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Paris II: Food
The best French food is Lebanese. At least when based on a few days of sampling lower-end food places in central Paris. I'm willing to ....
29 Sep 1:58 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Paris I
Paris is messy. Graffiti is absolutely everywhere. Broken glass and empty cans litter walkways and stairs. The subway and the regional train....
27 Sep 9:00 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Close but No Tube of Smoldering Leaves
The vote count is almost over, and the coalition got one more seat, still two shy of a majority. They lacked nine votes in Värmland and sev....
23 Sep 11:08 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cutting it Close
According to Dagens Nyheter, just a few votes can change the voting results. In Darlarna district (where my parents and I vote), there'....
22 Sep 3:01 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Not a Done Deal Yet
The Swedish election was fairly close, with the center-right coalition just three seats from a majority. As it turns out, as few as another ....
21 Sep 10:17 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Election 2010 – Results
The preliminary1 results of the Swedish election are about as expected. The coalition won, but are a meager three seats shy of a majority. T....
20 Sep 5:43 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Another election coming up
The Swedish election is only a couple of days away. The polls open on Sunday - that's Sunday evening here, and we'll know the resu....
17 Sep 5:44 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
It's Kan
In the DPJ leadership election today, Kan beat Ozawa - and pretty handily too. He got just over half of Diet member votes, 60% of the prefec....
14 Sep 8:55 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Voltron
DPJ leadership election tomorrow. The heatwave may finally, really, actually be over soon (with "over" I mean temperatures around ....
13 Sep 11:11 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Blessed Cool
The heatwave is finally breaking. Temperatures have dropped from around 38° down to a breezy 33°. Of course, the reason for the drop is an....
8 Sep 5:15 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
That other election
Prime minister Kan and former party secretary and overall heavyweight Ozawa are battling it out for the DPJ party leadership (and, incidenta....
7 Sep 10:00 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Back – again, for real
The three day conference in Kobe is over. It was just on the heels of the Paris conference, so I've really had no time to sort out the ....
6 Sep 11:05 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hot
I completely forgot about it while in Paris, but Japan is in the middle of a heatwave. It's hot. Too hot. It's the hottest summer ....
1 Sep 1:31 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Adèle Blanc-Sec
We're back. Don't expect any long posts about the trip just yet; I'm off on another conference in a couple of days and it....
30 Aug 5:53 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Terabyte
We're still in Paris for another couple of days. But to tide you over:I had one of those "whoa" moments a while ago. Ars Tech....
28 Aug 8:00 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dusk
Everyone loves summer sunsets, with their riots of reds and yellows flowing across the sky. But when the sun has set comes dusk, that dwindl....
24 Aug 8:00 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Election – one month ahead
We're packing our things and leaving for Paris tomorrow. Meanwhile:The Swedish election is one month away. The two major coalitions - t....
21 Aug 8:46 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bertie Wooster as Batman
I'm really, really busy trying to prepare for the SAB conference next week. Then, right after returning to Japan I'm off again for....
19 Aug 11:37 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
To Paris
We're going to Paris next week. I'll be attending SAB 2010, a biannual conference on the simulation of adaptive behavior. It was t....
16 Aug 9:56 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
So Quiet
It's Obon, when most Japanese take time off and hit the road to go back to their hometowns, see old relatives and visit the family grav....
13 Aug 11:13 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
P!=NP (maybe)
Serious geekery ahead: It seems there's a new, credible proof published showing that P is not equal to NP. Of course, if you understood....
10 Aug 10:00 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Don't Be Stupid
Time for a bit of self-flagellation, I think. Nothing like public humiliation to remind you not to do bad things. Feel free to skip this if ....
9 Aug 10:52 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Neat & Grog
Our neighbourhood bar, Neat & Grog, is no more. Haru, owner for the past 24 years, decided to call it a day this summer. He closed abou....
2 Aug 9:32 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Delta 100
I bought a roll of Ilford Delta 100 a couple of months ago, and shot it two weeks ago as we went to Akashi. The results were great - really ....
29 Jul 9:06 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Akashi
Akashi is a town west of Kobe along the Seto inland sea cost. We went there a week ago, on the first day of high summer when the rainy seaso....
26 Jul 9:21 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Summer Fruits
We're done putting stuff in jars. New this year is pickled ginger and blueberry liqueur. The ginger is ready to eat already - and it is....
22 Jul 11:01 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
High Summer
The rainy season - tsuyu - is over, with a drawn-out, if not very impressive, thunderstorm on Friday. We're getting into high summer no....
18 Jul 11:12 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Picture post: Tokyo
I renewed my passport in Tokyo a few weeks ago, and I took the Yashica along.The Swedish embassy is in Roppongi, so you change subway lines ....
15 Jul 10:25 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
DPJ Fail
Upper house election is done, and a loss - a fair, well-deserved loss - for the DPJ. They would have needed 60 seats to get full control ove....
12 Jul 10:22 am  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Election Time
It's election day in Japan today. Rain is pouring over Osaka, which means low turnout and a boost for the DPJ as protest voters stay ho....
11 Jul 3:42 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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