May 2012
3 posts
Beautiful Classic Nissan Skyline
If Detective Inspector Gene Hunt* was Japanese this is the car he would drive. *From the classic British TV show “Life on Mars” Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Beautiful Classic Nissan Skyline
If Detective Inspector Gene Hunt* was Japanese this is the car he would drive. *From the classic British TV show “Life on Mars” Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Beautiful Classic Nissan Skyline
If Detective Inspector Gene Hunt* was Japanese this is the car he would drive.*From the classic British TV show “Life on Mars” Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
December 2011
12 posts
Christmas Nights Plan
As I sit here in my lovely warm home and listen to the howling wind whipping snow outside my plan for this evening The Cowboy Junkies - Trinity Sessions Kindle (undecided which novel I shall read) Enough lighting to read by and my sofa This morning being alone sucked. Tonight it is a blessing. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
The Galaxy Nexus
It is time, after two weeks of using the Galaxy Nexus I feel that I can write a decent review. Firstly, for those who don’t know, I am pretty much strictly an Apple guy, but I do have alternate tech tendencies and am definitely Android curious. My phone of choice (and still is) the iPhone 4S, but having the Galaxy Nexus in my pocket has many benefits and there are many things about the...
Scrapping $1 coins to save money? huh?
This morning an article bubbled up to the top of my RSS reader. The article, from the team at Planet Money, reports that the US Government plans to scrap their $1 coin, citing cost savings of $50 million a year for doing so.the White House said it will end the program. A small number of dollar coins will continue to be minted for collectors, but the coins will no longer be put into circulation....
Anal Probe! Really‽
If aliens have the technology to build a spacecraft capable of FTL, fly it all the way to earth and capture humans for examination. Surely they must have developed the technology to examine us beyond the need for an anal probe. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Test Embed
@VickiWoodward I think you will find moose is part of the deer family, which is a mammal and so doesn’t qualify as vegan.😜— kuma (@Kuma) December 11, 2011 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Great SNL Skit
“Capt Steve Rogers” apologises to Alec Baldwin.Brilliant. mediaite.com/tv/alec-baldwi…— kuma (@Kuma) December 11, 2011 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Merry Christmas Readers
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive Just spreading the christmas cheer. Merry Christmas Folks Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
This song just won’t quit me. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Along time ago!!
@Kuma was already taken..(´･_･`)— saya yu (@kumacanada) December 10, 2011 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Winters Morning
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November 2011
9 posts
Tapas n IPA
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Nabe Yaki Udon
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TellMe vs Siri
Maybe TellMe doesn’t understand Australian‽ Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Last beer for the night.
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Which one to drink?
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The Sushi Aftermath
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The Sushi Aftermath
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Keeping me awake since 2007
Taken at Starbucks 札幌医科大学附属病院 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
The Barman
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Asahi
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Coffee by the Harbour
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October 2011
7 posts
Trapped in Transit
Taken at Cairns Airport: International Terminal Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Another Day another Starbucks
Taken at スターバックス 札幌パセオ店 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Coffee in the Grass
Taken at Starbucks 札幌医科大学附属病院 Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Last nights paella.
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Sapporo Apple Store
Last night I went to the Apple Store. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Softbank Speeds @masason
Dear Masayoshi SanI recently saw this tweet flow across my twitter stream, comparing theoretical data speeds between your network and Softbank. masason はい。 RT @xthexsunx これ本当⁉ iPhone4S ＜SoftBank版＞ 下り最大14.4Mbps 上り最大5.76Mbps ＜au版＞ 下り最大3.1Mbps 上り最大1.8Mbps 5/10/11 16:00As a Softbank/iPhone user of 3 years, and a current iPhone 4 owner I was intrigued. So I ran some speed tests. These results...
My Apple History
This is going on around twitter but its far too long for a tweet. So here it is. The ComputersTitanium PowerBook Aluminium PowerBook MacBook proiMac 24”MacBookiMac 27”MacBook Air The iPodsiPod (classics) 1st, 3rd and 5th geniPod nano 2nd genThe iOS devicesiPod touch 1st geniPhone 3GiPhone 3GSiPhone 4iPadiPad 2 OtherApple TV original and latestTimeCapsuleAirport extremeOf all of these I...
