[How did i end up here?]

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As it turns out, she is not a fan of feminism.

Meaning she dislikes it or just not interested?

[Where to go in japan for 3 months of skiing?]

3 months?! Lucky you!

 

If I had 3 months there is no doubt I would choose "Nagano" as the destination, and I'm not just saying that because I live in Nagano!

 

In 3 months you can come to learn and love Hakuba, Shiga Kogen, Nozawa and tons of other places all within an hour or two of each other.

[Miss Universe is Japanese!]

There was something on the tv about that gg. The ojisan they intereviewed were not overly impressed as she wasn't "traditionally Japanese" (thats pretty much what they said).

 

I watched some of that yesterday (the Miss Universe program). What a joke the whole thing is. Funny watching Miss USA fall over though.

[Buying a new pc (interesting Dell info)]

I am looking round now to buy a new pc and came across this, which makes some interesting points about Dell

 

"Confessions of a formed Dell sales manager"

 

http://consumerist.com/consumer/insiders/22-confessions-of-a-former-dell-sales-manager-268831.php

 

I sure agree with the play around with the website. You can get wildly different prices on exactly the same spec by going in via different packages/routes. Quite annoying actually.

[Which is bigger - the Niseko mountain or Happo?]

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who cares which is bigger

People who have a business interest in getting punters to the slopes of "their" resort!

[Have you climbed Mt Fuji?]

I'm one of the sillies who have been up there more than once. Basically a group of friends wanted to go up there and I decided to do number 2. I enjoyed it, and it is a great feeling up top there when the weather is good.

[Another forum poll - about the data shown on the right hand side of the pages]

Hey I like the new setup! Good job.

[Steve Jobs keynotes]

Really interesting piece on Steve Jobs and the preparations that go into his keynotes.

 

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1677772,00.html

 

Whats on the cards for this time?

[Hakuba. Tomorrow. Ace.]

Sounds good to me. I'm making a decision early tomorrow morning.

[05/06 SJ SITE UPDATES: Updates to Snow Japan for the new season (Updated 12th Jan)]

Sweet.

 

I didn't make a members page last year, but thought I'd take the plunge this time it seemed a bit complex. I really like the way they look now and it was real easy to get a page going. Here's what I made.

 

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/sjmember.php?uid=naganodave

 

I'll be sure to keep that updated and get some more pics and stuff up there. Cheers for the site, it seriously rocks.

[In Japan?]

Near Nagano. My local playing grounds are Nozawa, Ryuo, Madarao, Shiga Kogen. What a choice!

[3 Kokudo resorts in Yuzawa to close]

The company culture brings it on.

[With car?]

Car is necessary. Only found that out when I got one last season and it made such a big difference.

[Skier or snowboarder THE POLL]

Snowboarding for 10 years. Lucky to be living near Nagano city.