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Radiation scans Narita airport

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:45:56 +0000

Photo was taken on April 1st, when I took an Austrian Air flight to Vienna.

All Passenger had to go through a radiation test. Needless to say, all Passenger passed the test and boarded the plane.

(I kind of enjoyed it)

Aftershocks? – Earthquakes

admin — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:34:31 +0000

What is the difference between an Aftershock and an actual Earthquake?
Who cares? they feel the same.

Anyway, see below a snapshot from yahoo Japan of earthquakes we had today, April 12.

Home Made Humus

Avi Telyas — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 08:05:04 +0000

As one can probably guess Humus cannot be found easily in Japan.

So, I had no choice but to prepare my own. Found receipts in Israeli websites, decided on two which looked good and combined them into one.

Ingredients:

Humus – Bought from Basement of Takashimaya Futako Tamagawa – 500gr

Tehina – A Japanese version of tehina which is sweeter. Note to self, bring more Tehina from Israel.

In water for more than 12 hours:

After cooking:

Ready:

Getting a Japanese Driving License

admin — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:36:56 +0000

Wanted to write about my experience getting a Japanese driving License, but found this Get a Driver’s License guide to be quite complete.
I actually wish I read it before the process. It took me one written tests and two driving tests to get my license.

Two observations:

It felt that the driving test is not really about testing my driving skills, but checking that I studied well.
Waiting, waiting, waiting. Foreigners are tested in one group at the end of the test period. Which means, you arrive earlier to register, wait for about 2 hours for the test. Then wait again for the results.

HMV Shibuya Closed

Avi Telyas — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:15:22 +0000

That’s it. HMV Shibuya closed. Report from Yomiuri

Whale tasting festival

Avi Telyas — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 12:16:17 +0000

What?

Exactly that!

Posters around my neighborhood (Kawasaki, Japan) announce a “Whale Festival”, goals are :

知ろう　- Know

食べよう – Eat

考えよう　 – Consider

Not sure what to do about this, but at least I have put it on the web.

Whale Tasting Festival

Video Clip (PV) using SLR Cameras

Avi Telyas — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:08:59 +0000

This is not a first, but I experienced it myself last night.

As I was attending last night’s Geeks on a Plane event, the adjoining space was being used to shoot a Promotional Video (PV) for an unknown (didn’t ask their name) band.

3 DSLR cameras were being used with different lenses (from wide angle to Zoom).

Here are the Photos:

And a Video:

HMV Shibuya to close

Avi Telyas — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:11:15 +0000

HMV Shibuya posted a sign notifying customers that the shop will close in August.

In the past few months HMV already gave up the top floor for a guitar shop, but the end came faster than expected.

Original Link to tweetPhoto

Open Network Lab with HootSuite

Avi Telyas — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:24:20 +0000

Open Network Lab is a new incubation lab for Internet based Startups.

I joined last week’s meeting with Ryan Holmes, HootSuite CEO and Japanese Shinnichi Fujikawa, founder of Movatwi.

Open Network Lab goal is to encourage innovation and Internet based Start-Ups, which may explain the 40 minutes long panel on “How Engineers can start Companies”.

HootSuite recently launched a Japanese version of their service,with the aid of Digital Garage which is heavily invested in the Twitter phenomena and related tools/services.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4650441303_46d0d1c8cd.jpg

To me it seems Open Network Lab is the right tool for the current economic and social situation in Japan. In the past few months I have met many Engineers, Innovators excited to start their own companies, but fail in two things:

How to market their services to the mass market
How to go Global

Japanese Girl – Hebrew Tattoo

Avi Telyas — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:11:19 +0000

While waiting for my train to arrive, I noticed a Tattoo in Hebrew behind her ear. Tattoos are not common in Japan, let alone visible ones.

I Just had to take a Photo, which she agreed to without hesitation.

Meaning of Tattoo – מופלא (Moofla) is: Wonderful, Exceptional, Mysterious.