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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Interesting websites are easy to find but harder to remember further down the road. Here are a few that I stumbled upon recently:
COLOURlovers: Describing itself as a “resource that monitors and influences color trends,” this site allows users to upload pallets “essentially combinations of colors” for other users to download. Never have to [...]

I :: heart :: public radio

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… Or in terminology you’ll recognize if you, too, listen to WAMU, public radio is my source of random information. I especially enjoy hearing about random 21st century terminology (not necessarily for the terminology itself but rather for the concepts they describe). [...]

季節はずれの天気

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

ここ数日来、春ぽいな陽気が続いて、気温はカ氏70度にまで上昇した。みんなはポカポカ暖かさの中であまりにも早く冬服をしまって、週半をのんきに過ごした。
私は仕事中で窓の外をそっと見たら、「満開の桜なんてあるかしら?」って甘い考えでため息をついて、がっかりしたような顔をした。早く春にならないかなぁ~
Oh, and for some Valentines Day humor Japanese-style, see this article: “Win over your Valentine with fish cakes” (Japan Times)