Archive for May, 2008

Another milestone in my life is reached today as I can now officially say that I’ve spent a year of my life in Japan. Although this total is the sum of three visits, and it’s not really that long, it’s
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Summer is just around the corner, and the staggering heat of the Japanese sun will soon bake us into exhaustion with its ceaseless presence. Last year the mercury reached 43.2 Celcius in some parts of Gifu prefecture, and this past
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It’s a question likely as old as the written word, and one we might not give consideration to while hammering out our ideas online. Is our content too long? Will length make an impact on the number of RSS subscribers?
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Long distance relationships can be incredibly difficult and, just like local relations, come with a host of hurdles to overcome. Just as one expects from any serious relationship, being so far from a loved one requires such pious virtues as
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The Phoenix lander completed it’s 711-million kilometer journey to the Martian north pole this past weekend with a successful soft-landing and some beautifully clear pictures. Over the next 90 days, this stationary laboratory will continue our quest to find evidence
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Almost five weeks have passed since I declared my intention to take the #1 spot on all the major search engines for searches on my name and, in that time, quite a few things have stood in the way of
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Blogging is hardly a new thing, as humans have engaged in this hobby since the dawn of record keeping.  For thousands of years, well-educated people would take a few moments each day to put pen to paper in order to
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For five years I had been using Windows Mobile 2002 on an incredibly failure-resistant HP iPaq 2210, and had become accustomed to the speed each program would operate. All in all, most of the software I had installed was snappy,
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As a foreigner living in Japan, having the ability to display multiple languages on my computer is something of a necessity. However, when it comes to updating or otherwise modifying a Windows Mobile device to handle East Asian languages, it
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How important is your daily coffee? Can you go without? Do you develop headaches, become irritable, or are you just downright unable to function in the slightest capacity? For many of us, coffee is an integral part of our day
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Okay, I’ll admit it.  Regardless of how much time I spend on the internet, I just don’t understand the nature of spammers.  I currently have half-a-dozen email addresses that are used for various purposes.  Aside from the addresses I’ve set
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Hewlett-Packard is negotiating to buy technology services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp. in a deal that could help the planet’s largest personal computer maker usurp more of the data management and consulting contracts from competitors such as IBM, Dell, and
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After two weeks without internet, an eternity for many people in the industrialized world, Reiko and I were graced with a friendly knock on the door and a little red box.  Inside, a DSL modem awaited the inevitable bridging of
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