Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea

2kurabe Flash widgets – now live!

「２くらべ」ブログパーツフラッシュ版がいよいよ誕生！遊んで、作って、是非お友達と共有して下さい！
A Flash-based widget (aka “blog part”) of 2kurabe is now available. Check it out, make some 2kurabes, and spread the word!

Super Mario Mushroom Burgers!

Made some Super Mario Mushroom Burgers for my girlfriend’s birthday.
1-hour in the kitchen.
7-hours of full stomach (these were big burgers).
eternal cuteness.

Credit to Instructibles.

Duplicating (aka “Backing Up”) Your OS X Leopard DVD

Took me a few searches, but finally found a decent explanation on how to duplicate your OS X Leopard DVD. The key is not to choose “New Image” in Disk Utility, but to go through File > New > Disk Image from …
Remember, you’ll need to use a Dual Layer DVD.

Stardom Decktank

Picked up one of these on my birthday:

My previous mass-storage device took only older IDE disks, which was proving to be a bottleneck. iMacs don’t come with eSata yet, so the fastest interconnect is FW800. The Stardom Decktank houses two SATA disks and comes with a FW800, FW400, USB2.0, and a bunch of [...]

Japanese Gifting

Like weddings in any other culture, weddings in Japan put a nice dent in the wallet. But Japanese weddings also put a nice dent in an attendees wallet too – through the customary practice of “money envelopes”.
It’s customary as a guest at Japanese weddings to give a special envelope of freshly minted bills. So customary [...]

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