Eternal Youth — Future Bible Heroes
Not as good as their first album Memories of Love, but still with those mordant lyrics and cheesy synthesizers. Link to website Continue reading
Chocolate Beckham
Following the trail of rumour, we mounted a search for the giant chocolate statue of David Beckham. We found him in Shibuya, complete a with long queue of people waiting for a photo with their chocolate hero. It was pretty … Continue reading
Amazon.com
Huge, famous, but quite good for stuff you can’t buy locally. Of course, this is just a ploy to get you to buy stuff through my link so I get a commission. While you’re there, see if you can find … Continue reading
h2g2
The Earth edition of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It contains everything you never thought you wanted to know. You can even contribute, as I plan to, one day, when I have time. Link to website Continue reading
Gas Panic
Gas Panic is a nightclub (actually two nightclubs) in Tokyo. One of the requirements of being in the place is that you must drink continually as long as you are inside, to the point that if you put your drink … Continue reading
Lexical Freenet
This is a “connected thesaurus”. Start with a word, and find every other word that’s related to it in any possible way. I’m not sure what it’s for, but it’s fun to play with if you like words. Link to … Continue reading
Nietzsche’s Labyrinth
Where would be be today without Nietzsche? Maybe somewhere better than we are now, maybe not. This site has a lot of his writings and links to extensive commentary, so you can judge for yourself. Link to website Continue reading
Hong Kong
Visited for a few days. Bustling and exciting, as I remembered it. Every third shop sells mobile phones. The Peak still has an unbeatable view. Continue reading
Kate Brooks
Kate is the first of my friends to have a web site. You may find enlightenment here if you are an astronomer, as she is. (It’s not rocket science… but it’s close.) Kate’s website Continue reading
Karaoke
I’ve become quite a fan of karaoke. Some people inexplicably like to sing on a karaoke stage, where you sing on a stage in front of everyone else in the place, but I prefer the karaoke box, where you and … Continue reading