Finally It’s Friday
What did Zuri and Stevie Do?
Roppongi: “Pillboxes, Club Smile-Smile-Smile, and Addict?”

This summer, I had an all-too-brief business trip to Japan — which I love. During part of the trip, alas, I was staying in Roppongi — which, since I am well past the age of frivolous all-night-clubbing, I enjoy somewhat…
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Time Travel?
Finally it’s Friday: Only in Japan …

This is unequivocally an “only in Japan” situation, and part of why I love visiting that beautiful and interesting country… See how this bike, which was outside a major train station (Shinagawa Station), is “locked” only by a small brown…
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UUCP Bang Paths Live!

We’re doing pretty much everything electronically at Ecole Polytechnique these days, having over the past couple of years introduced electronic signatures on traditional paperworks (Convention de Stages, for example …) But, the other day, I actually got a physical letter, addressed…
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