Yesterday I was watching Sunday afternoon TV and came across the 1968 movie Firecreek. There are a few very famous actors in the movie including James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens… but the one who caught my eye most was Barbara Luna. Barbara Luna is probably most famous …
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As anyone who knows me will know… I love anything that’s Japanese. I don’t think there’s a single person in the world who doesn’t find Japanese art either aesthetically pleasing or inspiring. Today I decided to have a go at a Japanese(esque) image in Adobe Fireworks CS3. I’m …
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I don’t know whether or not many of the people who visit my website will be interested in reading this, but I thought I’d compile some notes for using Japanese online, starting with some Japanese web terminology and then moving on to an example of an introductory message/email …
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I have seen similar styling of blog post dates on many blogs, and always thought it was a rather neat way of doing it. Tonight I decided to have a go for myself and discovered that it’s pretty darn simple really. All it takes is an image, a …
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In the UK we have people hosting game shows who pretend to be nasty. For example, Anne Robinson in the Weakest Link. However, in Japan it seems that, for some, a great deal of pleasure and amusement is gained from watching TV shows where the name-of-the-game is to …
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