Archive for December, 2009

With only an hour remaining in 2009, I figured this would be a good time to check out my Twitter stats for the year. At the start of December I had set a personal goal to send 400 Tweets while
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Everybody loves a good story, and books are a great way to share stories with the world while also earning a living.  I’ve been buying eBooks through the eReader site since April of 2000 (according to my purchse history), and
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If you had the time and money to start a new hobby, what would it be?  Would you pick up a sport? Start riding horses? Buy a rocket and explore space? Thanks to the incredible amount of down-time people have
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As anyone who knows me will attest, I have avoided using Apple products since the Apple II was released so many years ago.  Was it because of the interface? Was it because of the fanbois?  Was it because of the
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The Russians have been quite active recently with regards to their space program.  A little over a year ago saw the start of the Mars-500 project, pitting six people in a sealed off capsule against things like boredom and cabin
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With 2010 around the corner, it seems like as good a time as any to update the look and feel of this blog to something a little less … noob.  As a result, I’ve spent the bettter part of the
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It seems that all is not well in the 2.9 release of WordPress. There’s a small problem being reported by a number of people where scheduled posts fail to publish and instead report “Missed schedule” on the Admin panel.  Although
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So here it is, yet another Christmas posting like a million others before it.  Unlike the others you might read on other sites, though, this one is written by me.  That said, there really isn’t anything I could say here
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Yesterday there was a strange little icon on my cell phone.  One of the great things about many cell phones in Japan is that they can show you a weather forecast for the next day or so.  Mine was showing
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There are several things that I like about the public transportation system in Japan.  It’s almost always on time, relatively quick, and clean enough that we don’t have to examine the seats for various unpleasantries before sitting down.  Very rarely
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It’s hard to believe that we’re in the final weeks of 2009, and even harder to believe that mobile development has only just recently started to go mainstream.  If you would have asked me ten years ago when I thought
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Imagine, if you will, having all of your money and important documents in an impenetrable safe, and that safe had a complex combination.  If the combination was forgotten, you would no longer have access to any of your money.  To
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The countdown is almost up on this year’s winter Japanese Language Proficiency Test, and thousands of people residing both inside and out of Japan are studiously preparing for this important rite of passage.  So, with only a few days remaining
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