http://www.tawawa.org/mt/ en-us Copyright 2005 Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:47:14 +0900 Mon, 04 Apr 2005 15:41:56 +0900 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=2.64 60 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.tawawa.org/mt/ http://www.tawawa.org/gfx/tawa-mnml.gif 100 14 Yet again, I joined an ESS Debate meeting on December 11th and 12th. It was held at two universities in Kobe Prefecture and was also limited to freshmen. The topic was the same as last time: child care leave. It... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000223.html Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:47:14 +0900 I'm old-fashioned: I dislike plastic and synthetic substances, and the sheer abundance of of these materials displayed in any given toy store always depresses me. There seems to be hope, however. Akiko-san, one of my students, has just posted a... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000222.html Sun, 12 Dec 2004 22:10:53 +0900 Here are links to two new sites that use the weblog format. RealClimate.org discusses recent developments in climate science: RealClimate is a commentary site on climate science by working climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000221.html Sat, 11 Dec 2004 17:33:03 +0900 Hey, how's it goin'? Listen to Billy Harvey (requires Flash and a fast connection) and choose from the following statements: [  ] Billy is tired. [  ] Billy is a musician. [  ] Billy hates promoting his music. [  ]... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000220.html Wed, 08 Dec 2004 16:21:58 +0900 On November 20th and 21th, an ESS Debate Meeting was held at Ritumeikan University in Shiga Prefecture. Only freshmen were allowed to join it. Many universities participated in this meeting, and I was surprised to learn that there are a... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000218.html Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:53:25 +0900 Asian Kung-Fu Generation is reputed to be one of the greatest Japanese "new generation" Rock bands. They sang "I want to be connected with you," and attracted a huge fan base. Their work is praised by many music critics who... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000215.html Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:03:29 +0900 A few photos. Last year's photos: one, two.... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000214.html Tue, 09 Nov 2004 14:24:56 +0900 I mentioned earlier that I was going to sign up a group of students to the photo sharing site Flickr. They're there now. During the last two weeks or so, they've been busy uploading photos taken with their cell... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000213.html Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:59:17 +0900 This year we had a lot of disasters in Japan. http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000212.html Sun, 31 Oct 2004 20:53:08 +0900 Hot off the press: TokyoArtBeat.com, a Web site that lists current art and design shows in Japan's capital. This is an amazing, well-made project, available in both Japanese and English, that sports a crisp design and state-of-the-art coding -- quite... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000211.html Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:53:54 +0900 Social software http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000210.html Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:16:05 +0900 I spent the weekend in Tokyo and took a couple of pictures. Today I created a Flickr.com account and uploaded a selection. Also on Flickr: Becky, Vincent, and Ironing Board by Austin Moody, which is one of the funnier... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000209.html Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:42:08 +0900 Is it good or bad? http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000208.html Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:25:17 +0900 If you've followed Kevin Cameron's Bastish.net for any length of time, you know that here's a man who asks big questions. One of the big questions he's been asking is what we as a species -- or more specifically: as... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000207.html Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:03:08 +0900 This is a follow-up on yesterday's Bookmarks and Furl entry. A while ago, I created del.icio.us/Tawawa, an online collection of bookmarks. I never got around to stocking it with links, and currently there are only a few of them in... http://www.tawawa.org/en/archives/000206.html Mon, 13 Sep 2004 13:02:01 +0900