Subtronic Amoeba

Veggies

Kane — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:57:50 +0000

One step away from being selfsufficient. Well maybe a few steps…

Magnolia

Kane — Sat, 02 May 2009 15:07:27 +0000

It’s funny how every year right at Easter the magnolia trees bloom and drop the husks from the flowers which happen to look like little baby rabbit scalps.

Comment spam

Kane — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:34:18 +0000

One intersting thing about not using your blog for a while is the build up of comment spam waiting approval. When there is a lot like I had you can see the changes in methods they are using. Latest ones seems to have excerpts from novels that have random links to whatever they are spamming about. Annoying but interesting.

Getting sorted

Kane — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:24:14 +0000

Nice to have a long weekend and try to get things sorted out and organized. When you’re surrounded by technology to make your life easier, it’s surprising that it feels like more of a mess.

Spent much of the weekend trying to get things working together and up to date. I haven’t blogged for ages and thought it would be good to try and post things once in a while.

Joshin, like Future Shop, only great and amazing

Kane — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:22:23 +0000

There is a chain of stores here called Joshin. They have different buildings dedicated to different things. Mostly electronics and computers but also toys, games and other goods. Some of the things you can see there are really amazing.

Notice in that second picture the $28,000 3D printer, and to the left of it smaller desktop versions. Behind are the robots in the first picture. On the left just out of the picture they had a http://www.pleoworld.com/, but it wasn’t working for some reason, and I didn’t want to attempt to ask someone to help out. Also in this one they had so many bags, here are a couple of pictures of the laptop and camera bags.

Today I’ll be going back to Yodobashi Camera to grab a few things.

Common to see at 7-11 and other convenience stores

Kane — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:52:59 +0000

iphone pens

Kane — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 02:05:05 +0000

I picked up three different pens for the iPhone from Yodobashi camera in Umeda.

The first one was from a company called Princeton and cost about $15. This pen had a great feel and design but took quite a bit of pressure to actually use.

The next one from Sanwa supply was about $14. This one uses a different material on the bottom. The design was okay, similar to the Princeton. This one also required a bit to get used to, and seems to require quite a bit of pressure to use.

The last pen is from Ray-Out. This one worked the best and was the cheapest at $13. The pen’s design was very simple and the diameter of the tip was quite large. The use seemed a little more natural then the other two, though maybe there is a better technique of using these pens that I haven’t figured out yet.

Overall these pens were not as useful as I was hoping. Fingers are way more responsive and a lot faster then the pens but I’ll keep trying them to find a better technique.

Back in Japan

Kane — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:26:10 +0000

Back in Japan, so thought I’d get the blog going to post what I find.

Back in Japan, so thought I’d get the blog going to post what I find.

So far it’s been great. Now that the iPhone has come out here, there are so many accessories for it. Just not enough money to buy them all.

Last weekend was a long weekend

Kane — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:31:48 +0000

This is true in more ways then one

Last weekend was spent in Palo Alto, CA. The trip was great, but it’s different when you have two little ones with you. The weather was great, and the girls travel well, it just takes them time to adjust when we get somewhere new.

It’s great to be back home and all the comforts that go along with it. Work has been okay, I’ve had time to try and catch up with things. In general things are okay.

…wow, what a boring post

Changed look and feel

Kane — Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:16:36 +0000

I’ve changed the theme to something more simple. I’ll try this one for a while and see how it works out. I also got a couple others that I liked, but so far this one’s the best.

Slowly things are getting back to a more normal state. At least as normal as they can be after welcoming two little ones into our lives. It will be one year soon and I can’t get over how fast the time went by. Everyone tells you that, but you don’t really understand how fast until it’s you.