The Aichi 2005 Expo opens today and will run for six months until 25 September 2005. I tried to access the site before and got this: Seems that the site is under a bit of strain. Trying again in a few...Read More
I have spent the last several days working on a better web site for our school as the old one, while looking ok it was not really search engine friendly. I have changed the following: Use of h1, h2 an...Read More
We’ve been running MT-Blacklist on this blog for just under two months now and it has blocked over 200 comment spams in that time. I’m not impressed with that. Don’t get me wrong, I&...Read More
Some links on the ‘net about Okazaki. 岡崎のリンクです。 Okazaki City Guide (Current Version) – Thanks Declan Okazaki City Guide (Older version) Okazaki International Association ...Read More
It is expected that the number of Japanese households refusing to pay the NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) subscription fee (tax) will reach 700,000 by the end of the month, and no wonder what wit...Read More
Starwars.com has released a full length, 2+ minute trailer for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith to members of the StarWars.com subscription service, Hyperspace. However you don’...Read More
We had to go to one of the local electrical shops to buy some ink for the printer today when we decided to have a quick look at what new TVs were on display. Numerous flat panel TVs along the walls. W...Read More
Japanese trains have pictographic signs indicating whether seats are “special” in anyway – for the elderly, injured etc. Snopes had this sign (below) showing who can use one of these...Read More
Why can’t electrical manufacturers make products that support different standards? Televisions for example, Australia uses the PAL colour system and Japan uses the NTSC colour system. TVs sold in Ja...Read More
Calendar Spring is now here. I call it “Calendar Spring” because according to the calendar it’s now Spring, but it sure doesn’t feel like it. Calendar winter is now over and do...Read More