空耳アワー ( ´ ▽ ` )ノ (((o(*゚▽゚*)o))) http://t.co/btRfGECp May 19, 2012 at 09:13PM http://twitter.com/Alf_Nielsen/status/203820706012737538
Backup strategy visu...
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Backblaze, Dropbox, Google drive etc. There are many online backup services available these days, they range in price, bandwith, client availability and more but they all aim to ensure one thing, “don’t have all your eggs in one basket”. Basically making sure that if your home stumbles...
Taipei IOI and dinner w. friends
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Last day of Taiwan before heading to the airport next morning was spent doing some shopping in Taipei city and taking in the atmosphere around the city. Walking by the river, Had some great noodles again at a small shop with neon “hospital”-white lit room, that seemed taken right out of the movies. We later met up with a Taiwanese friend who was kind enough to show us around at some nice places like Taipei IOI and some delicious and famous ice cream shops thanks Annie that was great. Having walked a lot that day (and the previous two for that matter) we decided we would try a good food massage (contrary to the body massage...
Taroko Gorge
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At 5:40 am I was picked up in the hotel lobby by one of the Edison tour guides to go to the airport, a small plane then got me and a couple of others to Hualien airport to begin the bus and hike tour through the Taroko gorge. The road through the gorge was completed by some 10.000 people with...
Yangminshan National...
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Next morning after the previously mentioned breakfast, we set off from Jiantan station by bus to Yangminshan national park. A beautiful natural reserve with mountains towering over Taipei. In Yangminshan National park the “7 star mountain” (七星山) is 1120m and has a great...
Taiwan Arrival and S...
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Arrival in Taipei, Taiwan after a short and pleasant flight with Japan airlines. (it is only a 3,5 hour flight from japan) We took a 40 min cab ride from the airport to the star beauty resort hotel in the shilin district where I have the business deluxe room with king size bed and jacuzzi...
Mt.Takao and Mt.Shir...
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With my new trusty camera in hand and Ivar by my side, we left the Mejirodai bunker on April 1st @0730 hours in the hope that we could get the first lift to Mt.Takao’s summit and take Mr.Fuji san’s portrait before too much fog rose from his base. Unfortunately we were...
Fun taking macro ima...
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So just got my new lens, and an itchy shutter release finger. (Sony 50mm f/1.8 OSS) So this russian was kind enough to model for me. (Ha, she was sooo easy) Odd that I could no longer close it (her?) maybe the wood had gotten…moist? *sigh” no innuendoes intended. Take a look at...
Local train to Mt.Ta...
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めじろ台駅、朝、3月26日2012年 More experi/mental photoes here: ManufacturerSONYModel NameNEX-5NExposure Time1/100F Number2.8ISO100Focal Length50mmMetering ModeCenter weighted...
Just in case…
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DONT PANIC! we enclosed the truck, just in case… in case of what!? Japanese… wow, maybe its a cultural short-circuit or something? why would you “frame” the truck like this? seriously, do they think that people will walk into the truck hidden in plane sight, OR...
Sunset from window h...
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Beautifully colored sunset shot from my window with my new Sony NEX-5N camera ♥ ManufacturerSONYModel NameNEX-5NExposure Time1/250F Number7.1ISO100Focal Length50mmMetering ModeCenter weighted...
10 day trip to back ...
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Okay, lately I have been completely caught up in work and have not had the time or surplus energy to actually write anything but an occasional email to friends. …and truth is the work part of my life still have not slowed down, in fact quite the contrary, but seeing as my trip home to see...
More on vegetarian f...
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So the ”meat-lover” that I am, I was horrified to see that my company’s dinner invitation was to an ”all-vegetarian” restuarant. Σ(゚д゚;) I remember thinking to myself; ”I will just have to grab a burger on my way home…or alternatively eat one of the vegetarians...
