Don’t open another window.
One thing that has started to get my goat is the number of websites that open (external) links in other windows. Arggh. I mean how hard is it to have your site open a link in the same window. Windows ... Read More
What’s in a name?
Until recently Kiyomi has been using her maiden name in Japan and Australia. We decided (for a number of reasons) that she should change her family name to mine. The procedure to do this in Japan is a... Read More
Internet Exploder can go and take a flying leap.
After stuffing around on Kiyomi’s laptop for the past two days I have finally found what was causing the problem (which was causing me to rip my hair out) and how to fix it. Having rebuilt her W... Read More
Freezing various body parts off, both in and out of the water.
Today is known as seijin no hi (成人の日) or The Coming of Age Day which is held on the second Monday of January every year. Basically all young people who turn 20 that year celebrate seijin no hi... Read More
Miso this and miso that.
Miso (味噌), a Japanese paste made from fermented soya beans is quite popular, I think anyone who has spent more than a week in this country will have had at least a passing acquaintance with Miso S... Read More
A sick bird no longer.
It seems that Thunderbird 1.0 does work with NAV (or is that NAV works with thunderbird?), anyway, it seems that I had a particaulr setting set up a wee bit too high on the firewall, a slight readjust... Read More
Is this hard?
More ads today, distributed another 100, to selected houses. I didn’t know walking around putting peices of paper into people’s letterboxes could be so hard! It doesn’t help when the... Read More
Let’s start.
Well it’s done, the office has been fixed up (few coats of paint, floors cleaned and polished, window ledges stained a nice rose colour), business name finally chosen (don’t get me started... Read More
Make it a good one.
Happy New Year! Let’s hope it’s a good one. Up at a decent time this morning, paid a visit to Rokusho Shrine. Debated whether we should walk or drive. We ended up walking – good deci... Read More
Culture everywhere.
I managed to take the bike out today for a test ride. Well actually I went to get my hair cut and couldn’t be bothered walking. Had to pump the tyres up as 5 weeks in storage didn’t help &... Read More