I’ve created a blog specifically for Diana and my adventures in Japan. It’s easier to point people back to our original wedding site, since the blog will be more personal and it’s easier for both of us to send links out to friends and co-workers. And as the URL would suggest, both Diana and I will be authoring.
The new blog, http://blog.diana-henry.com/, will contain topics like: travel journal, foodie pics, maybe some photo blogging, maybe some mobile phone photo blogging from Tokyo streets, video casting, etc.
The new site is run with my blog engine of choice, Wordpress. I’m still posting photos in my usual location with password protection, http://photos.diana-henry.com.
This blog, http://hank.ricefarm.net will probably not be updated as much.
I’ve also started a more professional blog, http://hsmack.com/, so I can focus on more nerd topics, like hardware projects and software. I’ll also be using that site to test and use SEO, search engine optimization, techniques to improve the rankings of the blog. Again, everything is always a playground for me.
Enjoy!
Diana and I are moving to Tokyo, Japan in 6 days. Packing tomorrow 11/18, Wed to Friday. Friday is the day the professional movers, who are very well paid by Diana’s company, will be packing everything in the house.
This weekend, should be a quite open. We are planning to test drive cars. I’m selling or donating my ‘95 Mazda Protege LX, and we’ll need to buy a car when we move back from Japan, eventually. So, we’re test driving cars, so we can have an idea of what we want (from a cheaper used car) when we get back. Good planning right?
Monday morning, we’re getting on our flight.
We’ll be maxing out our luggage though. So, according to our air carrier, flights to & from the US for economy class are:
The total linear dimensions for each piece of baggage shall not exceed 158 cm (62 in., derived by adding the height, width and length). Each piece must not weigh more than 32 kg (70 lbs.). Furthermore, the sum of the linear dimensions of two pieces must not exceed 273 cm (107 in.).
For other international flights, the limit is 20 kg. Which means, that we probably might want to buy a travel scale so we can avoid the overweight luggage fees when we travel in Asia later this year.
It’s very important in each election to vote. This year it’s a tight race for President. There’s also some incredibly important California propositions to vote on.
To the truly apathetic people out there….
Sometimes if you don’t vote, you’re just letting someone else win.
Today MTVMusic.com enabled free music video streaming through their website and also through an API interface. I took the liberty of linking all the available videos from the SingStar PlayStation 3 karaoke game into this post as an example of the what’s available.
This is actually a great thing. Someone needs to hack some lyric timings and tie it into a webpage where it auto-tracks the playing video. This would essentially create a free online karaoke that runs in your web browser!
I took the below list from Joystiq,
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/19/singstar-ps3-track-list-confirmed/. There are some missing songs that MTV didnt’ have. So I will update this post later when I find them.
- Blink 182 - All The Small Things
- Blur - Coffee & TV
- Britney Spears - Toxic
- Coldplay - Fix You
- Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
- Gwen Stefani - Cool
- Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
- Macy Gray - I Try
- Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
- Ne-Yo - So Sick
- Orson - No Tomorrow
- OutKast - Hey Ya
- Primal Scream - Movin’ On Up
- Pussycat Dolls - Beep
- Radiohead - No Surprises
- Razorlight - America
- REM - Losing My Religion
- Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Something Stupid
- Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
- Supergrass - Alright
- The Automatic - Monster
- The Cardigans - Lovefool
- The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
- The Killers - Mr Brightside
- The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
- The Zutons - Valerie
- Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
- U2 - Beautiful Day
- Weezer - Buddy Holly
- Wolfmother - Love Train
Blink 182 - All The Small Things
Blur - Coffee & TV
Britney Spears - Toxic
Coldplay - Fix You
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc.
Gwen Stefani - Cool
Junior Senior - Move Your Feet
Macy Gray - I Try
Musical Youth - Pass The Dutchie
Ne-Yo - So Sick
Orson - No Tomorrow
OutKast - Hey Ya
Primal Scream - Movin’ On Up
Pussycat Dolls - Beep
Radiohead - No Surprises
Razorlight - America
REM - Losing My Religion
Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman - Something Stupid
Scissor Sisters - I Don’t Feel Like Dancing
Supergrass - Alright
The Automatic - Monster
The Cardigans - Lovefool
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
The Killers - Mr Brightside
The Stone Roses - She Bangs The Drums
The Zutons - Valerie
Twisted Sister - We’re Not Gonna Take It
U2 - Beautiful Day
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Wolfmother - Love Train
Well I’m back up in Seattle for work again. My typical trips involve leaving Sunday, if possible, and staying overnight so I’m not hella tired from a 6:30am flight (i.e. waking up at 4am).
Today, I couldn’t take a Sunday flight…
4am: wake up
4:30am: get to the gate (I have been caught one time being late at 5am and the security line was a 45 min wait, so I’m always early these days)
6:30 am: fly out
8:30 am: arrive in SEA-TAC
10 am: fight through traffic for an hour (yea there’s a I405 here and it sucks too, and then arrive at the other office.
4:30 or 5:30pm: go back through bad traffic
8 or 8:30pm: fly back home. usually I wait 2 hours at the airport. It’s better than staying at work and “working”.
During my 2 hour wait, I usually do 2 things. Eat & drink in the airport at the same spot. Anthony’s Fish Bar (connected to Anthony’s restaurant, slightly pricier). Then head over to Alaska Lounge for a Alaskan Pale Ale. Then I call my mom and talk to her, mostly complaining of boredom, for about 30-45 min.
Anthony’s Fish Bar rocks. $5 a fish taco. 2 choices. Mahi-mahi and Alaskan Rod Cod (yea Seattle ppl are all about Alaska. I should ask them about Sarah Palin… wait nm). I usually eat 2 Rock Cod tacos. It’s topped with mango-kiwi salsa with red cabbage and a flour tortilla. Good stuff. I eat here EVERY time. That’s 3 times in a row.
Next…. Alaska Lodge. Alaskan Pale Ale
mmm…. beer
