Monthly Archives: February 2008

Three Problems all at Once

One reason I haven’t posted much here is we’ve been hard at work moving TheJapanesePage.com to a new server and content management software. The move was made, but we have had a few problems. Oddly enough all three problems occurred … Continue reading

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Youtube Theft?

I was looking at some videos on You Tube with the search term ‘learn Japanese’ and was startled to see one of my videos appear with someone else’s name.  Now, I wouldn’t mind if someone asked me permission (as long … Continue reading

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New Casio XD-GP9700

I got the new Casio in two weeks ago, but being busy with moving the website, I really haven’t had time to play with it. I probably won’t have time to make videos, do reviews and other fun stuff until … Continue reading

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A Red Bar and Major Progress

For the second time in recent weeks, I have added a very lovely red bar at the top of TJP. This means the move to the server is in progress (again). If all goes well, we should be completely moved … Continue reading

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Makoto just a-Swingin’

Here is Makoto contemplating life on a swing:

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Youtube Partner Program and the Other Clay

Youtube sent me an email inviting me to be a Partner. The Partner program means I would get ad revenue sharing from ads clicked while watching my videos. I was shocked to get the email and thought it must be … Continue reading

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MySQL as a Form of Torture

I’ve spent all morning trying out different MySQL database commands to restore a .sql file (database backup file) on a server through SSH.  Just as I was about to give up I got the right sequence of letters and numbers … Continue reading

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New Uses for the Nintendo Wii Remote

It seems everyone else in the world has already seen this, but just in case you are from outer space… And this one was added a mere month ago but already has 3,487,196 views: And this one actually looks useful: … Continue reading

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Video: Basic Japanese Greetings

I was working on another video (Sick Japanese Part II), when I found a MP3 files I had made of basic Japanese greetings. I decided to make a video out of it:

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Makoto, Jump!

Occasionally I put on Lego Star Wars II —super fun and only $18.95 at Amazon&mdash for the Xbox 360 and give Makoto the controller. Last night, he took over and while fiddling with various buttons and joysticks, he managed to … Continue reading

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