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The Black Art of Finding A Japanese Address: Planet Tokyo SAVE
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As if the total strangeness of Tokyo was not enough to confuse and disorient the Western visitor, it turns out that the streets have no names and the buildings are numbered in a random fashion that was possibly invented by a 13th century Buddhist monk. The secret of deciphering the addressing scheme appears to have died with him. Or maybe not. While it is almost hopeless, there are some general guidelines that can be helpful in times of lost distress.TAGS
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How to locate a Japanese address on Google Maps | gnurou.org SAVE
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Locating a place in Japan can be a real hell. As Japanese addresses do not follow a scheme that allows to directly locate a place from a street and a number, it is easy to spend countless hours losing yourself. You can ask one of the many policemen in the street, as they are used to answer this kind of request, but it is much better (and educational) if you can find the exact location yourself. We are going to see how we can do this with a few Japanese words and Google Maps.TAGS
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25 DEC 08
futuregirl craft blog: Tutorial: Weaving In the Last End SAVE
I encountered this technique in Creepy Cute Crochet and the Flower Purse is my first opportunity to use it. Before learning this technique, I would just pull the end tightly and weave it in. That leaves a little bump in edge of the crochet. This technique show you how to "fake" a crochet stitch to connect the last stitch to the first stitch of the row, which looks awesome.TAGS
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09 NOV 08
Fabric Baskets (vlijtig: Here it is) SAVE
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You’ll need 3 different fabrics. Two for the outside, one for the inside. Try to match them, but they shouldn’t be too perfect together, otherwise the result will be boring. All measurements are included a 1cm seam. Iron between every step to get the best result.TAGS
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crazy mom quilts: storage cubes SAVE
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Great for scrap fabric, and reusing bits like old sheets, curtains, and clothing. I'd love to try this with clear shower curtains, then use decorated cardboard for the inserts, to use in the bathroom (easy to clean, prevents fabric mold).TAGS
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Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Ways to Clean Up Your PC SAVE
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Whether it's remnants of that bag of Fritos you ate three years ago lodged in your keyboard or a registry full of broken entries, that old PC of yours could use a little cleaning up. Over time it's easy for Windows to accumulate cruft—like programs you never use but that automatically start up anyway, temporary or duplicate files, multiple desktop shortcuts or gigabytes of data you forgot about hogging up your hard drive. Scrub that old PC up all shiny and new again with today's top 10 ways to clean up your PC.TAGS
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Geek to Live: Automatically back up your hard drive SAVE
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Don't expect yourself to remember to back up your data, or stack your closet full of burned CD's or DVD's. Today we're going to set up automated nightly, weekly, monthly local and off-site backups for your PC using free software. Once you get this up and running, you'll never have to worry about losing data again.TAGS
