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Sometimes it’s the little things that we notice while reading the news online that makes the new process for old media so enjoyable. While reading a quick little Apple-related article in the 朝日新聞 (Asahi Newspaper) I couldn’t help but notice the big 250×250 Microsoft ad wedged right in there.

Last week’s stampede in Harajuku received a lot of attention in Japan and online, but it also served as a reminder of why I wouldn’t want to live in such a big city; Tokyo or otherwise.

Buying presents has never been an easy thing for me. It’s not for lack of importance, lack of information, or lack of imagination, but something far more sinister: lack of consistency from the receiver.

It seems nobody knows how to spell anymore. Is it just me that gets upset about this?

Why do spammers insist on wasting time with blogs? Well … at least this one felt it was an honor.

Who doesn’t love seeing a nice round number every once in a while? This post marks the 850th post on j2fi.net and, since it’s been a while since I’ve looked back at some of my favorite posts, I thought this would be a good opportunity to do so.

I don’t know why I bother reading most of the spam that hits this site. However, every once in a blue moon, I will receive a message that gives me reason to pause. Today saw another one of those messages.

Yesterday I received an email from someone who wanted to know why I would not call myself an English teacher, and instead use the title “language facilitator”. Here’s why.

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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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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Pills that mess with one’s head suck. Sure I’ve been frustrated as heck for  the last few months but, now that I’m supposed to take some “relaxation” pills, matters have become worse.  Now, in addition to being frustrated, I get
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Over eight hundred days have passed since I started this blog, but today a nice round number graced my administration screen: 2500.  This is the number of comments that currently exist on this site … 62% of which were written
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The time of the blog may have peaked three years ago, but there’s still money to be made from the platform.  The question, however, is ‘how much can you hope to gain’? Way back in May of 2007, I had
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