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Isaac Levy wrote:
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<pre wrap="">I Love Tokyo!
On Mar 10, 2007, at 2:02 PM, Yusuke Shinyama wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Akihabara has changed a lot. It used to be the place where
ubergeeks get together, but recently the town has been turned into
more like a anime/hentai palace for the mildly perverted. Lots of
nice stores has closed or moved and bizarre business is coming
up at the sites. cf. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay_restaurant">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay_restaurant</a>
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Apparently, Shenzhen is the current incarnation of geek paradise on
earth.<br>
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I don't know if any of you are familiar with Andrew "bunnie" Huang,
author of <br>
"Hacking the Xbox: An Introduction to Reverse Engineering"<br>
Which, by the way, is an *excellent* book.<br>
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>From Bunnie's Blog, an interesting post on this topic:<br>
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Akihabara, Eat Your Heart Out,<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/wordpress/?p=147">http://www.bunniestudios.com/wordpress/?p=147</a><br>
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A more recent, related post:<br>
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Where Have All the Innovators Gone?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.bunniestudios.com/wordpress/?p=157">http://www.bunniestudios.com/wordpress/?p=157</a><br>
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