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 at the same time and are totally unrelated.
第一
The brand-spanking new dedicated server has [...]

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 as credit was given), but I didn’t receive any request.
I guess it doesn’t matter; I [...]

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 after the website dust settles (who knows when?)
My first impression is positive.
I did try to [...]

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 to the new server in 24-48 hours. Will update.
With the new server [...]

Here is Makoto contemplating life on a swing:

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 a joke. It wasn’t, and I applied. No great acceptance letter as of [...]

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 to appease the angry monster.
(this is more for my future benefit than anything else)
mysql -u [...]

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:

Go Johnny Go!

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:

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 get to the base of a small bump. To get over the bump [...]