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yo yuki... did Derek Trucks make it through your parts?? did you check him out?? I am going to see him on Thur. and on Sun. I cant wait!!! So, I have been listening to lots of Derek Trucks Band lately...they are phenomenal!! danz

nothing quite like surfing a glassy wave (except the powpow)... but big water scares the SH!$!$!$T out of me! danz

classic useless worker story... I was driving home to work when I used to live out in the inaka...construction as usual with 5000000 redlights flashing to make sure you dont drive into the new hole in the road they made... In front of the mess is a cardboard cutout of a traffic guard with a mechanical arm that moves up and down holding a the standard issue red batton...and right next to this cardboard image was a real live person doing the same exact thing... wish I had my camera on me for that one...classic! danz

I can do without the oden any season... but why take away my precious niku-man and pizza-man!?!?! WHY!!! danz

I need to get in on some of this info... so what happens if I don't do anything when I leave here?? like keep my gaijin-card, keep my visa status, etc... where do I get forms for my pension rebate?? who can be my tax representative?? can I still get a tax refund for taxes I have paid in 2004? of course, like db, I need to do all this without any mention of my ward taxes and how about just not paying my keitai bills?? hehe...just tell me how to maximize my scam danz

sad to say but I too am leaving Japan...and much sooner than I thought. Out of here by May 28...a bit sad, a bit relieved, definetly excited. Lots to miss about this place! Definetely will come back for the snow at some point down the road danz

I saw this movie last week and I really enjoyed it. What impressed me the most was just how it was filmed...the ability to move between the cold formal concrete tokyo and a warmer more organic tokyo. In fact, it captured my impressions of this city and Japan in a way that really shocked me; I didn' think it could be captured in that format. The story itself is also good...although slow and subtle. But that is why I like it...it is not your typical hollywood flick. my impressions... danz

Yuki's P... I dont want to hear any complaints from you, Mr. Ski Team Coach! danz

there is a teachers exam?? oops...someone forgot to tell me about that one... but that hasnt stopped my school from letting me mess up my students education... danz

what I want to know is why they dont give more sick-days???? In my 1st job in Japan they gave 0 sick-days...thats right, if you were too sick to work it came out of your paid-vacation days... On more than one occasion 1 dude spread his disease to our entire group...that is about 15 people...we all got sick...because nobody wants to waste a vacation day... my current job gives me 2 sick days...WEAK! danz

lets not forget Jesus Christ Superstar either! or Hair... hehe...love those rock musicals danz

I have much to say on this topic, as db hinted... hey, skiing isnt my only interest you know anyway, 128 is pretty crap if you ask me...and 256 is kind of overkill, as it does not sound much better than 192, but takes up much more space (we are talking mp3...) what are you listening habits?? is your pod only for when you are on the go, or is it now the heart and soul of your home digital music center?? I think a good general rule is to have on CDs (for archiving purposes) the highest quality audio you can get. This means its original format (no lossy encoders), or some ty

yo... I am always in winter mode, but circumstances as they are have forced me to retire my gear and put gandalf into hibernation until next year... sorry about the bbq...was traveling in Thailand and Cambodia; about as far away from the white stuff as possible... but I kept my boots on your advice! when is the next session?? danz

IIII... there is no "best one"...it really is subjective. AAC is macs pet, just like wma belongs to windows...of course iTunes is going to convert to AAC. But that is where iTunes falls short, as it does not give you more encoding options (like ogg, wma, etc). For many people that is just fine, for me it is not. danz

hey V... quick tutorial on digital music... 1) mp3s, aac, ogg, wma,etc. are all lossy audio formats. This means that they are NOT CD quality 2) bitrate is a measure of how many bits (digital information) were used to represent a piece of audio. Higher bitrate generally means better sound quality and larger file sizes. 3) CD quality would be around 44,100x16x2 bits/sec (for a stereo recording) 4) What it boils down to is your personal preferecne on where you want to be on the audio quality v. file size curve, and what sounds good to you! Each format does its o

that dude needs a good slap in head... Mr*...I hope you set him straight! danz

I have 2 pairs of skiis in rotation (2 more back in the states, but I have no use for them now...) back in the day I remember picking skis that were like a fist or 2 taller than me...but like everyone said above, now it is about shape and purpose... there were definetly a few peak runs in niseko when I wished my 180 v-explosives were more like 190s...but otherwise, I find 180 to be a perfect length for the type of riding I do (for my mid-fat and fattys...) danz

I am 173cm tall (I think... 5'8") skiis are 180 danz

very nice veronica... but that feature is actually a little different than gappless playback...good, but not perfect...does it make 2 tracks into 1? so if an album has 5 tracks that all run into eachother, this feature would combine them into 1? Not so ideal for my listening habits, but I could be misunderstanding the feature. for example, my karma can x-fade between any tracks because the player does gapless decoding...what you are talking about takes place on the encode end...what that means is that you need to know before-hand if you want that feature enabled for a particular alb

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just thought Id come in here and spoil the iPod fun... I have a 20gb rio karma...I think it is the better player if you are really into audio specs/options... it plays more formats (mp3,wma,flac(lossless!!),ogg) it has a much longer battery life (15hrs) has gapless playback (try playing a live album on your ipod...or a classic like dark side of the moon where tracks flow into each other...dont think ipod can do it. unless you like silence gaps between your tracks) anyway...daps are awesome! truly amazing gadgets whatever brand you end up with... danz

hey slow... Ive seen them a few times in the states, and also last year at Fuji rock and later in Shibuya... I think they put on a great show...and they loooove playing here in Japan...lots of good vibes and energy at the shows Ive seen... I will definetly be at at least 1 of their shows in tokyo in april... I have recordings of like 6 shows from last years if you want to take a listen...pm me... danz

welcome jetto... get out there man...its never too late go make some turns and have a good time danz

hey SJ... can you move those 2 vids in fattwins section to my section?? (I think they are the most recent additions...has my name on them) thanks! danz

good idea indeed...except its not theirs... phish has been doing that for almost 2years now... soundboard patches...lossless and lossy formats...recent and archived shows too... www.livephish.com danz