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Good Locke / Bad Locke

Xray — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:56:51 +0000

How do you tell Good Locke from Bad Locke? Locke’s Beard, of course!

The Glenrothes at Foreign Cinema

Xray — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:22:28 +0000

If you look closely at this video, you’ll catch a brief shot of Mikee and me enjoying a drink of The Glenrothes.

Kobe Wall of Whisky

Xray — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:53:12 +0000

Attempted panoramic shot of the bar back at Bar Alco-Hall in Kobe. Click on the pic for hi-res!

Kobe Whisky Otaku at Alco-Hall

Xray — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:06:15 +0000

This one goes out to Mikee and all my homies at the Hamilton Whisky Society. After dinner Santa Gundam and Rie lead us to a small whisky bar called Alco-Hall. I proceeded to totally geek out with the proprietor, Nashimoto-san, over all things whisky. He’s a total whisky otaku and the bar has one of the most [...]

Kobe Beef Foodgasm – Xmas Day

Xray — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:17:12 +0000

Santa Gundam, AKA Inappropriate Santa, lead us on a beef and whisky expedition to Kobe. We took the Shinkansen to Kobe for a gourmet Kobe Beef foodgasm. Had a bit of a delay as Santa Wrong Station bailed off the train one station early but we made up for lost time had one of the [...]

Tokyo Respite – Xmas Eve

Xray — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:15:46 +0000

Went to Nakano with Paul. Checked out the otaku collections and ate takoyaki at Gindaco. Yum! We found a sort of Tokyo version of Philz Coffee called Wada Coffee. Not quite the same as Philz, but enjoyable. Mom and pop shop. Pop heats water over an open fire in a metal kettle and strains it through [...]

Yamazaki and Our Man in Osaka

Xray — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:38:08 +0000

The day after SantaCon we met Nori, our Man in Osaka for a tour of the Suntory Yamazaki distillery near Kyoto. We took the Hikari #505 from Tokyo to Kyoto then transferred to the Kyoto line for the trip to Yamazaki Station where Nori met up with us. Nori is a great guy who showed [...]

SantaCon Tokyo 2009

Xray — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:34:35 +0000

SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 dovetailed nicely with SantaCon 2009! You can read about it at the CG Society web page! Here’s Santa Magari’s Tokyo Santacon web page! Santa Magari did an excellent job dis-organizing the event in spite of the difficulties involved. We gathered at the traditional spot in front of Hatchiko at Shibuya station and headed over [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 – Crowd Course

Xray — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:27:38 +0000

Today we gave our presentation on crowds during the courses sessions at SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 in Yokohama. I was very happy with the content and variety of presentations. I owe a debt of gratitude to each and every presenter who agreed to be part of the course. After the talk Paul, Tak, Mihai and myself went [...]

SIGGRAPH Asia – Yokohammered

Xray — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:33:10 +0000

I spent the second day of SIGGRAPH Asia attending the conference and getting ready for my presentation on Friday. In the morning I went over to the exhibiton hall and caught up with Leyla, John and Richard from Side Effects Software. My friend Matsuno-san from OxyBot came to the show. We went over to the [...]