Blog and Portfolio of Tokyo based web producer & illustrator, Hawken King.
best tooth news ever
30th of Apr, 2004ce* in: diary
You may now grow new teeth using your bodies own stem cells.
That means that dentures are a thing of the past.
Tests are being carried out over the next 2 years and dentists hope to use this technique within 5 years. The teeth take 3 months to grow and are implanted straight into your gum.
Best news I’ve heard in a long time. I’ve spent over 3000 on my teeth, and always wondered about genetically implanted ones… the future is here ladies and gentlemen.
smoking
23rd of Apr, 2004ce* in: diary
After being totally infuriated with my life and the way I’m heading I’ve decided to give up smoking - its a wise choice and I’m not really going to look back. I feel 10x healthier!
I’ve had to put in an insane amout of overtime with my company, I’ve not had time to do my passionate personal work or update my homepage. This lead to me feeling ill, acid reflex, insomnia and smoking like a train.
Fags (as we call them in the uk) are off. Health is on.
sansho dayu
15th of Apr, 2004ce* in: diary
first film to have me infloods of tears for a very long time. an old black and white japanese flick made in 1954.
A story about a brother and sister who were born to royalty but seperated from thier father at a young age to work as slaves. until the son escapes, reclaims his title and abolishes slavery in the region. His sister kills herself, while her brother saves thier mother from being left to die.
much later, to the end of the film, the brother seeks his mother, whom he hid in a monestary long ago.
It ends with him trying to convince his mother that he is not a ghost and he is here to carry on his fathers promise, to be true and honest.
I found this quote online: The visual elegance and formal restraint of his style make the film all the more emotionally harrowing, and the final scene, on a desolate and windswept island, must be one of the most unbearably moving endings in all cinema.
no shit.
Office space
27th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary
I spent most of yesterday building an office inside my frontroom.
Today I’ve been testing it out and its hella cozy :) I find that a nice seat and a good height desk can allow me to work at a better speed, I was just sitting on the floor beforehand, which is not the best soloution.
The odd thing is that my new desk setup is made from the same metal shelving as when I worked in Tokyo, so I supose its bringing back some memories.
Anyhow, no rest for the wicked!
passion for fashion
24th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary
Today myself and my boss here at babel went to the student fashion show at brighton university of arts to watch my friend Sylvia do her thing on the catwalk!
It was very refreshing to watch and there were some excelent designs on show.
We later took to the pubs, but were turned down at the door from the private post show party due to not having tickets (sylvia forgot to get ones even for herself!).
Spring has finally sprung
15th of Mar, 2004ce* in: diary
Wow! Its sunny outside
Well, I’ve got a new computer. My work load has increased 1000 fold, and I practicaly have no time to update dadako.com
On the upside, I’ve been going ebay mental. I am now the proud owner of a japanese super nintendo with a whole tonne of games. All the classics have been bought, except for the occasional one that goes over 15, I’d never spend more than that on a boxed classic. Last night I booted up yoshi’s island (it took a few attempts and much blowing into the cartridge). The extra speed of this console compared to the UK version is wicked.
It’s inspired me to open a new section here at hawken.dadako.com, my collectors gallery. Which will be in the diversions area as soon as I get that up and running.
computer is broken
14th of Feb, 2004ce* in: diary
somehow, my USB connector is broken, has been for ages but only just works. I got very angry with it the other day (as its the connection to my outside world, internet / data / wacom input) and took my laptop apart.
Unfortunatly Ive now ripped the motherboard to bits, and now have no USB. Ever again.
Which means I cant update my websites, read my email, and all other things associated.
Joy! Maybe now I can read a book or something!
its not often you see a website like this
29th of Jan, 2004ce* in: diary
Because I’ve cut back on drinking and I’m not smoking, and because its cold outside and there’s too many channels on digital tv, I’ve been spending a lot of time on the internet.
I have to say most of everything is a load of old poo! I’m mostly looking at arty things, and I’d don;t like what I see. But every now and then something amazing comes along, usually corporart (commercial art) which can include music and games promotion websites.
Here is one such site, for the western release of a Japanese playstation game. I really cannot stress how impressed I am. forbidden siren is like a cross between The Ring and an old SNES game called Otogiriso, which was one of the greatest text adventures ever.
This site of course has all the latest trickery that flash has to offer including speach. In fact, its hardly worth visiting the site with no audio. I rate this 10 out of 10!
Just don’t look at it in the dark
http://www.forbidden-siren.com/
and the entry page hanuda
spiderman
23rd of Dec, 2003ce* in: diary
As I walked out from my neighbours apartment to go to the pub, he majesticaly locked himself out!
We pondered how to get back into the apartment. Which resulted in me scaling 3 floors of scaffolding and then clambering through several peoples balconies.
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