Life advice from a cartoonist
tokyokevinOver at BoingBoing, Mark Frauenfelder found cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt's advice on getting things done. I like most of them. Execute dumb ideas beautifully is especially interesting. Another is "Don't worry about…
Crystal Ball Gazing
Looking into the future, or prognosticating, predicting, punditry, or guessing, is a skill. Recent results from a study at Hamilton College shows that some are better than others. "We discovered…
Hawaii pictures
Maki and Julia had a wonderful time in Hawaii for our niece Ruka's wedding. They spent 5 days at the Moana Surfrider hotel with Ginger and Anri, in from Colorado. Maki's sister,…
Earthquake Day 31
It's been a month since the earthquake. Maki and Julia just returned from their trip to our niece's wedding in Hawaii. About 2 hours after their return, we got a…
Classes Day 1
I started school today. For my third-year students I have an activity where we look at how much each class session costs them. We divide tuition (about ¥1.2 million, or…