I heard that japanese Primi Minister Junichiro Koizumi broke down to tears in Brazil. I guess he was there to promote more trade and business between the countries. My friend, who told me about this asked me: “Why is Brazil home to the largest Japanese community outside Japan?” I knew there were a lot of [...]
Just signed up for One day PhotoShop workshop. Cool.
According to Reuters report, the owners will “reconsider” the merger, not freeze it. It’s just deadline extended for another week basicly. Good news, however, for fans who wants to see the games and now Livedoor might be able to buy Kintetsu. Good for them. Not really related but concerns me that there are bunch of [...]
I’ve used RBrowser from the begining of my Mac OS X experience for my ftp/sftp client. It is a very good appplication, easy to use, nice drag and drop interface, and uses column windows style browsing which I like a lot. Only problem is it is rather expensive, $49 USD and can’t run the apps [...]
Free DNS service upto 5 domains? ZoneEdit.com. and lookingfoor RAM? DealRam.com Thanks to Gavin.
One of my favorite web-zine, generation rice (sadly they are going away… toobad…) had an interview with Carl Nomura, author of Sleeping on Potatoes. It was very interesting. He obviously have strong feeling about Japanese American “relocation” (link: Relocation Digital Archive), (another link: Japanese-American Internment) and is a very successful business man. He also talks [...]
Two awesome apps I was shown by Gavin… DeskTop Manager and Adium. Awesome applications. I can’t believe that I lived this long without them. Man, I want a Mac Laptopo now. Above two, FireFox, Thuderbird, iTerm and BB Edit is all I need…
Oh my. Japanese Baseball is going on strike. Forums – Strike! September 11-12 The Japan Times Online Japan Today – News – First-ever baseball players’ strike looms as merger nears reality – Japan’s Leading International News Network I wrote a piece for csmonitor.com: 2004 baseball strike? Maitta! (I know, its kinda corny title… but my [...]
My hometown team, the Boston Red Sox, is doing great. But my “home” hometown team, the Chunichi Dragons, is doing even better. They are leading the league, four-and-half games ahead of the Japanese “evil empire,” Yomiuri Giants as of 9/6. I check their stats and standings on the net every week. As I was doing [...]
I am looking forward to see what happens on Nov. 2. having watched both conventions (I had to, that was my job…), I know who I am voting for. But I feel both guys are capable of the job. I don’t think Bush is as dumb as some people (or some film maker) make(s) him [...]
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