I've been living and working in Japan since January of 2006. I currently live in Kumagaya and do random IT work, mostly unix related.

In the states I played way too much racquetball, mountainbiked quite a bit, spent too much time and money on windsurfing, snowboarded, probably watched more anime than I should have, and read a lot.

In tokyo I work moderately ridiculous hours, but roller blade or practice yoga frequently.

I have a not too spectacular site up at kurami (d o t) com

snowboarding, chess, shogi, go, rollerblading, anime, manga, mac, unix, linux, games, japanese, japan, travelling, fitness, health

Rush, KMFDM, NiN, jack johnson, REM, BT, clammbon, coheed and cambria, massive attack

Haven't seen one in a very long time.

Judge Dredd. It is the best movie. Ever.

Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, BtVS/Angel, Last Exile, 12 Kingdoms, Evangelion, Initial D,juuousei, Paradise Kiss, Lain, Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Kamichu, and bunch of other anime series.

Cryptonomicon, Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Ender's Game, A Fire Upon the Deep, Nueromancer, Pattern Recognition, Mona Lisa Overdrive, Count Zero, Virtual Light, Wheel of Time, Song of Ice and Fire, The Alchemist, Neverwhere, The Scar, Perdido Street Station, 1st two Sword of Truth books, Altered Carbon

I am so uncool I don't have a favorite quote.