Author Archives: Leefe

It’s already Christmas in Tokyo

Walking around Shinjuku I found that it is already Christmas in Tokyo. Tokyo Hands in the Takashimaya building has a display of Christmas decorations on sale. Including a snowman build from a frame of little lights, and many other light … Continue reading

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Photos from Tokyo Tech festival

Last weekend there was a festival at Tokyo Institute of Technology to promote the university, much like an open day at Australian universities. There were many stalls of food run by different clubs at TiTech. And a few other stalls … Continue reading

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Construction and clouds

It seems Tokyo is constantly under construction. Walking around the streets you would be hard pressed to not to see a construction site. Here is concrete being pumped up into new building, with a nice backdrop of clouds. Apparently in … Continue reading

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A world of coloured vests, changing with the seasons

It is interesting to see these rows of vests in different colours had appeared in the UNIQLO UT store in Harajuku, Tokyo. But everything in Japan seems to be seasonal. Soon there will probably be rows of coloured winter jackets … Continue reading

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We’ve been reading your internet, and you’ve been doing the wrong things

Ah, the joys having a email address published on a web site. All the fun spam you get. I received this email claiming to be from the “Internet Service Provider Consorcium“. With an attached zip file. From: “ICS Monitoring Team” … Continue reading

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2000 Condoms. Why do you need 3 packs?

Found this package in a drug store* in Tokyo. A 3 pack of 2000 condoms. Who do you think would need 6000 condoms? Well, reading the side of the pack it only contains 12 and 2000 is just the model … Continue reading

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.4)

Seeing at the Paralympic are now on I have updated the BOMC widget to display their medal results. I’m in the process of rewriting the backend of the widget (seeing as this is an experiment of using JQuery in Widgets), … Continue reading

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Shadow of a building

Former TAFE building opposite UTS building 10 on Wattle St. Sydney, Australia It was interesting to find this photo of the building, because it doesn’t exist any more. Having been knocked down earlier this year for more green area at … Continue reading

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Rain in Shinjuku

Wet street at night on the east side of Shinjuku train station, Tokyo Japan. (Taken 10 August 2008)

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Beijing Olympic Medal Count (BOMC 0.3)

It may be a little late, considering the Olympics are almost over, but I thought people might like it anyway. Here is a widget I wrote to display the medal count at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Since there is no … Continue reading

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