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Site News
Just a heads up that there may be some funkiness in accessing Karakui.com as I move the domain to a different registrar (see here). If everything goes well, then you won’t notice any changes to the site. *crossing fingers*
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Okinawan woman beat to death by her husband (via Grits and Sushi)
I just learned of this event. A former military Airman killed his Okinawan wife by beating her to death in Fairview Park, Ohio. I cannot tell you how sick this story makes me. Domestic violence, especially in the military, is still not adequately addressed. I don't know how to begin this post because the…
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Automattic’s Worldwide WP 5k (via WordPress.com News)
As Scott mentioned in his How is WordPress.com Made? post, at Automattic we work from all over the world, and we use internal blogs for socializing and exchanging non-work ideas in addition to making WordPress.com and our other products more awesome. One of the things we're really concerned about is staying healthy – we even have…
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Circulating Okinawa and “Security” (via Grits and Sushi)
So much of my work focuses on how Okinawa is circulated, race, and "security imaginaries." I came across this video on youtube a few months ago. It's an old U.S. Army PR video about Okinawa–positioning it geopolitically as the "keystone of the Pacific." In many ways, much of this discourse is sedimented in the…
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Wow Your iPad Readers (via WordPress.com News)
With the launch of Apple's iPad we have seen the future of computing and it is touch. Nothing matches the visceral feel of navigating your digital world with your hands. The past four months we've been working closely with Onswipe to bring your iPad visitors our vision of what a blog can look like re-imagined for a…
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Wallpaper: Aya Ueto for Kose Cosmeport
Kose has two, count ’em, two calendar-type wallpapers featuring our favorite (or rather, Japan’s favorite) image girl Aya Ueto. The calendars are for the months of April to June and you can download both here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Wallpaper: Meisa Kuroki for Lipton C
Lemons. And, Meisa Kuroki. Download it here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Let’s Bon Dance!: We need your help!
If you are hosting a bon dance, please take a moment to complete our survey so that we may list your event in our calendar. Link: Bon Dance Survey (Let’s Bon Dance)
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Salvation Army: Army for Japan t-shirt
I’m a t-shirt guy and if buying one helps out Salvation Army’s relief efforts in Japan, I’m in. It’s $20 plus shipping and you can pre-order your t-shirt here. 100% of the proceeds of the sales of the t-shirt will go towards the Salvation Army’s relief efforts in Japan.
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Champuru.net: Prayers and Support for Japan
With images of the devastation in Japan fresh on my mind, I stayed up until 4am that morning to see what nature would bring to our shores. The tsunami was not nearly as powerful as the one that swept through Japan, and although there was some property damage, Hawaii was very fortunate not to suffer…
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