A tourist’s camcorder got taken by a monkey in Bali and it filmed itself. So cute! I wish there were monkeys here where I live. I think life would be happier.

It looks like Ukraine is fucked no matter what: …this does not mean the start of systematic democratic change, or that the new government is in any way going to challenge the root of pervasive corruption in Ukraine: poverty and inequality. Moreover, it is likely only to aggravate these problems, putting the burden of the…

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Today have been organizing bookmarks.  In the process I’ve been thinking about bookmark categories and folder names.  I realize how similar this is to the Personal Information Logos stuff I’ve developed in terms of things like personal data hierarchy and naming schemas.  Now, again with bookmarks, its clear that there needs to exist a schema.…

  Unfortunately the video is of very poor quality, probably having been copied from analog tv when the series (Taiga drama Yoshitsune) first aired. I love scenes where there is bright luminiscence as here which evokes a bright dawn or sunset outside. What is interesting is that you can see, based on the reflection and…

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NYT is reporting that there is some tension occurring between Japan and the US. One aide to Prime Minister Abe openly criticized the US in a recent online video. The US has criticized Abe’s visit to the shrine dedicated to war dead including some high-level people who were convicted of war crimes. On the one…