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05 Oct 07 visit Making Money Online As mentioned in my previous post there are many ways to make money from the web. As you have also noticed the format of my blog has changed. This is the first step to making money online. You need to select an eye catching page that will attract customers...
03 Oct 07 visit JC..Is he the messiah or just a naughty little boy No I`m not talking about Jesus Christ or even a Monty Python movie, I'm talking about one of the most successful bloggers of all time. Just to give you an idea of how successful he generated USD$20,512.17 in revenue for the month of september with ~10000...
30 Sep 07 visit Omatsuri ー おますり Well, a couple of weeks ago I was extremely luck to participate in an Omatsuri and carry the Mikkoshi..In May and the beginning of June, some temples in down town Tokyo (Kanda, Ueno and Asakusa area) hold Japanese Festivals every year. The main part of...
20 Sep 07 visit New Mouse for the MacBook Last weekend I decided to purchase a mouse for the MacBook. Decisions decisions. The local electronics shop is a place called Yodobashi. It's the kind of place you get " Option Anxiety ". Well as an avid subscriber to numerous blogs and forums I stumbled...
16 Sep 07 visit WinXP on MacBook Well, after spending the most trouble free 30 minute install I had Windows XP Pro running on the MacBook, either full screen or in a window on the desktop( see pic). I have setup the mac desktop as a shared folder to exchange files and I am extremly...
13 Sep 07 visit Boot Camp or Parallels ????? What a tough choice, a choice I wish I had on the windows laptops. Having spent around two weeks on the mac I can say I am very happy, however there are some small things that annoy. Apparently not all web browsers are created equal, or more specifically...
11 Sep 07 visit Nampa! This post is about Nampa but comes in two parts.The first part is all about the way early 20's Japanese guys try to pick up similar aged girls, the word for this is Nampa. You can read all about this strange behaviour here....
09 Sep 07 visit First Task on the new Mac Well, at the end of a busy week I got around to messing around with the macbook. I created a website for a friend and published to the web. Pretty darn easy on the mac let me tell you. While the content wasn't that flexible, i.e. placement, backgrounds...
07 Sep 07 visit Apple Mac Rules After a week of working the new macbook pretty darn hard, I can say I only had to "Force Close" a program twice, both times related to a website with a bit of nefarious content. As an owner of a Dell M90(hamburger with the lot), sony Vaio UX UMPC,and now...
07 Sep 07 visit Latest Laptop http://www.apple.com/macbook/macbook.htmlAs you can guess from the image my latest company sponsored PC is a Mac.... I didn't think I would see the day. First impression are "wow Vista has a long way to catch up".As an old UNIX head I know that the new...
07 Sep 07 visit Important Japanese Lesson Ok, this was passed on to me and thought I needed to share it. Again you probably wont learn this at Berlitz lessons, but if you listen close enough you may hear a japanese lad punch it out from time to time. It`s all about picking up a lovely lady and I...
07 Sep 07 visit This is Scarey Stuff Please watch first.....the hopes of America!AS blonde moments go, this would be in the top 10. Watching Miss Teen South Carolina Lauren Caitlin Upton put on the spot and spectacularly pull herself out of the race with a totally incoherent answer to a...
07 Sep 07 visit Summer Break Its summer in Japan and hot hot hot.....i thought I would go swimming last weekend. The beaches in Japan aren`t that great so a nice visit to the local pool was in order.....well so i thought. watch the video and let me know what sort of a day you think i...
07 Sep 07 visit Hot, Sweaty and cant sleep in Tokyo Sunday Morning.....early....4:18 amIt's hot, damn hot and I cant sleep. So I decide to get up and waste some time on the PC when I stumbled across this Vid. Having worked in the car design game for more than a few years, this reminds me why I dont want to...
07 Sep 07 visit my daily viewing welcome to the hell affectionately named japanese tv. its so not funny it is actually funny, however the 2 litres of beer everynight certainly helps with seeing the funny side, a small point to notice... totally acceptable to smoke in the...
07 Sep 07 visit Service Expansion Need a phone in Japan?Dont have a Gaijin card?Being over charged for "b-grade" rentals?Look no further........ I have started shipping my first units this week at great prices.I have secured very popular phones in the UK and Japan for rental in the Tokyo...
07 Sep 07 visit Japanese for the Day Again I will unravel some of the intersting vocabulary ( hope I spelt that correctly) in the Japanese language.You hear all the stories about how structured Japanese is and a distinct lack of humor compared to western languages.Well with a little digging...
07 Sep 07 visit New look and feel As I learn more about web stuff i thought I would try and revamp the look and feel...what do you know it worked....hope i get to show duck some ready folding...personal joke..sorry..
07 Sep 07 visit Found this on You tube Long boring story but basically I have worked for this company in various forms and under different names for a long time, originally in Melbourne now in Japan. It's a very old marketing video, it's the first time I have seen it. Hope you enjoy seeing a...
07 Sep 07 visit My New Printer I recently purcahsed a photo printer/ all in one......I got an Epson T990http://review.japan.cnet.com/imaging/epson-colorio-pm-t990/review.htmlLet me see.... first of all it is really fast...and quality is exceptional.Wirelsss network, all the card...
07 Sep 07 visit Phrase of the day After a big 3 day long weekend, dirnking and signing karaoke just about everynight i am well back into the busy work schedule.Todays phrase is very usefull, especially when dealing with Japanese people. You have all seen the funny photos of Japanese...
07 Sep 07 visit More Japanese Words Today I have two words for you all1st is "tanabatta" which is japanese for start festival. It happens on the 7th July every year, old story about lovers meeting once a year etc etc...In japanese it looks like this 七夕 or  たなばた。 七 is ka...
07 Sep 07 visit Love the IPhone
07 Sep 07 visit New Launch News Today I start my Janaese skill with the rest of the world. Every week I will post Japanese words of the week, not your boring "Berlitz" style buisness words, but interesting and Japanese secret style words. I will keep it clean but I think the native...
07 Sep 07 visit A Day Down South Last Weekend I went to Matsue, very famous for Izumo-shrine...it rained....
07 Sep 07 visit Nice Panorama Of Shinjuku Shot with a Sony DSCR1 8 Photos stitched together with PTGUi.
07 Sep 07 visit start of a new era it all begins now

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