Archive for July, 2009

There’s a rather sad story on Page 2 of the Daily Yomiuri newspaper today that states “Suicides climb in 1st half of ’09“.  While Japan has long had more suicides per year than the rest of the planet combined, it’s
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The world is a big place, and there are countless others who share our name that make it into the news on a regular basis.  Searching for other people with our name on the internet has become so common-place that
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The skies certainly opened up today.  While on the way to get some kanji textbooks, the Mrs. and I ran into some pretty heavy rain.  At some points visibility was down to just 50 meters. Good thing the car’s wipers
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Since before the release of Asus’ first EeePC, people have complained about the speed, or lack thereof, experienced on the netbook form factor. Issues such as boot time, lag between clicks, slow application load times, and limited screen resolutions have
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Many people who read this site have undoubtedly owned several computers over the last few decades with each new machine bringing a little more power and capability to our lives over the last. A lot of people I’ve worked with
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With each passing year, movies get bigger and bigger.  Very rarely can we walk into a cinema and see something lacking the touch of computer animation, and rarer still can we watch something that isn’t a remake of some other
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Five posts in one week!  What gives! It looks as though time is no longer in short supply, which means that this site will become quite a bit more active with yet another slew of rants interspersed with the occasional
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With July in full swing and the mercury hitting temperatures over 35 degrees, this seems to be the single most common question asked when meeting someone. Before moving to Japan, I honestly had no idea what real humidity was like.
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A few weeks ago I was accused of living under a rock because I didn’t know who Susan Boyle was, or why people were talking about her.  When I asked the simple question of “why should I know her?” the
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In the world of customer data, security is an absolute necessity.  Anyone who does not take the matter seriously will likely find themselves in a world of hurt followed quickly by unemployment if a company’s customer data is stolen, compromized,
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Living in Japan can be a lot of fun, but sometimes there can be some interesting differences between one’s adopted home and natural home.  One such example would be Japan’s understanding of cereal.  In Canada, cereal would be considered “part
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Canada Day has come once again, but it isn’t the same here in Japan. Where are the fireworks that light up the skies, the scantilly clad women, and balding fat guys? Here in Japan we can’t show our country love,
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