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- Getting lost in the world of Laputa
I am certainly not an anime expert – but after being in Japan for a couple of months last year I started developing an appreciation for this form of art. In particular, I fell in love with the work of Studio Ghibli, the Tokyo-based animation film studio which includes award director Hayao Miyazaki. The other […]
- Japanese figurative paintings
I went to the National Museum of art in Osaka the other day, and saw a lot of inspiring stuff. The exhibition that was on was titled “Garden of Painting—Japanese Art of the 00s”: To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the National Museum of Art, Osaka’s relocation from Expo Park to Nakanoshima, in the heart […]
- Getting back to the ontological work..
I’ll be working in Osaka for three months on ontologizing a couple of datasets with the help of Riichiro Mizoguchi. This means that I’ll have enough time to revise various notions about ontology engineering during this period. Here’s a first and fundamental one, regarding the difference between ontologies and data models: The difference between ontologies […]
- Japanese Terror in Sancasan
Yesterday I finalized a song from last year.. it’s called Japanese Terror in Sancasan. Weird title I know, but if you happen to see me live I’d be happy to tell you the story behind it (it’s a bit personal). The song ‘s been originally made with Impromptu (the repetitive japanese sounding line in the […]
Parerga und Paralipomena / At the core of all well-founded belief lies belief that is unfounded – Wittgenstein
