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Category Archives: Self
An article and an interview
About two weeks I had my first ever paid-for article published. “Are Videogames Conservative?” appeared in the September edition of The IPA Review (57:3). Today, Libby Price, a presenter on Melbourne radio station 3LO, got in contact with me to … Continue reading
Posted in General, News, Self, Videogames
Tagged Academia, Australian Time, Berlitz, Dad, First Radio, Ipa, Melbourne Radio, New Job, Politics, Radio Interview, Radio Station, Time Thanks, Writing
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A month in Japan (part the fifth)
After a whole weekend in Tôkyô, I was broke, and feeling like I couldn’t wait to get out of Ôta so I wouldn’t have to spend 4000¥ every time I wanted to do something interesting. Also, I’d finally settled in: … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 20 September, 24 September, Daikanyama, Exact Address, Hurry, Internet Access, Internet Phone, January 1, Japan, Jobs, Ku, Membership Secretary, Mensa Membership, Mobile Phone, Nova, Probation, Shi, Sms, Sunglasses, Woman
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A month in Japan (part the third)
Monday 12 September The LDP won the election! Hooray! Gotta love that Koizumi Junichiro: he’s a gutsy guy, and he’s got great hair. Monday, I got up early to climb Kanayama, the local mountain, as I’d intended to the day … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 12 September, Brother Daniel, Car Parks, Cultures, Fox, Gates, Koizumi, Ldp, Local Mountain, May Peace Prevail On Earth, Moss, Natural Environment, Pillars, Sacred Spaces, Shrines, Stone Structures, Sweat, Taps, Temples, Toilets
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A month in Japan (part the second)
So, I’ve been slack. What started out as a series of posts on two weeks in Japan still hasn’t been finished after a month here. It’s been long enough that I’ve started to forget what days I did things on, … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged Appliances, Boring Bits, Direction, Discount Electronics, English Word, Famous Temple, Instincts, Japan, Japanese Person, Japanese Temples, Laptop, Little Bit, Lot, Plug Adaptor, Red Lantern, Saga, Slack, Striking Feature, Textbook, Train Ride
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Two weeks in Japan (part the first)
On 31 August 2005, I left Melbourne on a Malaysia airlines flight from Melbourne to Narita airport near Tokyo, to take up a job working in Japan as an English instructor at a NOVA language school. The last two weeks … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 31 August, Airlines Flight, Australian Landscape, Beautiful Country, English Instructor, Figment, Garden State, Giant Robots, Imaginations, Japanese Countryside, Land Of The Rising Sun, Language School, Lot Of Water, Malaysia Airlines, Malaysian Arlines, Narita Airport, Seven Hours, Squat Toilets, Vending Machines, Working In Japan
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Buy my stuff!
Since I’m moving to Japan, I have some stuff to get rid of… to sell, even. Let me know if you want it (contact details on the about page). Purchasing will be easiest if you live in Melbourne and know … Continue reading
Posted in General, Self
Tagged 1gb Sd, 64k Colour, Accurate Sound Reproduction, Apartment Dwellers, Best Headphones, Dj Headphones, Ear Pads, Flight Of Stairs, Free Fridge, Intel Xscale, Joan Baez, Lg Gr, Merill Bainbridge, Moving To Japan, Palm Tungsten, Palm Tungsten T3, Professional Need, Sony Mdr V700, Tungsten T3, Xscale Processor
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50-foot-tall book meme
Any fool can tell that I haven’t been posting much, so today I again resort to keeping the blog active with relative nonsense. You know you’re clutching at straws when your last post was a link to an online quiz, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, General, Self
Tagged 1984 George Orwell, Aa Milne, Birdsong Sebastian Faulks, Captain Corelli, Catcher In The Rye Jd Salinger, Clutching At Straws, Daphne Du Maurier, Emily Bronte, George Orwell, Great Expectations Charles Dickens, Jd Salinger, Lion The Witch And The Wardrobe, Little Women Louisa May Alcott, Louisa May Alcott, Philip Pullman, Pride And Prejudice Jane Austen, Rebecca Daphne Du Maurier, To Kill A Mockingbird, Wind In The Willows, Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
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Eight Virtues
If you don’t get this post, don’t worry. It’s a geek thing. Today I’ve been redrafting the chapter in my thesis about the history of RPGs, and had to find out what the Eight Virtues from the Ultima series were. … Continue reading
Posted in Self, Videogames
Tagged Affinity, Britannia, Code Of Ethics, Compassion, Favour, Honesty, Honour, Humility, Imaginary Situations, Milestone, Moral Code, Nostalgia, Personality Tests, Purity Test, Rpgs, Ultima Iv, Ultima Series, Villains, Virtue, Virtues
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