with a lot of people including Justin who lent me the books, that the earlier book The Tipping Point is the better of the two. Blink is a good read, but The Tipping Point is a lot more cohesive, [...]

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24 May 2006 ~ 0 Comments

More Japanese Post Office Help

One of the most popular posts (at least from search engine led) visitors on this site is the Japanese Postal Codes in English one. Unfortuantely it only covers 6 major cities. People looking for Okinawan postal codes are out of luck. But here’s something that everyone who can type Japanese on their computer can use. [...]

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