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It’s hard to believe, but three years have passed since Reiko and I traveled to the 各務原市役所 to sign the documents that would make us husband and wife. Thinking back on everything that has happened over the last 1,095 days, I still think it was one of the best decisions I’ve made.

There’s no denying that our desire to have the latest and greatest of everything is not very environmentally friendly habit to engage in, but it seems that there is one type of consumer that seems to have perfected the process of recycling their old and unwanted electronics: Apple loyalists.

After years of putting off the purchase due to sheer good luck (and a patient Mother-in-law), the Mrs. and I have decided to bite the bullet and buy our first car this weekend: a purple Special Limited Edition Daihatsu Move. The biggest selling point was the pearl paint job, of course.

This marks the 900th post on j2fi.net and, rather than do something predictable like look back at some of the more popular posts or anything like that, I thought it would be more interesting to share my experiences on upgrading a group of WordPress 2.9.x sites to a single WordPress 3.0 site.

It’s half a world away. Billions of marine creatures have died. The oil well is still gushing anywhere between 30,000 and 50,000 barrels of crude a day depending on what newspaper you read. Entire ecosystems have been wiped out and will take decades or more to recover, if recovery is at all possible.

There have been a number of great authors who shaped my view of the universe, but very few have come close to providing the razor sharp wit and clarity we’ve often enjoyed from the words of Samuel Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain.

The World Cup has been slowly building to a fever pitch over the last six months and it seems the games going on in South Africa are catching more eyeballs than the Vancouver Olympics could have ever hoped for. So, naturally, Twitter’s down.

Since getting my hands on an iPod Touch a few months back, I’ve been compelled to compare my screen layouts with everyone around me … and I’ve come to a conclusion: I’m not trying hard enough!

There seems to be a lot of noise about Google’s collection of potentially private data over unsecured wireless networks. Regardless of whether this was intentional or not, governments can do a lot of good with this information.

Reiko and I paid a visit to 境川 (the Sakai River) in 各務原市 (Kakamigahara City) to see the cherry blossoms in full bloom. We weren’t disappointed.

After six incredible years of exploration, it seems that NASA’s Spirit Rover has reached the end of its mobility. That said, just because it can’t move anymore doesn’t mean the robotic explorer is going to be put down forever.