{"id":3139,"date":"2006-04-02T15:41:44","date_gmt":"2006-04-02T21:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/about\/"},"modified":"2006-04-02T15:41:44","modified_gmt":"2006-04-02T21:41:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About Adam Rice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basics<\/h3>\n

I’m a freelance Japanese-English translator living in Austin Texas, in the soon-to-be-too-hip-for-it’s own good Cherrywood<\/a><\/strong> neighborhood. I used to live on the world-famous Street of Lights.<\/p>\n

Translating<\/h3>\n

I translate<\/a> in a number of fields: semiconductor fabrication, computing, marketing, and general business writing (kaisha annai<\/em>, annual reports, etc). I also like taking on jobs in obscure fields. I’ve been in the business since 1989.<\/p>\n

For a long time, I maintained the Honyaku Home Page as a companion to the Honyaku mailing list, an amazing community of Japanese translators.<\/p>\n

I have served as a director of the Japan Association of Translators<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Cycling<\/h3>\n

I am a cycling enthusiast. In 2010, I rode the Southern Tier.<\/a> My enthusiasm for cycling earned me a broken hip<\/a> a while back, and amazingly enough, I broke my hip again<\/a>, much worse than the first time, almost precisely four years after the first.<\/p>\n

I’ve got a little cycling-related side-hustle: Wildcard Bicycle Novelties.<\/a><\/p>\n

Firedancing<\/h3>\n

I had a side business making firedancing equipment: fire-gear See my tips on making firedancing apparatus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Burner culture<\/h3>\n

Through my connection to firedancing, I got involved with Burner culture. I participated in Burning Flipside<\/a> for the first time in 2003. I joined its advisory body in 2010, and joined its board of directors in 2012. I’ve been to Burning Man<\/a> a couple of times, as well as a couple of other regional burns.<\/p>\n

Misc<\/h3>\n

I participate on a bunch of other websites. If you do too, look me up.<\/p>\n