10 posts tagged “japan”
I have a thing for purposeful monochromatic constructions, devices that simultaneously tickle my parietal and occipital lobes, Venn diagrams of precious little intersection of the trickster, beauty and math. Childhood ingredients included parts Escher, Pinball Construction Set and the Basel School. This week I was ecstatic to be exposed to not one, but two examples of this meter—one physical, the other virtual, both Japanese, rendered in white, challenges to be experimented with.
I ♥ mammoth engineering projects:
Tunnel between Siberia and Alaska, built by Japan to carry oil, trains, and electicity. Cost $65B.
This guy is amazing:
What's the most extreme weather you've been in? A memorable storm? Heat wave? Or something else?
Aha, the second time I can use this story for a QotD. Hint: Kyushu + blizzard + bicycle.
This one time in Japan, I was caught in a blizzard on top of a volcano in Kyushu, abandoned on a 70 mile bridge between Shikoku and Honshu and caught Scarlet Fever.
Had I died it might have been a worse vacation. If you ever go to Japan, never try to simultaneously tour the country on a 1) bicycle 2) whilst camping and 3) doing it in the [spring]. Pick one.
Edit: OK, so between these particularly traumatic events, I was caught in:
- Three tunnels in the middle of the night trying to find a tiny mountain onsen town.
- A torrential spring downpour, utterly soaking myself and everything I owned.
- A half dozen notable fights with my girlfriend (we broke up halfway through this trip).
There is a god, and [s]he is Japanese. I wonder how much hacking it will take to sever the wires...
