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Jams.tv Steals

January 8th, 2009

Shane, from The Nihon Sun, wrote a quick heads-up notice at the JapanSoc Blog that caught my eye today. I found it because Ken Y-N, brains behind What Japan Thinks (when it’s up – ha ha, sorry Ken!), soc’d the article in an attempt to get the message onto the Jams.tv front page. Here’s the success in a screencap. [EDIT: Here's a newer, giant screencap with THIS very article being displayed underneath a story that I soc'd on JapanSoc! I'm all over the page!]

JapanProbe did a really concise and to the point write-up about it, too. Get the word out, and if your blog is being scraped, check your email account for a message from G’Day Japan. Respond to it. They apparently think that silence on a dubious one-shot opt-out notice gives them carte blanche to profit from your blog’s content. Uncool. Read more…

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Photos from the Philippines

January 8th, 2009

This is part 1 of 2, because I prepared 103 photos, and just can’t imagine putting them all up at the same time. Ha ha. You’d glaze over, I’m sure of it. So I’ll do the pictures today and tomorrow, then I’ll post something Japan-related at the beginning of next week before dropping a trip video on you. Besides, I’ve gotta sift through the nearly 34 minutes of clips I took. Sound like a plan? Yes? Excellent! Let’s look at some pictures!

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