Tomorrow is Saturday and it’s really my last day of holiday. Sunday I’m getting a tour of the TOKYO GEIJUTSU DAIGAKU new media department from my old processing buddy Saito. I get the plane home on Monday, touchdown Tuesday and stand up in fronts of the first class of the year on Wednesday. I’m already damn tired and I’ve got a backlog of 40GB and growing of photos and video to get through. I’m leaving the photos for the plane.
Just one thing though. Visually this country is exhausting, Tokyo specifically. I’m good with iconography and body language so I’ve had no problems getting places or talking to people, just no existential topics. But I can’t read the language so I’m constantly searching for english in any signage. And the sheer number of fonts is driving me insane. How do people stand it here? After a day walking around I’m happy for any small part of familiar grounding. It did make me smile when I thought I saw comic sans at DisneyLand.
Published on February 27, 2010 1:14 am.
Filed under: Silly, Travel Tags: ART, fonts, japan, MSA, Pollock, Travel
It’s going to take a while to finish uploading all this stuff. As now I also have video. This was one of my favourite finds. The flamingos at the HK zoo
Of interesting note is that this video has white boarders. Sure it’s dead easy to upload and sure it’s dead easy to embed. But tweaking it sucks hard.
Update. White boarders are gone. Well spotted Mr Freakdesign. Well spotted.
Published on January 16, 2007 9:15 pm.
Filed under: Travel Tags: crap video, flamingoes, hong kong, old polymonkey, zoo
this is a test. lets see if it breaks everything.
things learnt from the test.
1. youtube doesn’t seam to work under IE 7.
2. youtube didn’t put a keyframe in the first frame. but that is probably my fault
3. the video is too wide for the site layout.
interesting. I’ll work on 2 and 3. number 1 isn’t my problem.
but if you want to view the test at youtube. go to this link
Published on January 15, 2007 9:20 pm.
Filed under: Tests, Travel Tags: old polymonkey, test, youtube
Back from Hong Kong. And about to go to work. I’ll be posting up the the photos over the next few days. And now that I’ve cleaned the study and have a clear head, I’ll be posting a bunch of stuff that I neglected while I was woking on DAH2. So sit back and relax. It’s time for 2007.
Published on January 14, 2007 9:23 pm.
Filed under: Travel Tags: dah2, hong kong
Standin’ on the corneeeeeeeeer in Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnnnnng…
[untranscribable fantasy chinese:] mnja njung
My Baby was dooooooooooown in Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnnnnng
Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnng…ijajio magiau
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It’s bad to be alooooooooooonnnne…baumiaamibau-miaaa
In Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnnnnng!
WORRY! Worries ’bout you babyyyyyyyyyy!!!
You’ve been down too loooooooonnnnnng!
Worry ’bout you, babyyyyyyyyyyy!
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It’s bad to be aloooooooooonnnne!
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Hong Koooonnnnnnnnng
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Hong Kooonnnnnnnnnng
I abuja gjiaa
Siggi kameing
Hojijaba
Mogu bipain
Hong Koooonnnnnnnnng!
Et-fujoun
Siggi kameing
Sab-dubjii
Huaggjiabbugjiia
Hong Koooonnnnnnnnng!
Bibbjiabubbljia
Hong Koooonnnnnnnnnng!
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lyrics by Jalacy Hawkins (Screaming Jay Hawkins)
Published on January 2, 2007 9:24 pm.
Filed under: Silly, Travel Tags: Screaming Jay Hawkins is a god
It’s over. I’m back home. We found out we would have to auction body parts to get all our stuff on the plane. So we had to post it all. Which means that over the next few weeks I get to relive my entire trip. And if it all gets lost in the mail then we will never speak of it again.
MattD
Published on September 24, 2005 9:38 pm.
Filed under: Travel Tags: japan
The day after TGS. I came, I saw, I gave my talk. The industry here is really different from the west. E3 and TGS are a world apart. I paid a fortune to get into a meet and greet. I met the CEO of Capcom. I made him laugh and I got his business card. It’s a beautiful card.
We flaked out today and took it easy. I am totally stuffed. I’m going back tomorrow to watch the fans.
MattD
P.S. yeah I bought that camera from 2 posts ago. The pile of things to bring back home is huge. It is phat loot. It is pirate plunder from the orient.
Published on September 17, 2005 9:40 pm.
Filed under: Talks, Travel Tags: japan, stealing free wifi
I’m in Tokyo. it’s cheaper here than Kyoto. And yet there is so much to buy. I’m damn tired. This holiday isn’t very relaxing. Going to Studio Ghibli today and then having dinner for my talk tomorrow. I’ll be a lot more relaxed when that’s over. Update soon. When I get a chance to breathe
Published on September 15, 2005 9:41 pm.
Filed under: Talks, Travel Tags: japan, TGS
Published on September 11, 2005 9:42 pm.
Filed under: Talks, Travel Tags: camera lust, japan, TGS
Went to see Himiji Castle. It was insanely hot. We moved to a new hotel. No free broadband, makes matt a sad panda. On the way back from the castle we shopped at Osaka and I finally found a camera shop. That might have been a bad move. I am now tring to figure out how much money I can spend and still eat.
Finally beginning to relax.
Matt
Published on September 10, 2005 9:43 pm.
Filed under: Travel Tags: himji, japan
