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Japan: The big debate (part 3)

March 11, 2010
By Odeena
Japan: The big debate (part 3)

In case you missed it — (part 1) (part 2) || Image credits: XKCD / Randall Munroe It’s time to bring out the big guns. Things got serious when Sora stepped in — a very well-read blogger with a lot of points to make (and trust me, folks, those were a lot of points — 70 MS Word pages...
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Last post from Tokyo, Japan

February 27, 2010
By Odeena
Last post from Tokyo, Japan

I’m flying out of Japan next week. Won’t be online for a few days, until I get settled in and set up my connection there. Might be longer if I decide to head for the mountains and kick back up there for a while. I...
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Japan: The big debate (part 2)

February 21, 2010
By Odeena
Japan: The big debate (part 2)

Picking up from where I left things with my previous post — meet Sora. Avid news blogger and a very knowledgeable individual. Sora keeps his own blog (mostly in Japanese) here. And, lo and behold, one day I woke up to find a lengthy...
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Japan: The big debate (part 1)

February 20, 2010
By Odeena
Japan: The big debate (part 1)

When I first started this blog — back in the day, when I was still a WordPress n00b and recovering from a monster writers’ block — I never imagined...
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Call in the ad police (1)

February 17, 2010
By Odeena
Call in the ad police (1)

As a person who spends most of their free time online, I’m beginning to notice an increasing number of ads that make me go “clickity click”, only to redirect...
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Just to clarify… (Important post is important)

February 13, 2010
By Odeena

I received several e-mails (and notes over at dA) asking me if I “hate Japan” (not to mention the massive debate this article has spawned — feel free to...
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