Here’s a link guaranteed to make you pause and consider the amazing adventures and achievements of those who came before us. At the very least, the spectacular icy vistas from Antarctica may provide some relief from the hot and humid Japanese summer. http://www.businessinsider.com/1915-antarctic-endurance-expedition-photos-2012-6?op=1 The link is to photos of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1916 Trans-Antarctic Expedition, […]
More Celestial Magic from スミス英会話長岡京
In honour of recent astronomical events–and Martin’s great posts–here’s a wonderful sequence of time-lapse photos (isn’t that called a movie or motion picture?) of the Aurora Borealis taken in Norway: Aurora time-lapse by Tommy Eliassen See more of the photographer’s great work (example below) here: http://500px.com/tommyeliassen Happy studying…and sky-gazing. Rick Smith’s Nagaokakyo
Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本 茂) – Nintendo’s Game Wizard.
This year, Japan’s most successful video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto (宮本 茂) will turn 60. Arguably, he’s the most successful game designer in the world. His name might not sound familiar to you, but his body of work definitely will. Shigeru Miyamoto is the person behind such hits as ‘Donkey Kong’ (ドンキーコング), ‘The Legend of […]
