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	<title>Andrew Parker's Blog</title>
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	<description>the not-so-eloquent writings of a not-so-interesting guy</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Beast of Roppongi Hills</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/08/08/the-beast-of-roppongi-hills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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Photos were taken December 2007.
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		<title>Shinjuku Gyoen in Autumn</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/08/01/shinjuku-gyoen-in-autumn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Living in Tokyo has made me realise how many nice parks there are in Melbourne. There are definitely fewer in Tokyo, so we are quite lucky to live very close to one of the biggest - 新宿御苑 (Shinjuku Gyoen). The park has a few different styles, and is very popular on the weekends, especially during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The importance of backups</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/02/29/the-importance-of-backups/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[My hard drive on my macbook failed a few weeks ago. I&#8217;ve resurrected the original hard drive (not the failed one) till I get around to buying a new one. Luckily I had backed up my photos the night before (yay for rsync!), so I didn&#8217;t lose anything really important.
I&#8217;m seriously considering getting a Time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deleting locked files from a USB drive in OS X</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/02/22/locked-files/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I ran into the following dialog when trying to &#8220;Empty Trash&#8221; in OS X (10.4)





The problem was caused by a couple of hundred locked files on the USB drive, which OS X happily sent to the trash but would not let me delete. Normally you can just restore a file from the Trash to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mount Takao in Autumn</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/01/25/mount-takao-in-autumn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 08:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bron and I went to 高尾山 (Mount Takao) during autumn.
高尾山 is about 45 minutes west of Tokyo by train, so it&#8217;s really easy to get to. There were lots of people there, but most of them took the cable-car to near the top so at least the trail wasn&#8217;t too crowded. We took the side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home-Sweet-Home in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/01/11/home-sweet-home-in-tokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:58:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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In Yotsuya, only 4 minutes from the nearest subway station, 30 minutes from my work, and about 25 minutes walk from Shinjuku.
The rent sure isn&#8217;t cheap, but it&#8217;s quite big and gets plenty of sun, and I didn&#8217;t have to pay key money. The landlord also provided a refridgerator and a washing machine, and curtains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hello Kitty 2</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2008/01/04/hello-kitty-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems that walking cats is a not-so-uncommon past-time in Japan.
First I saw the following (while walking in the forest down from the top of Mount Takao (高尾山) no less):




Then spotted in Shijuku a few weeks later:




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		<title>Hello Kitty</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2007/10/15/hello-kitty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Seen on the way to my first day of work in Tokyo:








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		<title>Working in Tokyo</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2007/10/15/working-in-tokyo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years of thinking about it, I&#8217;ve finally made the move and started work in Japan. I&#8217;m working for an american investment bank in Tokyo (right near Tokyo station), so I won&#8217;t be speaking too much Japanese at work, but hopefully I&#8217;ll get to practice a bit.
Here&#8217;s the view from my temporary accommodation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trishaw</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2007/04/08/trishaw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 02:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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Taken at the same location as my rickshaws photo, and also available in my redbubble portfolio.
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		<title>Rickshaws</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2007/03/08/rickshaws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 13:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Rickshaws in front of a blue house in Penang...]]></description>
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		<title>Picasso at NGV</title>
		<link>http://www.avparker.com/2007/01/14/picasso-at-ngv/</link>
		<comments>http://www.avparker.com/2007/01/14/picasso-at-ngv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Bron and I went to see the Picasso exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria.]]></description>
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