Archive for February, 2010

A picture of a kitty stretching in the kitchen results in a “How To Sex” advertisement in the sidebar … how odd.

My father-in-law and I passed by this place the other day, and the name took me a little by surprise. While the spelling is a little different, I can’t help but wonder why anyone would want to go to a 2円 strip club with a name morbidly similar to “die”.

A few days ago, Kenji asked me a question that caught me a little off guard: Why don’t I write posts about Japan, anymore?

One of the many things that men learn when they’re young is that there are three mothers we should be especially careful with: Mother Nature, Mother-in-Laws, and Mother $%&#ing Spammers. This third one is quite upset with me today …

Can anyone seriously answer this question? Since posting an article a few days ago about how I’m tired of buying computers, I’ve been looking at various portable machines that might actually be able to provide a decade or more of service. So is it better to go all out and buy an i7 now, or would an i5 suffice so long as the notebook could accept an upgrade later?

Imagine, if you will, a future where people are more aware of their ecological impact on the planet and strive as a single collective to reduce our emissions-loving ways as much as possible without simultaneously destroying nations and economies. Believe it or not, it is possible.

I’m tired of buying new computers every few years. Seriously. After using a decent HP notebook for over five years with heavy usage and only minor repairs here and there, I’ve reached an epiphany: I don’t want to maintain the consumerist cycle of buying a computer and then lusting for something newer only six months later.

Japanese web pages are quite a bit different from their English-language equivalents.  While the English sites tend to have become more flashy with lots of white space, Japanese sites tend to cram as much as possible into as small a
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It seems like just last month I was lamenting about this site’s drop in valuation when something hit my Inbox this morning.  It seems that all the site valuation pages out there have been wrong! j2fi.net is worth a staggering
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Spam is a regular occurrence for websites that allow comments or submissions from just about anyone online, but why is it always so mis-targeted?  Take, for instance, this spam message I received regarding a “natural cure for insomnia”. Insomnia is
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Since my first post talking about using Windows Home Server, I’ve been inundated with emails from people asking various questions on how they can solve particular problems they’re experiencing.  I certainly appreciate the vote of confidence and, like I had
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Early this morning I woke to find an email from a reader who had just read my post from last July asking what everyone’s problem was with netbook computers.  Unfortunately, due to a mis-configured plugin, I couldn’t reply to him
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Kenji and I have had countless conversations on a number of very different topics. From attitudes of people at work, to Japan’s suicide problems, to netbooks in the workplace. Nothing is off limits. So it should come as no surprise
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