Street in the Tamachi area. Don't normally like heavy-handed processing but this one came out good, I think. We're back from Tokyo. ...

Yes, I'm still alive and back from Tokyo, but really rather busy right now so I've let the blog posting slip. Expect normal programm...

I'm going up to Tokyo for a few days beginning tomorrow; the project has its final symposium at the Future Japanese Science Hall (日本科学未来...

Last weekend was the first real free weekend in a while for me. We spent much of it walking around town, and I took the old Voigtländer came...

When Tarō Aso was chosen as new prime minister and party leader after Fukuda (becoming the third prime minister in a row not actually electe...

Time is at a premium for me, still, so reading has taken a back seat to other things for a while. Nevertheless, I haven't been able to c...

The New Year's "holiday" this year was largely anything but. Some heavy time pressures had me working most of the time, and a ...