There is seriously something wrong with the ISP here. This compose page is taking, again, hours to come up, and Vox claims nothing is wrong on its end.
Again, when a compose screen takes hours to emerge, then the inspiration has long passed. For what it’s worth, enjoy these shots of Christchurch from last week.
Inside the Isaac Theatre:
Folks, I have a theory.
After asking on Twitter, and using two different ISPs in two different cities, and trialling different browsers, I have found that in New Zealand, I (and one other Twitter friend) cannot reach our Autocade site without the browser coming up with an error asking one to save the page.
However, using a US proxy server, there is no problem, and the page functions normally. It actually opens.
I suspect something is afoot with ISPs in New Zealand blocking certain sites. Can friends reading this confirm this with me, please? The site is autocade.net.
I remember last month there was quite a bit of furore on Twitter when TelstraClear customers could not reach justinflitter.com (since closed). Again, I had no problem accessing Justin’s site via a proxy server. I simply could not reach it from New Zealand, even though Justin is a New Zealander.
I just recently picked up a small Muji catalog booklet in sensei's Japanese store, Muji Xmas 2009, and I found they had a neat little wooden city collection, one of which of course was Tokyo.
I learned that they had these in store for quite a few years already, I had never seen them before tho..
just in the Muji minimalistic style, it is simple wooden blocks in shape and form resembling some of the landmark's of the cities, along w/ a few houses, skyscrapers, and cars and busses.
let's see if I'll add to Tokyo some other urban toy.
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Tour Dates
11/14/09
Double Door Chicago, IL
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11/16/09 Al’s Bar Lexington, KY 11/17/09 Cliff Bells Detroit 11/18/09 Wrongbar Toronto, ON 11/19/09 ll Motore Montreal 11/20/09 Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY 11/21/09 LPR NY, New York 11/22/09 Liv Nightclub Washington DC 11/23/09 Magnus Music LLC Charlottesville 11/24/09 Milestone Charlotte, NC 11/25/09 Local 506 Carrboro, NC 11/27/09 BottleTree Birmingham, AL 11/28/09 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA 11/29/09 House Of Blues Dallas, TX 11/30/09 Emos Jr Austin, TX 12/02/09 Rhythm Room Phoenix 12/03/09 Casbah San Diego, CA 12/04/09 El Rey LA, CA 12/07/09 Rythm Factory London 12/08/09 HiFi Club Leeds 12/09/09 Jam Brighton 12/17/09 Palác Akropolis Prague |
Such a nice night for mid-November at the 400 Bar. Athletes in Slacks (myspace) warmed up the crowd with their laidback loungey harmonizing sound that only two keyboarders and a guitarist can produce. The band claims all their songs are about love, except later on their hour-long set, they introduced a song about hating two guys from New York. They did finish strong with a cover of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart", and that's what really matter.
The first time I heard about Swedish band Little Dragon, was in January. Ceji was really into them. Since we generally like Swedish bands here, I did try and keep up with their whereabouts. As it turns out, they're in the middle of their tour through the US to promote their sophomore album, Machine Dreams. Although the band's been here already, they confessed last night that this was their first time in Minneapolis.
They didn't do Ceji's favorite "Recommendation" song, but I though hands-down their best song played was "After The Rain", complete with an amazing ending.
From what I heard from their live set, their new songs seems to drifts from the R&B and Jazz influence to more electro and beats. I think the combination works well for them, especially since I like their big beats/electronica sound.
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I've been to a lot of shows lately, and I can tell you that this was one of the best shows yet. They're heading their way to the East Coast, so definitely check them out. If they're not heading through your city, you should check out Machine Dreams, out now on Peacefrog Records.
) ♥ little-dragon.se ♥ myspace.com/yourlittledragon 昨日、ビジネスExpoに行って、この本の植松電機のブースを見た。この本はたまたま前日に買って半分読んでいたのだが、最初はその本の会社のブースだと思わなかった。
ブースの半分はこの会社が作って売っているリサイクル用マグネット。二台の製品が置かれていた。そして残りの半分にはロケット「CAMUI」のカットモデルと無重力実験装置。ここまでみて初めてあの本の会社だ。と思った。
「この磁石小さいでしょう」とにこにこと話しかけてきた人がいた。この機械に縁のない僕は正直どこが小さいのかわからなかったのだ。スクラップ工場でクルマの残骸を簡単に持ち上げてしまうでかい機械のことを考えればせいぜい一抱えというサイズは確かに小さいのかもしれないなあなんてあいまいに笑って話を聞いた。
家に帰って改めて続きを読み始めたら、あれ、ひょっとしてこの本書いた専務じゃなかったのか?と思った。しまった。もっといろいろ話せばよかった。
なぜロケットを作っているのか。それは「どうせ無理」を廃絶するため。北海道の、夕張とどっこいどっこいのつぶれそうな町の小さな工場でロケットを作って打ち上げるなんてことができるんだから「どうせ無理」なんて言い訳は言わせない。やるきになればなんでもできる。ということを広めたいから。なのだな。
「夢は必ずかなう」なんて耳障りの良いことをいう人はたくさんいるけど、そのための素養を子供の頃から身に付けさせるための具体的な行動をしている人は少ない。
この本には植松さんのそういう情熱が語られている。
「Dream can do, Reality can do.」
これ、NASAの原点の言葉。
植松さんが常に語っている言葉だ。
なんだか勇気が出てきた。

by G-Tools
この間の散歩の後、パブで食べたピクルスがおいしかったので家でもいろいろ試してみている。
ごくシンプルなレシピでも十分おいしいと思ったのだけれど、ハーブとかスパイスの香りがついていたらもっと楽しい。とりあえず家にあったローリエとか粒コショウとか唐辛子なんかを入れてみたら、これはこれでいい感じ。
クローブを使ってみたいと思ったら家にはなかったので近くの業務用食品のお店に行って見つけたのがこれ。
使ってみたら少しシナモンの香りが強い感じ。それはそれでおいしい。
昨日、ケーキを買いに大丸へ行って、ついでにスパイスを見にいって見つけたのがこれ。
蜂蜜も一緒に買ってきたので今日はこのピクルス・スパイスと蜂蜜を使ってみようと思っている。