What Is The Opposite Of Reality?
I'm reading the following book.
希望論―２０１０年代の文化と社会
宇野 常寛, 濱野 智史
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4140911719
I think this is a very go...
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Thanks Point : Policy and Mechanism
Old text books on operating systems taught us that it is important to separate policies from mechanisms. A core component of an operating...
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The Hunger Games - a Quieter Question - Ramification
Yesterday I talked about the following sentence with my English teacher.
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The Hunger Games Message about Military Recruiting ...
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A Funny Step In the Right Direction
Until recently people in startup companies drink coffee heavily, eat a lot of pizza and stay up late to work. However, according to the f...
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Sideloading Potters
I read the following article a couple of days ago.
Harry Potter And The Great Sideloading Gamble. A ‘Dark Day’ For Publishers? | TechC...
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Fractal Pollock
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jackson Pollock. The exhibition entitled "Jackson Pollock: A Centennial Retros...
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Foreign Nurses In Japan
Japan signed the economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the Philippines and with Indonesia. They became effective in 2008. The followi...
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Changed Cram Schools
The Japanese school system consists of the following schools:
6 years, elementary school
3 years, junior high school
3 years, hig...
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A Bad Teacher Is Sometimes Good
I'm taking online English lessons. The teachers are very friendly and cheerful. They always praise me for my English and sometimes ev...
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The World Is Not Flat Yet
Yesterday I wrote about the Big Mac index and referred data from a report titled "Prices and Earnings".
http://www.ubs.com/glo...
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The Big Mac Index
The day before yesterday I wrote an entry about the Special Resident Retiree's Visa (SRRV) of the Philippines.
http://lang-8.com/116...
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A New Book in My Library - 「聴いたら危険! ジャズ入門」
Yesterday morning, after breakfast, I was using my Mac on the dinning table as usual. There was a cup of coffee on the other side of the ...
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Special Resident Retiree's Visa
I heard that it is relatively easy to obtain the right of permanent residence in the Philippines. Is it true? I did some research.
A p...
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Spring - the Season with Partings and Meetings in Japan
I seldom wear suits and ties. Some ceremonies in Spring are rare occasions that I wear them. Today I attended a graduation ceremony.
I...
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Broadway Boogie-Woogie
Today someone tweeted about a programming language called Piet. The tweet reminded me of scattered but somewhat related memories.
Piet...
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I'm Just a Rock'n Roller - Cyndi Lauper at The Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan
A few days ago a someone's tweet let me know the following blog entry. This is the entire Japanese transcript of Cyndi Lauper's p...
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An Ambiguous Japanese Phrase - 黒い髪のきれいな女の子
A textbook on academic writing says "Don't write an ambiguous sentence." A Japanese textbook warns that a sentence in Japan...
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Unplugged Drum Machine - Cajon
The day before yesterday I had my hair cut. While getting a haircut I browsed some magazines and came across an article about a musical i...
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A Japanese Garden Path Is Dead-end
Yesterday I wrote an entry about a garden path sentence in English language. Since then I have been thinking about if there are similar s...
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I Want You To Want Me - Garden Path Sentence
Yesterday I read an entry by ctakemoto-san and learned a new thing about English language: garden path sentence. I didn't know about ...
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