Archive | November, 2009

Literal Murakami 1: A Wild Sheep Chase

One thing that I don’t do much of is “read.” Some may even suspect me to be illiterate, which could very well be true (maybe I write all these posts with virtual Indian secretaries or Speech to Text technology). Either way, there is one particular Japanese author who I’ve never talked about, but is quite [...]

Happy Pocky Day! (11-11)

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Phonetikana: For the Lazy Typography Snob in All of Us

Johnson Banks recently put up a post about “phonetikana” which has to either be the most genius discovery of all time, or the laziest. Either way, there’s no denying that it’s beautiful, regardless, but you know me, I hate romaji with a passion (and you should too). Here’s the concept behind phonetikana: 1. Katakana is [...]