More from Okinawa....
This is from Taketomi-jima. I found it odd that there was a vending machine in the middle of this road. The road stretched almost the length of the island with nothing but this machine and a tiny jewelry store next to it. The store was closed.

Cranes, hanging from an a-bomb monument, in Nagasaki, Kyushu.
A bus stop near my mom's home in Saga, Kyushu.
A few shots from my trip to Kyushu late last year with my mom. Always a pleasure to visit my mom's home town of Saga and seeing the country.

Finally...

My main computer is up and running again! It was over 2 weeks since I posted my last photo and way too long, I must say. My apologies to those that have been waiting.

Explanation: You'll probably laugh at me....as I can look back and laugh now. I was getting running water effects and triple/quadruple image effects on my monitor from a while back. It was getting worse and worse so I did research on forums and came to believe it was my video card (AGP) on it's last legs. So I thought, hell I have extra PCI video cards, why not overclock my AGP and see what happens. Well apparently, I OCed it too much and fried the thing! So I threw in a PCI vid card and nothing happened. My computer would even boot. Shit!! What did I do now! So I broke out my old computer from the closet and fired it up. Did research on why my other computer wouldn't boot......it'll only boot with an AGP vid card. Shit! Should've researched that first.

Anyway, I found out that it was my monitor and video card crapping out, so I think. The watery effect was my video card on it's last legs and the multiple image effect was my montior on it's last legs.

Also, in the meantime, I didn't take any photos...."why?" Well, my CF cards were full. I couldn't transfer them to my old computer with only 3GB worth of harddrive space. So then, I tried to transfer them to my iPod, to clear my CF cards, but kept on getting errors! The only option was to sit put, not take any photos or mess with my computer and wait for my purchased video card (from eBay) to arrive. And that is what I did.

So what did I learn out of all this? Research! Don't overclock a video card that's crapping out. Research more! PCI isn't always an answer (just like SCSI). Research again! But now, I have a kick-ass monitor and kick-ass video card! I'm happy again! v(^-^)v

These are from Nasu/Nikko. On a quick bullet train ride from Saitama, made it there in an hour....of course, it takes about 2 hours from Yokosuka to Saitama though (>_<)' The scenery in Nikko and Nasu is great. Driving in the mountains... Enjoying the nature...Enjoying the fresh air... And I would have to say that the hotel, and store ruins were too cool!

Since I'll be going to the Multiplex this weekend, I figured I'd post the last of these from last year's event.

Still down...

...and now waiting for parts to arrive in the mail so I can fix my computer and upload more pics. I guess this would be a great time to post a blog of recent events. But actually, I prefer to keep it a photo blog so.....I'll do just that. Thanks for visiting and again, come back soon!

Ouch!

Hi! Thanks for visiting my photo blog. Unfortunately, my main computer is down and I don't have access to my photo library. So, I will make the next update as soon as I can within the next few days. Be sure to return and look forward to my next blog.

This is an engine from a B-29 (don't know which one). The plane that it was in was obviously in a wreck because this engine and others were in real bad shape. This engine is at a private WWII museum in Nasu. The owner was a big time WWII collector of anything and everything. Maybe the largest collection of artifacts that any WWII museum has from different countries. Grenades, small guns, uniforms, helmets, big guns, shoes, flags, more guns, medals, water bottles, plane cockpits, tires, more guns, a tank, front portion of a ship and so on.

Another spider pic for my collection, taken in front of my Uncle's house in Saga, Kyushu.

This isn't the Titanic.

A series of Akarenga-soko (Red brick Warehouse) in Yokohama. These buildings were built from 1911-1913 by the British to be used as warehouses. In fact, they were built so well that the main two buildings survived the Kanto Earthquake and bombings of WWII. It's now full a shops and restaurants including a kick-ass jazz bar/restaurant. It's a popular date spot and a great place for night photography.

The bottom image was taken first before the clouds came in....notice the difference in sky color. Anyway, you may also notice the UFO in the photo. I was hoping I was going to be abducted so I can get one of those "ring" souvenir things that all abductees get (just in case.....that's a helicopter). BTW: Unlike my other photos, click on these to enlarge.