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just spent the day at Akihabara - electric city, really amazing, incredible choice of stuff. Many shops selling 2nd hand workstations and servers (lots of Sun boxes but didn't see any SGI :( ) really amazing, lots of backstreet places selling 1000's of laptops..And don't forget the Manga comic and figure shops as well as the 'fluffy maid' cafes!

I bet Pentium would have fun and exceed his return luggage allowance!

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If you see any v480 parts, pick em up for me!

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And then what?

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Well, that's the step that gets me. It's usually:

1: Obtain parts
2: ???
3: Profit!

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I don't have much room in my suitcase!

Actually I saw a lot of Sunblades (2000, 2500) and some older Ultras.
A lot of Mac G4s but mostly lots and lots of laptops!

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post from pics so we can at least visit japan vicariously through you!

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mostly lots and lots of laptops!


My old iBook with the Japanese keyboard came from Laox in Aki...
Used to go there on Sundays, 'cos I used to live and work on the other side of town.

There used to be one shop that sold nothing but fillaments for toasters, stoves, kettles, etc..
And down one of the alleyways was an excellent place that sold nothing but robotics bits..

Aki is a bit more tourist centric now...

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Laox in Aki

That is shut down now..

They still are many shops selling heaters etc for cookers, heat guns etc.

The back street areas of Akihabara are as good as ever, OK, the main street and around the station is more 'touristic'

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Laox in Aki

That is shut down now..

They still are many shops selling heaters etc for cookers, heat guns etc.

The back street areas of Akihabara are as good as ever, OK, the main street and around the station is more 'touristic'


Ginza is within walking distance from Aki... Guys I worked with loved the hostess clubs there... the girls poor whiskey, light your cigar pick lint off your jacket and are really really attentive, while you talk business ... I think we could put it under expenses..

In Hong Kong Golden Square Palace had declined quite a bit when I worked in 1 IFC above Hong Kong station (I lived near causeway bay) there but the basement in Golden Square was the first place I would head...

In Singapore forget SimLim square... its extremely touristy and sells mostly rubbish... Sim Lim Tower however ... I can walk in to certain shops in the basement and source Russian military ICs and on the top floor there is a junk shop from all kinds of industrial control stuff from everytime they close down a factory, its like heaven digging through that... Funan plaza is not bad for consumer/comodity items and there is a bookshop that sells only computer books and nothing else..


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I would of paid freight fees on sending some stuff home or just pack a lot lighter than usual. ;)

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I bet Pentium would have fun and exceed his return luggage allowance!

heh. He'd probably need to charter a container ship! :D
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I would of paid freight fees on sending some stuff home or just pack a lot lighter than usual. ;)


You'd fall in love with one of the Manga girls and stay here!!!!

Just back from Harajuku, lots of rockabillies today but didn't see so many of the Lolita girls...

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he might like the rockabillies better!

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I would of paid freight fees on sending some stuff home or just pack a lot lighter than usual. ;)


You'd fall in love with one of the Manga girls and stay here!!!!


If I can barely afford a one bedroom apartment in Vancouver, I doubt I'll be able to afford much in Tokyo. :P

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some photos from Sunday

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Some nice girls for Pentium?

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Shinjuku - I think somebody asked for a photo of the 'Cocoon'
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Some nice girls for Pentium?

I'm dispatching a hitman to assassinate you the moment you step out of the airport when you get home.

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better to do that next time I'm in Canada ;)

Anyway, the sword girl has nice legs and moved really well!

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Shinjuku - I think somebody asked for a photo of the 'Cocoon'


thanks! i watched it going up last year from the top of the Myands tower.

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