September 2011
1 post
Galapagos Smartphones vs Global Smartphones
This morning I found this in my RSS feed. 736 Japanese smartphone users were questioned over their feelings about their smartphone. (Galapagos smartphone is one that has been designed for the Japanese market). The survey didn’t break down the results by phone, just by global vs galapagos. 63.3% had a global phone and 36.7% had a galapagos version.So without knowing what OS the phones were...
July 2011
2 posts
Progress
When I was born we had manned space flight to the moon & commercial supersonic air flight. Tonight the aliens are pissing themselves laughing at us. I watched the first launch and tonight I will watch the last. Purple spaghetti flying monster speed Atlantis!. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Global "Train Wreck" Coming
The Australian Reserve Bank director, Warwick McKibbin (the Australian equivalent of the American Federal Bank Chairman) has said that global economy is facing ”a slow-motion train wreck” with Greece only the first nation to be hit.Well worth the read. I also loved this golden nugget at the bottom.The $50 billion national broadband network epitomised the sort of waste Australia could...
June 2011
6 posts
Why I love/hate Facebook
LoveThis part is easy to answer. It connects me to people who I would have otherwise lost touch with. I am fairly confident that if I had lived in Sydney all my life I wouldn’t have needed Facebook. I would have been quite content with my friends living relatively close to me. However after travelling and living in Japan and meeting so many great people from all over the world, staying in...
True Blood in Under 5 minutes
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What's not working under iO5
This is not a critic of the apps or the OS. It is just a straight up record of what is not working for me under the iOS5 beta. It’s a beta, it broke some things and some things don’t work so well. That is/was to be expected. One other caveat - this are only the apps I use, so its hardly a record of everything. Doesn’t Work Evernote Momento Air VideoWorks (kind of) Calvetica...
Saving ¥40,000 - no thanks.
In her latest column for the Japan Times Amy Chavez writes;Now, if there’s a cheaper way to do something-foreigners will find it. Whereas the Japanese are happy to pay for convenience, we’re happy to not pay for it. We think, “Hey, I saved ¥40,000 by doing it myself!” But the Japanese say, “Poor sods. For just ¥40,000 someone else would have done it for them!”...
2 Words - Total Bitch!!
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Electric Cars are not so Green after all
For many years I have wondered if the ”green” status of electric cars was all it was cracked up to be. Just how “green” is it to produce all those batteries. A report released today would seem to vindicate my gut instinct. In face it goes beyond my gut instinct, electric cars are far less green than an average gasoline machine. Stating the gas emission of a car is useless,...
May 2011
3 posts
London arrival
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Dear iTunes Genius
Dear iTunes Genius, when I tell you to make a selection based on a Barry White tune, I don’t want a whole lot of RnB/Soul. What I am looking for a stack of mellow sexy seductive tunes. You know, mood music. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
On Fukushima
Megumi Nishikawa (writing for the The Mainichi) That the latest accident has taken place in Japan — known around the world for the quality, safety and reliability of its facilities and products I suggest she reads a little about TEPCO and it’s history of safety and coverups. Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
April 2011
6 posts
On Travel
I just got off the phone with Orange in the UK, enquiring about a SIM card for my unlocked smartphone. Chris (my CSO) was very friendly and polite, and answered my query in the positive. Just drop into any Orange retail outlet, (including newsagents and convenience stores) and pick up a SIM for my phone.My trip to America was the same. I suspect most countries are the same, “You want a SIM...
Economics the way it should be taught.
I’m totally Austrian School.Part I http://youtu.be/d0nERTFo-Sk Part II Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Apple is tracking you
Today all over the internet there are all kinds of blog entries over Apple tracking your iPad and iPhone. Here is my iPad tracking file. After running the software, which I found here, it was interesting to reveal that only my iPad was found and it only tracked my journey in the US over the new year.My journey into Canada and my domestic travels in Japan remain untracked. This would appear to be...
How the fuck did it get in there??????
How the fuck did it get in there?????? See the full gallery on Posterous Posted via email from kuma’s posterous | Comment »
Jesse Ventura says abolish the parties
http://youtu.be/GHMB83fBIMU One idea in this video that I really like - scrap party names from the ballot paper, so voters have to get to know their candidates and what they represent. Brilliant. In Australia there would have to be some other electoral reform otherwise donkey vote numbers would dramatically increase. One idea would be to have the representatives placed randomly on the ballot. ...
Waikiki
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March 2011
4 posts
Dear GOD!! How does Tokyo sleep at night.
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