Life In 19x19

We're debating the fill medium: epoxy or a lacquer. Both have benefits and both have weird properties that can bee the job difficult. Epoxy will cure up and be hard as, umm, epoxy. Lacquer requires a bit of experimentation to get the mixture and viscosity correct because you only get one chance on ...

Hoshizora no Karasu has been picked up for translation again!

So far, 6 chapters have been released and it looks like that a (roughly) regular update of new chapters will be posted. I don't think I may post a link to the scanlation here, but you can find it quite easily yourself. I really like it ...

I was wondering what happened to the newsletters, sad to see that the site is offline.

Anyone around with a direct connection to David? Would be good to verify whether he's okay and to let him know that folks miss him.

Just picked this up tonight... Is the app still in active development?

I've considered picking up a set for myself just because of the distinctive features. It's too bad the stains don't match between the lid and bowls (like Kurokaki).


Yeah, they almost align, but not quite. I'm very happy with them, they are very distinctive and the craftmanship is solid.

As ...

From the Yutopian folks:

We are having Christmas sale now through January 15, 2015 for Yutopian's publications:

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extra 10% off after you place your order on our this page. Order 3 books or more will not be charge for shipping.
You can also add 2 books from Kiseido for free shipping with ...

Since I've already got a few things coming over via YJ, figured I might as well do my part for science and grabbed these.

We'll see what they actually look like in person soon!

Is that a feature or a bug ?

Yes! That's exactly what I'm wondering.

Kaya wood can have different colors in it. I don't know how the color happens. I've never seen bright red as in these bowls. Some wood color comes from fungus in the wood. If a kaya log is cut and some objectionable color is ...

Browsing through YP, I ran across this listing, described as kaya go bowls.

I'm curious, what are the red streaks? Something in the wood reacting with the lacquer or stain? Kibitzers' blood?