I’ve been playing around with MovableType with the view to migrate to it, and here’s what I’ve learned about installing and Japanese support. It’s probably pretty obvious to all of you, but hey ;-) Movable Type’s excellent installation instructions…
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I’m impressed that Apple has led the industry in offering easy and legal music downloads. I’m surprised that no one has done it sooner. Given it’s US-only, I can’t try it out, but it certainly looks like it’ll break…
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Somebody shoot me. I’ve been asked to redesign a sub-website for a University still using a lot of Netscape Navigator 4 browsers. I want to make something that is standards-compliant (preferably
XHTML), uses
CSS not tables for layout, and…
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BBC had an article on the origins of Spam today, but failed to link to the Center for Democracy and Technology report they quoted, amusing since the BBC’s article is just a shorter, less detailed rewrite (bad BBC). While…
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I was playing around with Goole today and discovered something interesting. I was reading about Google Hacks and jokingly did a search on my ‘mindshare’ for boblet. I was surprised to see my blog show up prominently, because I…
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I’ve just read a very interesting and timely article on Isreal and the Middle East situation, by one of my favourite web writers Phillip Greenspun. He’s written a quick, no-BS overview of the situation in the Middle East, with…
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I’m almost not sick. Yay. Kinda I just got a new job today via iBrain. They want me to re-design Mie University’s Center for International Students website. I don’t know what’s there now (it times out), but I get…
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It’s been one of those weeks. I got done over (very politely though) by the Immigration Department when getting my new visa. I came down with some kinda crazy ‘flu at the start of the week, and am still…
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On Monday I caught some kind bug (of the illness variety). It’s been pretty unusual. So far Monday - a very sore throat Tuesday - slightly sore throat, body aches, sinus pain, exhaustion Wednseday - Body aches/exhaustion and tissue…
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I came across Weird Japanese T-Shirts via Chanpon.org. This site has some great Japanese, and is a little melodramatically funny in it’s own right (bizarre, wacky, stylish!). I like the one of Soseki Natsume saying I am a pervert in…
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I want to test how Geeklog handles some html tags… pre tag this is some pre-tagged text with a blank line before and after (not using br tags though) pre tag inline this is some pre text including carriage returns…
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Life in Japan is bureaucratic(-ly stupid) more than most places, but sometimes it’s just stupidly stupid. Case in point; the Immigration Department. I recently went to change my work visa to a ‘Spouse of Japanese national’ visa. Although my…
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The suggestions in George Orwell’s Politics and the English Language (1946) are ones I want to practice by writing this blog. Thanks to Kevin Marks for the link. James Sphar is making a visual web traffic analyser, that generates…
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Thursday was playing Kung Fu Chaos and teaching. Kung Fu Chaos is pretty cool, but definitely needed a few more levels. The teaching was .. well teaching. Friday was visiting Michiko in Omiya. Her place is pretty cool and has…
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Finally, another post. It’s been a two-week rollercoaster ride, and I’m still recovering. The Japanese wedding was fantastic, although I ran out of energy about half-way through the reception. Seeing my parents was also fantastic, as was seeing Bill…
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