the qualia journal

It was my second visit to the Niagara Falls. Last time, I did not go on the boat ("Maid of the Mist") to see the Great Fall from n...

In Toronto, where I am currently staying, I see many cars carrying national flags on the streets. Needless to say, they are not for the G20 ...

I am in Toronto now. Due to the G20 summit to be held in Toronto, the security at the airport was tight. There was a heavy traffic jam on th...

There are many fashion shows held every year in cities such as Paris, London, Milan, New York, and Tokyo. Some people might have a cynical a...

I have been dreaming of going to the Oze National Park, ever since my graduate school days. Dr. Tokunagawa, who was an associate professor o...

I have been to the beautiful mountain region of Oze overnight. I stayed at the TEPCO mountain lodge. What a change from my every day. Withou...

My long time pen friend (since the teens!) Petrusa lives in South Africa. And as you may well be aware, things have been getting a bit wild ...

Things that ever happened in my life, if successfully registered, remains as the connection pattern between neurons in my brain. On the firs...

After finishing the job for the day, we went to an onsen (hot spring) place in Fukui prefecture. If you are "vetted" by the Japane...

Yesterday, during a lecture I gave at my old university, I tried to make some noise. But I utterly failed. Observing the flow of students on...

Yesterday I was talking with a couple of book editors and writers in the heart of Tokyo. One of them, a writer who helped me author several ...

Towards a more open-ended English education. Ken Mogi Sony Computer Science Laboratories kenmogi@qualia-manifesto.com It is a widely recogni...

It was heartening to observe the overwhelming response to the news of Hayabusa reentry yesterday. Hayabusa, an unmanned space mission to ret...

There are certain things that restrict the realization our potentials. The most harm is done when the restriction is imposed on each of us a...

I went to the Keio University Hiyoshi campus for our "Brain Club" meeting and lecture giving. It is always so interesting to go t...

Greg left a very interesting comment on my last entry "The secret is to hide your sources". Greg: It sounds reasonable that new di...

Albert Einstein once remarked to the effect that the secret of creativity is to hide your sources. Here, the great physicist is showing agai...

While in Ann Arbor, there was one thing that I would very much like to see. ENIAC. ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Com...

My travel in the United States continues. A 30 minutes drive from the Detroit airport brought me to Ann Arbor. As the car approached the aca...

I arrived in Columbus, Ohio, and moved to Athens, Ohio, on the road. We dropped by a roadside restaurant. I got into talking with John. John...