First, the countdown has begun!
We are finally ready to move TheJapanesePage.com to the new server. There will still be much to do in the upcoming months, but at least we won’t have any more of those annoying server errors!
Expected Move Date: Feb 3-4 (Sunday-Monday)
Yesterday, we went to the Jacksonville Zoo. Makoto [...]

Yesterday afternoon, Yumi’s father’s laptop arrived.  Checking the FedEx tracking information online, it was scheduled to arrive today.  Sometimes it is nice for things to be early.

I just got Philip Harper’s The Book of Sake in to consider it for our inventory. I’ll post a link once we get the real shipment in.
I read the whole book in a few hours (ahem, there are a lot of pictures). I now feel like my wife with computers—I now know enough [...]

Ron Dippold has created a very detailed write up all about the DS Rakubiki Jiten.
If you are thinking of getting one or already have it, you may want to read through his comments:
http://sizer99.com/rakubiki/

RandomGuest asked some excellent questions as a comment on one of my posts about the Casio XD-GW9600. I thought it would be good to post the questions with some of my comments as a new post. That way, other people can chime in to clarify or disagree

1. Is there [...]

The 親バカ files has been sparse lately. This post will remedy that.
First, the good news. Yumi’s father’s laptop was found and is being Fedexed.
He lost his laptop during the security check. Since their arrival on the 22nd, I’ve called American Airline’s Lost and Found in Dallas dozens of times trying to get [...]

1Nichi1Kai.com has been moved to a new server. I used the passive voice in the previous sentence, but it was anything but passive.
Today I was doing some busy work on another site of mine and after starting to do the same thing on this site, I realized it was 4 times as slow as the [...]

Yumi’s parents arrived safely, but her father’s laptop did not.
Apparently it got lost during the confusion of the security check just before boarding the flight to Florida. I’ve been on the phone with this-or-that airline and this-or-that Lost and Found and this-or-that TSA, but so far, nothing. The sad thing is, the laptop [...]

Today Yumi, Makoto, my parents and I will drive 1.5 hours to pick up Yumi’s parents. They are all excited about the adventure. This is their third time to visit us I believe.
We have plans to visit the Mouse in Orlando. Normally I don’t like rodents, but we think Makoto does.
Here are [...]

I found another Youtuber of interest. This Japanese lady posted a comment on one of my videos. This got me interested in watching her videos. She has a whopping 100 videos up since last May! Way to go.
Anyway, you may enjoy watching a few of her videos. She subtitles everything she [...]