Another small but useful word here, ‘いがい／意外／igai’、loosely meaning ‘unexpected’ or ‘surprising’, which describes situations I seem to find myself in more than I probably should. […] Read More
As most of you know right now, the EU rejected the software patents bill by a huge majority (648 – 14 (18 abst.)) which has […] Read More
It’s been a while since I observed any news from this man, which is more a reflection of me being busy as I’m sure not […] Read More
Ah. It seems we live in an age where the big player *must* be right, and people don’t like buying something from that small shop, […] Read More
This is a collection of material housed at Pacific University website showing propaganda matter produced mainly in the U.S. during World War 2. There’s a […] Read More
[This is the first of hopefully many ‘word of the day’ posts, in an effort to help me with my appalling Japanese, especially for business […] Read More
Last week I bought myself an Apple Airport Express. It’s a fairly regular wireless 802.11b/g access point amongst other wireless functions, it’s very small, stylish […] Read More
It occurred to me the other day whilst I was clearing out some old bookmarks that it’d been a long time since I’d been involved […] Read More
You know when you’ve had a domestic weekend when you cook, clean the windows, re-pot your plants, vacuum and do some DIY in 48 hours. […] Read More
After 6 years of looking at my Toshiba 19″ 4:3 ratio CRT TV, we finally bought a new TV this week – a Sharp Aquos […] Read More