This is where I keep notes on things that I will probably need to read again.
- I moved Computer Stuff to a new page
- Biking information on a separate page.
- Moved to Public Health.
- Made a Beer page
Miscellaneous
- Banach-Tarski paradox.
- minipimer
- Temblor Range
- Khalil Gibran
- Making of 3 'Idiots'
- 野菜寿し ポタジエ Yasai Sushi
- MOCORO モコロ vacuum
- 丸ゆべし
- Fly Geyser
- Bar Yamamoto
- Wall bar
- Rage bar
- Tapas Molecular Bar at Mandarin Oriental, Tokyo
- daikokuyu
- ディマシオ美術館
Gardening
- I can use agar to grow Kaiware seeds etc.
Bicycle
- Brakes
- Change brake pads before the grooves are gone: http://www.jimlangley.net/wrench/brake1.htm
- U-brake (Center pulled calliper brake) are what's on my red bike.
- Items that may be useful for touring trips
- Portable Water Heater - SunRocket Solar Thermos and Kettle - Boil Water With Only Sunlight
Hiking
- Potential summer hike ideas
Concert
- Chopin Piano Concerto #1
- Ravel Piano Concerto in G major
- Gruppen (Stockhausen) (2012 May NY Philharmonic?)
- Symphony No. 3 (Górecki)
Piano
- Balakirev / Glinka "The Lark"
- Liszt "Gnomenreigen"
- Chopin 3rd Sonata
- Beethoven Sonata 31
- ラヴェル／鏡より「道化師の朝の歌」
Movies
I liked these movies:
- Trouble the water
- Cube
- MST3K Pumaman
- Tokyo!
- Annabel Chong
- I love me
I want to watch these movies:
- Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
- Faust by Alexander Sokurov
- ビルマVJ 消された革命
- Sleeping Beauty (2011)
- Amour
- Pee Wee's big adventure
- White Dog, The Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor by Samuel Fuller
- スープ
- Kings of Pastry
- Streetwise (1984)
Books
- 1Q84
- AIDS and Accusation (Paul Farmer)
- 農協との３０年戦争 岡本重明
- Saturday is for Furnerals (Max Essex)
- クォンタム・ファミリーズ
- Penguin and Leviathan (Yochai Benkler)
- The Price of Civilization (Jeffrey Sachs)
- Godel, Escher, Bach
- 百年の孤独
- Ramesh S. Arunachalam, 2011: The Journey of Indian Micro-Finance: Lessons for the Future.
- 石の花 (坂口尚)
- Reassembling the Social
- reread: biology as ideology
- reread: the structure of scientific revolution
- 最貧困女子
- On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (Hardcover)
Articles
- Happy Land
- Ashtrays
- Wasteland
Places
- Xkeken
- Shark Bay
- スコトラ島
- Kayangan Lake
- Perchten festival in the western Austrian village of Heitwerwang
- 坊主バー in Yotsuya: http://vowz-bar.com/
- cycling museum in osaka
- キットカット ショコラトリー
- ベーカリー兎座LEPUS うさぎ型食パン
Diving
- Jewfish
- Basking shark
- Mola mola
- Turtles
Wines
- majo norante "ramitello" rosso biferno molise at Nook. Can't remember the year.
- Denavolo Dinavolo Vino da Tavola 2007 at The Remedy.
Traveling tips
- How to send things from UK:
- You can get a small, medium, or large box at post office (haven't tried royal mail but they're similar?). You can send a small parcel = less than 2kg internationally for a reasonable price. From UK to Japan is about 25 quid for 2kg.
