His cover of the Rolling Stone's Brown Sugar is pretty good too. An excerpt from his blog: Even though I'm a ukulele player I don't own a Hawaiian shirt. It's not like anybody made a rule that if you play the ukulele you have to wear one. I never wanted one so I've never bought one. But this [...]

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A link to this video showed up on BoingBoing today. In the 18 years I've lived here, the only establishment I've seen that refused foreigners and wasn't a shady pub or run-down love hotel in a neighborhood full of foreign prostitutes or massage parlor-type place was a pachinko parlor on the outskirts of my hometown. [...]

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I can still remember when Tony was a baby who only knew how to drool, eat, sleep and poop his diaper. Now he surfs the web all by himself. He even knows how to switch the keyboard to Japanese input mode and type out words in romaji. I have no idea how or when he [...]

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I think this might be the funniest video I've seen on YouTube. Someone lovingly remixed a few scenes from the first Star Wars movie with audio snippets from other James Earl Jones movies. A lot of work must have gone into this, and the tie fighter scenes at the end are the best part. What's [...]

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By far, the best thing about having kids is the hugs. It more than makes up for the all the lights left on, the water pitchers and ice cube trays left empty, and the pee left on toilet seats. Tags: cute, YouTube

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This has to be seen to be believed. I wish the clip were an hour or two longer. Dolphin Play Bubble Rings Tags: cute, video

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Sofa King We Todd Did - Tags: funny, video

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The Buddhist definition of true love, which to me sounds a lot like true friendship. Maitri: Loving kindness; the ability to make someone happy. That "someone" can be: Yourself Someone you're very fond of Someone you have sympathy for (I forgot to mention that one) A neutral person An enemy; someone you perceive as the cause of your suffering Mudita: transformation of [...]

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(February 7, 2006, Part II.) Tags: commute, Tokyo, train, vlog

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(I'm going through all my old video tapes this weekend.) Tags: family, vlog

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As far as a 500 yen can of air goes, there's not a whole lot you can do with it that's interesting. But there you have it. Tags: family, Oxygen, Tony, vlog, Wii

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In 2005, Stephen Wiltshire, an autistic British artist, toured Tokyo by foot, bus and helicopter, then drew the entire city from memory. (Like Motoki, at age three he still wasn't talking.) You can see the entire panorama here. I watched the YouTube video with the volume off. From the comments it sounds like the voiceover is [...]

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Tags: Oliver, Tony, vlog, Wii

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Visit http://www.japlishpodcast.com Tags: Japanese, Podcast

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via Joi Ito Tags: funny, YouTube

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