Can You Keep A Secret?今までずっと秘密にしてた

The disparity between Japanese-sized Starbucks and the American variety has been mitigated! and in truth? well, they never were more than a menu apart... the hitch? we're not supposed to know about it. it's a secret. as the Starbuck Goddess masquerades around Japan with her tasty tempting flavor-packed mini coffee sizes, the American consumer is stuck sipping sickening over-sized blends of mostly milk - the ever popular "venti" size. well, as this Slate article suggests, i took a trip down to the local Starbucks and said, "make mine a short." and they did. $2.20 soy cappuccino. yum.

[Net] Transparency & You

Today, enabled by the Internet, the individual has access to more information than at anytime previous. this enables the motivated individual to act of his own accord - to organize groups or carry out actions without the need of in-house infrastructure. the infrastructure is provided for public consumption. a sword with two edges cuts both ways: one interest has the potential to affect all others.

does this lead us to embrace a transparent society where privacy was never a right? i'll watch over you as you watch over me and we'll stumble through?

i don't know, but there are a couple new software programs that are drawing heat from governments around the globe:
NASA World Wind and Google Earth. and there are probably more.

Utilizing readily available satellite imagery (varying in degrees of resolution/timeliness), one is free to explore the globe.

god, and it sure is a lot of fun.

coverage varies a little from program to program, some terrain is rendered in 3D - viewing angles galore! some cities are ultra high-res and feature 3D buildings. public transit subway/train lines are also available along with a host of information ready for access concerning monuments/formations.

Happy Trails, SpaceCowboys

11/02 着うた

11/2発売シングル「修羅場」

click here to hear the new single out from Tokyo Jihen, SHURABA, now with 2 new members (guitar + key).
the streaming capture didn't work too well so you'll have to forgive the non-video video. file format is real audio (*.ram).

[Photo] critters of the OBX, NC (自然いっぱい/生き物)

Outer Banx, North Carolina

we windsurf simply because we can. yeah, baby, rock it in the sound or oceanside for bigger waves.

[Photo] どこでもドア(and thanks Haruko)

thru the dokodemo doa He arrives. they meet.

a brief stop at Andes for some gazpacho.

大観覧車: a moment together in the dai kanransha

Expo in the Night

The games begin!

Too much fun.

I came to play at ai chikyuu haku.

Fuel to the fire.

LINIMO


!Attention!
Please Read to the Guardian.
Then, it is not for the Water.
Please do not use it the Pool,
the Bath, and the Sea and
the River etc.

FUJI-SAN 登山 アップ！アップ！

3,776 meters of mountain under my belt and still 28 days of Expo remain.
secrets, these days, are all i know.
thinking of you often.

[Photo] これったら、日本の庭！？

I would like to share with you the beauty of the East Wing 2 Apt. #103 garden, grown and cared for in the time-honored traditional Japanese way.

First, we have the beginnings of a majestic tree. Her sparse branches reflect the fragility in all of us. A healthy green that can inspire us to work together, so that one day we might grow higher and no longer be confined behind some putrid wall.

Ah, and what wonderous bits of nature are these? They may appear to be mere weeds, but marvel at the lofty hights they have achieved in just a few short months! Certainly the fellow on the right is in a touch better shape than his brother to the left, but I am confident that a little rain will go a long way to reinvigorating and encouraging that they both continue their climb.

Here we have the rumblings of new beginnings. I know not from where they've sprung, but I have been pleased to watch their ambitions grow.

また火星で会おう

俺はいつも感動するのは千九百二年にあの人力自由飛行は可能だと証明されたライト兄弟の制作されたグライダーからちょうど百年経ち、二千三年に火星探査機が宇宙へ打ち上げられたことなのだ。現在でもその二台とも火星の表面に活動しているが、もう見たかしら？俺たちの失敗しばかりのNASAではなく、昨日か一昨日かにジャッパンタイムズに載せた記事によると、クレーターのなかにでっかい氷が見つけられたのじゃ。これはすごい。その写真はこちらへクリックして。

Life Sciences & Biotech

"Video also showed the fuel tank's nose cone hitting a bird about 2.5 seconds after liftoff, apparently without damage, he said."
without damage to whom, exactly?


Aaron's ambitions revealed...

President Mary Sue Coleman (picture right) of the University of Michigan visits the United States Pavilion, coinciding her visit with Presidents Simon (not pictured) and Reed (picture left) of, respectively, Michigan State University and Wayne State University. President Mary Sue Coleman and her collegues attended a reception at the Prince Hotel in Hikone along with Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm (picture center) to recognize the Japan Center for Michigan Universities and sister-state relationship with the Shiga Prefectural government. President Coleman will attend a series of seminars in Osaka with life sciences and biotech firms, attempting to promote the school's new facilities.

A knowin' smile...