Dear God, My prayer for 2012 is for - A fat bank account & a thin body. Please don’t mix these up like you did last year. AMEN! (Hat Tip to Rabbit) Posted via email from What I Learnt Today
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Charlie Teo on Australia Day – Be tolerantJanuary 27, 2012
Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo gave the 2012 Australia Day address. He called for tolerance, asked us to be less angry over unimportant things, and to foster innovation. “My view of an Aussie was someone who was hard working, unaffected, genuine, affable, relaxed, egalitarian, irreverent and charitable. I still believe most Aussies share these appealing qualities, although [...] |
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Train Travel in JapanJanuary 26, 2012
Transfers from Narita to Tokyo Narita airport is 90km from downtown Tokyo. The JR Express train connects the two – stopping in Tokyo at Tokyo Central, Shibuya and Shinjku. (JR – Japan Railways) Whereas you can often save money by ask purchasing unreserved seats when traveling by train in Japan, all seats on the Narita [...] |
Does Your Nodogoshi need Elaborating?January 24, 2012
Alex took this photo on the Tokyo metro. You wouldn’t want this dude’s Nodogoshi to be any more elaborated. Biiru kudasai. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Travelling in Japan – Part One – MoneyJanuary 24, 2012
WILT has spent the last couple of weeks on sabbatical in Japan. There are many circumstances when you need cash in Japan, especially outside Tokyo. Most places do not use Eftpos, and many do not take credit cards. This is surprising in such a technological country, and it is doubly surprising tha getting cash while [...] |
TUAW Best of 2011 AwardsJanuary 9, 2012
via tuaw.com January 6th marks the closing of the 2012 The Unofficial Apple Weblog awards. And the winners are….. http://www.tuaw.com/2012/01/06/tuaw-best-of-201–wrap-up-and-editors-picks PS All WILT posts will be in Japanese for he next two weeks. Sayonara. Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
Happy New Years Resolutions – Part Three – There’s an App for ThatJanuary 4, 2012
Its more fun to buy running shoes than it is to go running. Merlin Mann TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) today has a list of the top apps to kickstart your New Years Eve Resolutions. How’s your 2Do list? Scanning? Note syncing? Diet? Fitness? How about keeping track of your resolutions? There’s an app for [...] |
Happy New Years Resolutions – Part TwoJanuary 2, 2012
New Year’s Day… now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Mark Twain “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.” W.C. Fields Professor Richard Wiseman has [...] |
Happy New Years Resolutions – Part OneJanuary 1, 2012
I don’t think New Year’s resolutions can’t technically be expected to begin on New Year’s Day, don’t you? Since, because it’s an extension of New Year’s Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting [...] |
How News Of The World Hacked Everybody’s PhonesDecember 30, 2011
via gizmodo.com.au Who is listening in to your phone messages. “Don’t forget to bring home some milk” Posted via email from What I Learnt Today |
