by isaokato | Aug 8, 2009 | Post
Note: the title doesn't have much to do with the content, as usual.The coffee shop I am sitting in keeps playing the same set of songs for ages. It reminds me of the days working as a busboy in one of Denny's restaurant chains in Tokyo. It was around 1991,...
by isaokato | Aug 7, 2009 | Post
Here in Taiwan, two or three times a year Typhoon walks directly across the island causing mayhem, speechless tragedy, unrecoverable loss to the economy, and … holiday. Schools are out, offices are closed, but 7-11s are open. Hallelluyah Haleluya Hareruya...
by isaokato | Aug 7, 2009 | Post
There is one: Device Removal. Even in the latest version of Mac, OS X 10.6, we need to diligently 'eject' any storage device before removing it from the computer. Wait a second, that was one of the huge improvements (according to Microsoft) when they...
by isaokato | Aug 7, 2009 | Post
It has been a while since my last post due to some personal issues.Pure laziness.In parallel to my love/hate relationship with learning Traditional Chinese, I have been studying Spanish for almost two years. Why Spanish? Because my ultimate goal is to dominate the...
by isaokato | Jun 22, 2009 | Post
最新型のBMWをショーウインドウで眺めていて、最近のヘッドライトデザインの傾向が一段と鮮明になりました。ドイツ車に限ったことなのかもしれませんが、映画版トランスフォーマーの眼球にそっくりです。映画が先か、車が先かは別として、ヘッドライトをより目玉っぽくしつつ、「機械」であることも強調しよう、と訴えている感じです。目に似ていても、どことなく無機質な感じが漂うからです。ドイツ車はいつでも無機質だ、と言われればそうなのかもしれませんが（英語で書くとちょっと気まずい雰囲気が漂うので、他国の文化を話題にする際には国際的にはマイナーな日本語で。。...
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