Minimalism - Online Income - ESL - Japan
Most of you know I believe that the World Trade Center was brought down by controlled demolition on September 11th, 2001. Major TV networks in the West seem to avoid this topic and simply label anyone who doesn’t agree with the official conspiracy theory (Osama Bin Laden, etc.) as kooks and nuts. Never did I expect that this would be the subject of Sekai Maru Mie, or “World Great TV”, a popular TV […]
Today is Blog Action Day, and this year over 14,000 bloggers are discussing environmental issues with a combined audience of over 12 million people. That’s a lot of people. Now, imagine all those people lining up to recycle their old analog TVs, and you’ve got the topic of my contribution to this Blog Action Day. What will happen to old TV sets? By 2011, Japan will have phased out terrestrial […]
October 14th marks my 32nd birthday, and that just makes me want to dance! You last saw me dancing with little Rikuto, but today it’s time to strut my stuff on the dancefloor with my wife. Enjoy the video! Thank you to those of you who sent me cards and emails. Much appreciated! If you like, you can find me on Twitter at @nick_ramsay. I’d love to hear from you!
I’m a skeptic. I never used to be, but the whole “war on terror” episode has made me very suspicious about what the media tells us. It’s a point that Jason brings up in his article When Will We Stop Being Scared? He gives a few examples of how we are encouraged, tricked or brainwashed into doing or believing something that is either wrong, unnecessary or exaggerated. Whether it is a disease like SARS, the threat of terrorism […]
I’ve been in Japan for over a decade and I’m still not used to Japanese bugs. Insects in England, perhaps with the exception of wasps, are pretty tame to what Japan has. Actually, Japanese mushi aren’t really dangerous, they are just different to what I grew up with, and that makes them an unknown quantity. Perhaps my Australian readers will laugh at these examples, but even the little guys in these […]
After a long absence from ballroom dancing, Mami joined me this week and brought Rikuto with her. Although, I previously described him as a “cry bug“, he actually slept through most of our lesson. I wasn’t going to let him go home without a dance though, so here I am dancing with my son in glorious technicolor, minus any music or style. If you like, you can find me on Twitter […]
The virtual reality world of Second Life is full of clubs, bars, beaches and bedrooms in which people interact in all manner of virtual ways and even positions, but there is more to Second Life than its “in your face” seedy side. I decided to go searching for some of Japan’s famous landmarks to see if they had been recreated in the 3D world. Here are a few pictures of […]
Lately, my wife has been referring to Rikuto as a nakimushi because he keeps crying. Sure enough, if he’s not being held or given a tour of the house, he’s crying. The word nakimushi comes from the words naku, which means to cry, and mushi, which means bug or insect. In English, we commonly refer to someone who cries a lot as a cry baby, because that’s what babies do. […]