So I printed my “hanga” wood cuts. It was not as bad of mess as I thought it would be, which is a great news. But I couldn’t find my name stamp (hanko) for it, so it’s a little bummer. I will scan it and post on this page very soon. On my JBP homepage [...]
My good friend, over-achiever Paul, and I talked about it a while back, and I finally did it. I had this plan of making “Han-Ga” style wood-block print(*) for the longest time. I had few designs already, and thanks to my wife who gave me generous art-supply-store gift certificate, I finally cut two sets of [...]
As part of becoming Christian, I am studying up on the Japanese history regarding christianity. Here is what I know: It came to Japan in 1549 by Francis Xavier . Then it was banned by Shogun in 1613. Shimabara Revolt led by inShiro Amakusa 1637 (ends 1638) then it was not allowed again till 1873. [...]
Hitting tips Always keep your eye on the ball Stance should be comfortable and you need to see the ball clearly with both eyes When waiting for the ball, your left arm (for righty) should be bent about 90 degrees Your hands should be ahead of bat head at the point of contact Bat above [...]
Merry Christmas to all of you. We went to Bolton for Christmas and got snowed in, which was actually very fun. Got pretty good presents.Including Hit-A-Way
All I want for christmas is Bit Char-G no, I don’t want the fake one, I want the real one. I haven’t been there lately but Engrish.com has tons of funny stuff. It even has daily updates now (well, they are taking christmas break now). Funny stuff.
How to dance properly I have figured out how to file share between Mac OS X and Win XP. You have user name and password for your XP (if not right click on user and do change password) Turn on “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks” in “Local Area Connection Properties” under Control Panel [...]
Ok, so I can get 50 weekday tickets for red sox games at as low as $900. But that’s bleachers. Seating map Infield Grandstand is $1,950, R.F. Box is $1,700, R.F. Grandstand for $1,250. I think I’ll do that early deal thing.
I am quite excited. I am going to see, New England “Defending Champ” Patriots at Foxboro tonight. I haven’t been to CMGi field, I mean Gillette Stadium yet. I just went to get some beers and I am READY. Bring ‘em on! I am almost done with BJLUG web site redesign. I have not seen [...]
Lindows is officially available to the consumers. I don’t know about that… Linux that’s like Windows? Doesn’t that defeat its own purpose? I tried Opera for linux. So far so good. I must say I hate the banner ad on the right top corner. I am pretty happy with Mozilla 1.2.
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