http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog Web Designer, Game Developer, Japan Lover & Gunpla maniac, basically a massive geek Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-in-review-the-top-10-posts-of-2011/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-in-review-the-top-10-posts-of-2011/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:08:53 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1761 Another year has come and gone, so it’s time to root through the stats and list the cream of the crop, so to speak 10. Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake devastates Japan Japan’s had a hell of a tough year, starting in March when a huge earthquake struck and caused huge damage and loss of life in [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-in-review-the-top-10-posts-of-2011/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/just-nerfing-around/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/just-nerfing-around/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:16:59 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1717 Give me a bit of blu tack, a Nerf Barricade and my iPhone and I’ll entertain myself just fine You may also be interested in: Gundam Area Wars – AR iPhone/iPad app]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/just-nerfing-around/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/paris-2011-summer-holiday/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/paris-2011-summer-holiday/#comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 12:57:16 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1477 Well it’s taken me the best part of three weeks, but I’ve finally got my photos together! Our Paris trip lasted 5 nights across late July and early August, which included both mine and Emma’s birthdays! We crammed so much into each day, leaving the Hotel early in the morning and not returning until the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/paris-2011-summer-holiday/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/july-site-updates/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/july-site-updates/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 21:02:40 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1329 Halfway through the year and I’m still tweaking the new layout! It’s always been a work in progress in fairness, and over the past few days I’ve sorted a few bits and pieces… Quick photos Now I’ve finally got a decent smart-phone in the form of my shiny iPhone 4, I really want to make [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/july-site-updates/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/haworth-1940s-weekend/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/haworth-1940s-weekend/#comments Sun, 15 May 2011 09:34:18 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1226 Every May, Haworth in West Yorkshire plays host to classic vehicles, musicians and military displays from the 1940s era. This is my second year in a row and despite the weather it was still good fun!. Warning – seriously image heavy post! Despite the weather being a little off yesterday it never developed into a [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/haworth-1940s-weekend/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/boat-trip/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/boat-trip/#comments Sun, 01 May 2011 16:23:31 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1200 My friends and I enjoy going on dumb adventures, and our latest escapade was pretty dumb! We purchased 3 dinghys with the idea of riding the River Aire for a day in a nice relaxing trip… Well relaxing it wasn’t! Awesome it was though. Turns out boating on the river isn’t allowed because of private [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/boat-trip/feed/ 6 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-of-posts-in-review-the-top-10-of-2010/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-of-posts-in-review-the-top-10-of-2010/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 07:34:29 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=1014 As well as my personal 2010 retrospective the other day, it’s time to look  back at the most popular posts on Tubbygaijin.co.uk of 2010. 10 – HG 1/144 Gundam Exia Review An oldie but a goodie, my first ever gunpla review on the site still pulled in the pageviews some two years on. 9 – [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/a-year-of-posts-in-review-the-top-10-of-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/looking-back-at-2010/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/looking-back-at-2010/#comments Tue, 04 Jan 2011 10:27:41 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=880 Here are a few personal highlights from the year past, and quite a year it was too! New Years in Tokyo New years day in Tokyo was amazing, we participated in Hatsumōde(初詣) – the first shrine visit of the New Year at Meiji Jingu Shrine, picked up some lucky packs at Laforet and witnessed a [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/looking-back-at-2010/feed/ 2 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/tubbygaijin-co-uk-2011-redesign-complete/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/tubbygaijin-co-uk-2011-redesign-complete/#comments Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:17:41 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=810 Happy new year! Given the site a bit of a facelift for 2011, it’s amazing how dated the previous layout looked like after a year so fingers crossed this will last a bit longer. This one still needs a bit of work, mainly in the framework of the comments system and possibly a bit of [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/tubbygaijin-co-uk-2011-redesign-complete/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk-conclusion/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk-conclusion/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:35:17 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=709 Well I made it! Somehow… Set off from the house at around 10.30 this morning with Steve, and caught the train to Ilkley where out crazy adventure began. I’d set the camera to interval mode and attached it to my bag in the hopes of getting some decent shops for a timelapse of the walk.. [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk-conclusion/feed/ 0 http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk/ http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk/#comments Sat, 17 Apr 2010 11:24:16 +0000 James http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/?p=701 We’re due some lovely weather in my neck of the woods this weekend, so this Sunday i’m off out with the dog to walk from Ilkley to Saltaire across the moor! I’ve dug out my walking shoes, got some bottled water and made sure the GPS on my phone is working. Will be taking the [...]]]> http://www.tubbygaijin.co.uk/blog/general/ilkley-moor-walk/feed/ 0