Shaney on November 20th, 2006

Again, this is not really related to Tsukuba, but Google Image Labeller is kind of fun if you have a few minutes to kill.

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Shaney on November 24th, 2006

Okay, this is unabashedly off topic, but so cool I couldn’t resist sharing it with you.
Math Lesson: A new way to multiply

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When I spotted the small vermillion torii (gate) up ahead by the side of the mountain road,  I tried to catch a glimpse of the shrine or sacred stone behind it as the car I was in rolled by. Curiously, there seemed to be nothing.  I was more surprised when we soon drove by another little torii which seemed to lead to [...]

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Shaney on March 4th, 2007

A guy named Alastair Humphreys travelled around the world by bike a couple of years ago. I found out about him and his adventures when he was in China and he was looking for places to visit in Japan. I invited him to come to Tsukuba, but he ended up taking a route [...]

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Shaney on January 11th, 2009

Would it have killed them to ask one single English speaker about this before launching the magazine?

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