Derniers billets

•  Korea has four seasons
  As far as I am concerned, Korea has 2 seasons: one when it’s too hot and you bathe in your own sweat all day, and one when it’s too cold and your fingers turn blue. Season 1 ended about one month ago (we actually had a delicious overlap of a week during which I was [...]...
  Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:04:50
•  Tokyo, lights off.
  More than 3 months after the great Tohoku earthquake, life outside the sticken zones has changed a little… Fukushima power plant is still down and leaking. Beyond the obvious problems for the surrounding area, it also means that East Japan, and Tokyo in particular, can only benefit from 2/3 of...
  Thu, 23 Jun 2011 02:00:44
•  On my balcony ? one month update
  A month ago, I shared with you my beginner’s attempt at urban gardening. Since then, we’ve had a month straight of extreme sun and heavy, moist Korean summer weather, and the plants have strived. Here is an update in pictures, shot on the first cool rainy morning of the season. The lettu...
  Wed, 22 Jun 2011 00:27:36
•  Now that?s some cool farming
  This installation by Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi caught my eye this morning: Both from a design and an ecology standpoint, I find the concept wonderful. And the fact that the artist gardener managed it without getting invaded by mold is just an added bonus! I wonder how safe this growth media w...
  Tue, 21 Jun 2011 01:55:12
•  My face at 25
  So, how’s the last quarter of a century been for you? Tweet...
  Tue, 24 May 2011 06:52:38