Archive for August, 2009

It seems that Apple, the perky company from Cupertino, has a little bit of an issue with some of the ultra-popular iPhones in Western Europe. According to several people in France and one in Belgium, their phones are overheating, starting
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Wireless internet has become ubiquitous throughout much of the world, and it’s something that many of us enjoy using while out and about in the world. I regularly search new locations for open access points where I might check my
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土用 (どよう), the day people all over Japan eat うなぎ (eel) to bring good luck, was a few weeks ago but the Mrs. and I were unable to partake in this relatively new tradition for a decent price.  So, instead
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Every week I take a walk through 名古屋大学 (Nagoya University) on the way to a customer’s office, and every week I’m more amazed with what I find around the campus. The school has some pretty intelligent people, and I talk
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Since before the time of newsgroups, people have waged a war of words online to promote, defend, or berate a particular computer platform. At the moment there are really only two contenders in the ring; Apple’s OS X and Microsoft’s
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With only two weeks to go before the start of September, the majority of this year’s big-budget movies have already made their way to, and from, the theatres.  Quite a few movies gave us incredibly high expectations and, unfortunately, only
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With the recent number of Fail Whale’s on Twitter recently, there have been an increasing number of people that are looking to archive their Tweets elsewhere. Aside from the obvious benefit of keeping our messages regardless of what happens to
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Time sure flies when you’re having fun, doesn’t it?  Today marks the second anniversary of Reiko and I being (legally) married!  Oddly enough, though, this is also our third “California Day.” What the heck is “California Day,” you ask?  I’m
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Kenji and I were having a discussion last week about a company notebook that was forgotten on the subway.  This was a salesperson’s computer, so contained an incredible amount of customer data, as well as a good amount of corporate
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People are people regardless the time, place, or culture.  As such, it should come as no surprise when people take advantage of things here and there for the sake of their own convenience without any regard to other people.  One
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There are many things that I like about living in Japan, but very few can beat this country’s infatuation with stuff in a can.  In addition to being able to buy beverages such as soda, beer, water, juice, jelly, vodka,
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Sixty-Four years have passed, but let’s never forget. Many of us have never lived through the horrors of war, and let’s hope most of us never have to.

What the heck is wrong in the world, lately?  It seems that nobody is held accountable for their actions when visiting foreign nations anymore, and it has got to stop. Today two American reporters were given a pardon from Dear
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