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Broadcasting to an audience of three (and a goldfish)...
Comment, ramblings and musings... life through the eyes of a Japanologist...
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Friday, August 30, 2002 |
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Mejiro (cheap)
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Atashinchi
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Photographs
Taking advantage of the new, 'improved' iDisk, I've redesigned my pages of photographs. The first 'new' page is of the photos I took at the JMSDF Naval Review, in November of last year.
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Using both Mac OS X 10.1.5 and 10.2 on a daily basis, I've decided to
make a brief list of what I like best about the new version (apart from the fact that the 'X' of OS X is in a fetching jaguar print on the box!)...
The 'wait cursor': now I'm used to the new cursor, the old one looks
positively amateurish.
Spring-loaded folders are as useful as they ever were.
Being able to use more than one 'info' window at once is a real boon.
I'm sure there'll be more as I delve deeper into the new OS
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Two people came from Ondo to discuss the speech I've been asked to give
on September 24th. Putting aside my urge to yell at the older woman for
her insistence on calling me 'sensei', we managed to decide on a title-
'Nihon to Igirisu: shimai-koku?', which translates into something like
'Japan and Great Britain: twin countries?'. It sounds catchier in the
Japanese, though...! I also persuaded them that I was perfectly able to
drive as far as Ondo, which in the end meant that they we able to
abandon their plans to come and pick me up. For a speech beginning at
6.30, they were talking about coming to fetch me at 4 o'clock! At least
if I'm driving myself I can go at a sensible time...
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Went to the bank (for some reason, my bank book wouldn't work), and on
the cashier's desk was the town magazine, open at my article! Given that
the magazines had only been distributed seconds earlier, my article must
have been the first thing the cashier turned to!
It's good to know I
have one fan at least, then...
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Interesting chat at lunchtime with Nagareda-kun and Hanano-kun about
girls (especially those who came as volunteers to the Furusato Tanbo
event), girlfriends (who's seeing whom, when, where, and- in quite a few
cases- why)... and B-Rap High School on 'Gakko e ikko'. The most amusing
hiru-toban ever, I think!
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I took the plunge and upgraded my .Mac membership. It goes without
saying that I would have preferred a free service, but nevertheless,
it's good to see 81.4 MB free on my iDisk, even if I did have to pay $50
for the privilege...
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Breakfast Show Staple Randomhaiku of the day (from The Genuine Haiku Generator)
barracudas shine
messily, pains shrivel, soaked
streams hesitate, calm
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© Copyright 2003 Nathan Duckworth.
Updated: 8/1/03; 8:33:39 pm.
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