James' Empty Blog

Cancelled last year due to self-restraint, last night was Kamakura hanabitaikai (fireworks). As the sun set, a zillion people gathered...

Inevitably, this news article is illustrated with a poor polar bear standing on an iceberg. But the study wasn't really anything to do...

I wonder what he or she will be when they grow up. Evening: Morning: There are now several tendrils free of leaves. -- Poste...

I expect there are more flowers to blog, but then I saw this car outside Motomachi Starbucks (of course). Perhaps the reader will tell me if...

We seem to have missed rainy season this year ( not all of Japan was so lucky ) and moved straight into heatstroke season , which means it...

While we're on purpley theme, here is a photo from December that I seem to have forgotten to blog... -- Posted By Blogger to ...

Come and work with this nice man (and me) in lovely Japan! The position is part of a big new multi-centre project which has just go...

I used to call these plants "those oniony things", but now I can never forget their real name, since my mother-in-law corrected me...

I've been meaning to write something about open access for some time. There seems to be quite a head of steam building up, especially in...

Just had the results from the annual health check farce. Again, I got a fairly dismal report. Well, actually, that's too pessimistic. I...