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Category: politics

General, politics Posted onNovember 18, 2015December 10, 2020

My Kiva.org Update 2015

I’ve covered Kiva a few times over the years I’ve been ‘lending’ through it, so I thought I’d put up a post about where I […] Read More

General, japan, Non sequitur, politics Posted onApril 6, 2015September 29, 2021

Modern Hoaxes & Frauds from Japan

One thing that seems to happen all over the world, are hoaxes and frauds, like Piltdown Man, crop circles and Justin Bieber being a lizard, to […] Read More

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japan, politics Posted onJuly 4, 2012December 13, 2020

Volunteering in Ofunato

It’s been 15 months since the Great East Japan Earthquake, and almost exactly a year since I was last in Iwate prefecture, where we were […] Read More

japan, politics Posted onMarch 31, 2012September 29, 2021

The Words of Noda

I don’t usually stray into the world of politics on this blog, it’s [hopefully] meant to be informative and constructive, rather than a critique of […] Read More

films, freetime, politics Posted onFebruary 20, 2012September 29, 2021

Recommended Documentaries – February 2012

I like watching documentaries, often of topics I have only a basic knowledge of, and whilst some are great, many are often flawed or too skewed. I […] Read More

japan, politics Posted onJuly 12, 2011September 29, 2021

The Baker and the Bromate

Chances are if you go to buy bread in Japan, the vast majority of it in most supermarkets comes from the Yamazaki Baking Co. and […] Read More

Kiva.org
politics Posted onDecember 14, 2010December 15, 2020

Kiva.org and Micro Finance

So, after a long time of ‘going to‘, I finally made a loan via micro-finance site, kiva.org. Kiva.org basically take money invested by normal people […] Read More

politics, technology Posted onApril 23, 2007September 29, 2021

IPRED2 – because we love you

Well, it seems another region is looking at an interesting copyright law. The EU is about to vote on IPRED 2 [Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive […] Read More

MIT 100USD Laptop
General, politics, technology Posted onNovember 19, 2005September 29, 2021

US$100 laptop is GO! (Sort of…)

It was good to see some good news come from the project to produce a USD100 laptop for poor regions and developing countries. Nicholas Negroponte, […] Read More

japan, politics Posted onJuly 13, 2005March 10, 2016

Ishihara vs. France … then the world!!

It’s been a while since I observed any news from this man, which is more a reflection of me being busy as I’m sure not […] Read More

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