1h30 after the accident, every…
1h30 after the accident, everything was cleaned up and the trains started running again, I'm finally back home -> time to hit the showers
trying to find way home: no bu…
trying to find way home: no bus, taxi out of question w/ snowboard.. no choice but to wait 'til they pick up the bits&pieces from the tracks
coming back from snowboarding …
coming back from snowboarding my train hit a suicide jumper - I saw the body, covered by newspapers, and shopping bags he left on the home
6am in the train to snowboard,…
6am in the train to snowboard, late start but then it's the middle of the week so it's not like it'll be crowded
off from work today, making
off from work today, making キーマカレー for the girlfriend http://tinyurl.com/df7ab6
On my way to work
Japan is not only Tokyo with its crowded street crossings and neon lights. It's also the old countryside, small traditional (and not so traditional) houses with rice paddies or vegetable farm in the backyard.
I live in Tokyo (technically not but almost in the city limit) but I work in a factory way out in the countryside of Saitama prefecture, 50km north of Tokyo. This is what I see every morning from the window of my train.
My new camera for snowboard sessions
I bought last week the new Sanyo Xacti DMX-CA9 which is one of the first waterproof HD video camera on the market. Got it as soon as it came out to capture the last snowboard sessions of the season.
The form factor is not bad. The grip could be better as with the screen opened, the handle part becomes pretty thin with sharp edges. A finger shaped handle would be nice, it would probably make the unit butt ugly but who cares? It's a sports camera. When the screen is closed, the grip is perfect, but you cannot shoot with the screen closed.
Menu is horrible, looks cheap and aliased like it was adapted to a better resolution screen without creating higher resolution icons. Navigation in the menu with the buttons is a pain because of the waterproofing which makes those buttons less responsive (but I guess it can't really be helped).
So yeah, for my hands and eyes used to the beauty and luxury of Nikon DSLRs and Ricoh GR Digital, the camera has a slight after-taste of cheap consumer electronics. But then, it enables me to take videos like this without any fear of falling down and ending up with a wet bricked camera:
So all in all, I'm pretty happy with my new toy. I'm going back for one last snowboard trip next monday and I will probably spend the whole day (or as long as the battery holds) taping jumps and tricks at the snowpark.
getting a lot colder since the…
getting a lot colder since the start of the week... I wonder if we are still on track for cherry blossom this weekend
nothing to eat, drinking AQUAR…
nothing to eat, drinking AQUARIUS from a vending machine for the calories
arrived in karuizawa at midnig…
arrived in karuizawa at midnight, not a single shop open, not even 7eleven... my kingdom for a beer!
someone fed my N+2 “whale brai…
someone fed my N+2 "whale brains" last night... there is no such thing, probably was 白子 which is fish sperm - he was not amused... (^O^)/
karuizawa road trip tonight, Y…
karuizawa road trip tonight, YAY!... but have to finish house-cleaning first (-.-;)
trying to find a nice onsen ry…
trying to find a nice onsen ryokan for 4 in Hakone the weekend after next... i am not a good travel agent
New look for the blog
I've updated the design of the blog to a totally different look. I've had the previous one forever, and though I was refining it and adding little details all the time, I wanted a radical change.
Here's a screenshot for archival purpose. Goodbye green, hello black...
