Category Archives: Notes

Reminder: Read from bottom up

Posted on August 27, 2010 by James Rudd

Just a quick reminder that the newest posts are at the top, so when we do a big update you will want to start reading further down the page where the first new posts have been pushed to. If you … Continue reading →

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¥en

Posted on August 26, 2010 by James Rudd

One thing that still seems a bit weird to me is the 1 Yen coin. It is small and made of aluminium, and seems to rapidly accumulate. Coming from a country that has discarded values below 5c, having a coin … Continue reading →

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Technical Difficulties

Posted on August 26, 2010 by James Rudd

As viewers of our blog may have noticed, the server was down for most of the 26th. Apparently some critical networking component at my web hosting company failed, and it took a while to get a replacement. On another technical … Continue reading →

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Bicycles

Posted on August 25, 2010 by James Rudd

There are no words I can use to describe the sheer number of bicycles over here. On the train station we pass multistorey bike car parks that must have tens of thousands of bikes in them. We constantly see them … Continue reading →

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T-minus One Day

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Joel

Well, it’s Friday afternoon – only eighteen-and-a-bit more hours until we’re on the plane and off to Japan… via a two-hour stopover at the Gold Coast, but we’ll get there. Suitcase and carry-on bag packed, unpacked, pruned of needless extras … Continue reading →

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