The weather in Ueno is fine, 21 degrees with a light south-westerly wind. We hope you will enjoy the time on board.One of the great things about Japan is that people worry about carrying around babies, but nobody raises an eyebrow about other weird stuff. ... 

The first umbrellas and gloves, people waiting to cross the streets stay in the shadows. The humming of air-conditioners, humidity. Salarymen with their jackets taken off.Time to buy more sleeveless shirts. ... 

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I know some of you are very skeptical when I talk about Mac stuff, but here is something I just needed to share. The other day I was poking around in iPhoto, and there are these buttons on the bottom which I thought are just for “clueless people” to do something really obvious. One of those buttons is Order Prints. I clicked on it to see what happens... 

After experiencing a series of low value orders, I felt I needed to introduce a low order fee of Y500 for orders under Y2000. Low value orders are extremely cost-inefficient to process and a low order fee will allow to keep the price of low-value products unchanged. The Shipping & Returns page was updated accordingly. ... 

Photo by Ferdinand Glockner/Stadt-Licht Some enjoyable street photography from Germany, Munich to be precise. Even dares to feature the Oktoberfest, avoiding the clichés. Best German-based material I have seen to date. Well worth a visit. ...