Author: Murray
April 12th.
Last night I was quite tired and didn’t feel too motivated to make the long drive to the beach. Although classes don’t start until next week, I was tired after spending all day making handouts for the first week of classes. The weather report predicted overcast weather and a 30% chance of rain and on […]
See “Ohta-san” perform
Although I cannot play any music instrument, I enjoy listening to ukulele music. Herb “Ohta-San” Ohta and his son, Herb Ohta Jr. Herb Ohta originally started playing the ukulele with the intention of proving that the ukulele could be a solo instrument. To learn more about this musical family, read this 2004 article in the […]
First session of the year!
This is a picture from Tuesday (3/18) at Omaezaki. Not a very high quality picture, but it was inspiring enough for me to dig out the surf gear. I finally got in contact my friend in Hamamatsu and decided to meet up yesterday. The water wasn’t so cold – just wore my suit and boots […]
A word with no vowels?
The other day I saw this picture and didn’t believe that this was a real photograph. I figured that someone had been playing with Photoshop. But this is a real photo. Zzyzx Road is a small road in California. Here’s a link to the wikipedia entry for Zzyzx, California.
The Fix-It Club
Not quite as exciting as The Fight Club with Brad Pitt… This website has almost 200 lessons showing how to repair things you might want to fix. Got a faulty fire extinguisher? a busted CD player? Unfortunately, there is no guide to repairing a burnt out backlight on an old G4 Imac.
Wanna watch movies for free??
At the Chinese website, www.youku.com, the Chinese version of YouTube, you can watch lots of full-length movies for free. It is helpful to be able to read Chinese, but I can’t and was able to find current movies like “Meet the Spartans” and “The Jumper” and of course, lots of music videos. Try it – […]
Life in Shizuoka
Spring is finally here (I think). I’ve been itching to go surfing. Unfortunately, I haven’t found out where a good surf point is yet. I did find this map… Hope to be posting some pictures of my new home point soon!
Would you like to buy a beard?
This American man is selling or trading his beard. It comes in this handy jar… For more details, follow this link Sorry, the link has died. I wonder if he found a buyer!
