Wondering what you can to do to support QuakeBook? We have our first flier for you to print out - download it here. There are more posters to come Thank you to the Quakebook editor who has produced this - ThatDanRyan. The cover of the book itself is by James White and Edd Harrison. If you have ideas for promotion and for Quakebook, please complete the volunteer form To all those who have completed that form, we are hugely grateful for your offers.
If you haven't received an invite to our Yammer community yet, it's coming! We are marginally swamped but in a far more positive manner than those we are trying to support. Labels: edd harrison , flier , James white , poster , promotion , thatdanryan , yammer. Ourman on the radio. It will also be available on itunes Please show Quakebook your continuing support as we move towards the launch.
Thank you. Labels: canada , maple syrupinabiko , ourmaninabiko , radio , revpaperboy , show , VSsunday. Sunday, 3 April The Quakebook theme tune? And here is that song Labels: black water , fatblueman , song , youtube.
Saturday, 2 April Global media coverage for Quakebook. Labels: media coverage , news , newspapers , quakebook , worldwide. Friday, 1 April ourmaninabiko Our Man in Abiko center At left, quakebook advisor Kevin Carroll. Streaming the Quakebook press conference The technology wizard behind this morning's livestream of the Quakebook press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan was Joseph Tame foreground , who not only set up the stream, but also livetweeted the action.
What does Joseph get up to in his spare time? Check it out. For those of you who were unable to attend in person, we have a recording of it here. Thursday, 31 March Associated Press: Japan disaster sparks social media innovation.
On 30 March, one of Quakebook's editors answered IndieReader's questions about how Quakebook got started, and what it has been like pulling together contributors and resources from all over the world to publish an independent book. Amy Edelman of IndieReader.
You can now see a small selection of these on the Excerpts page. Labels: artwork , excerpts , images , photos , quakebook. Quakebook Flickr In Japanese and Labels: earthquake , flickr , japan , photos , quakebook. Labels: afp , Google , news , newswires , wires. Daily Promotion. Every day at Japan Standard Time, quakebook will tweet a quote from Quakebook, as well as a link to the "Buy Quakebook" page on this blog.
If you don't already follow quakebook on Twitter, we ask you to start doing so, because every day we will be relying on all of our Twitter followers to retweet the quote of the day as soon as we post it. The Japan Times has already committed to follow and support us in the retweeting campaign.
Please send all your friends and family a link to this page, so that we can have as many quakebook followers as possible helping us raise awareness for this amazing project.
Singapore Standard Time -1hr The current Tokyo time is: What time is pm in your part of the world? Labels: , daily , japan times , news , tokyo. Barry Eisler writes the foreword. Labels: barry eisler , foreword , quakebook. Labels: book , poster , quakebook , signal.
Justin Lin. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. An American teenager named Sean Boswell is a loner in school, however he challenges his rival for an illegal street racing, and he totals his car in the end of the race. To avoid time in prison he is sent to Tokyo to live with his father who is in the military. As soon as he arrives he discovers a new, fun but dangerous way of street racing in the underworld of the streets of Tokyo, Japan.
Rated PG for reckless and illegal behavior involving teens, violence, language and sexual content. Did you know Edit. Trivia The drifting in the movie was performed by professional drivers. As reported in a recent Sport Compact Car, Rhys Millen , his father Rod, and a handful of other famous rally and drift racers consistently performed drift sequences for the movie.
Goofs If Twinkie was a military brat, his license plate would have a Japanese symbol that looks like a "Y" on the left side. Military members and their families with cars in Japan are required to have "Y" plates.
Quotes Shawn Boswell : Why'd you let me race your car? Han : Why not? Alternate versions For the Japanese version the scene with the final race is altered. The Yakuza member starting the final race is shown to be having all his fingers instead of missing four.
Connections Featured in The Slanted Screen User reviews Review. Top review. Not a bad film considering it was a Part 3. Now I am dating myself if that's the only film I can come up with when it comes to trilogies. See the full list of planned sites here. Decisions that might have elicited an eye roll or a sigh of resignation a year ago, are now being met with vocal opposition and community-driven civil action.
Such is the case with the Tokyo Live Site Project fiasco. However, construction in the park is still ongoing, as current reports suggest the area might be quickly repurposed as a vaccination site instead. There has also been talk of using the area as a live viewing space for the Paralympics later on. In the meantime, the construction of other sites involved in the project continue.
Even with canceling the Live Site Project at Yoyogi Park, concerns over unnecessary environmental damage and gatekeeping of the public green space still remain. As do questions over the purpose of an outdoor vaccination center in the middle of a popular park.
For those who have made their voices heard, the wait for a definitive answer goes on. Rochelle Kopp, a Tokyo-based management consultant, author and educator, has been leading the vanguard in challenging the Live Site Project. In May, Kopp stumbled upon tweets indicating the Live Site Project would be implemented in spite of ongoing concerns around the spread of Covid The petition gained over , signatures in its first week.
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