Category Archives: その他

Trojan Redirect Apologies

I hadn’t been to the front page of 1Nichi1Kai.com for a while (the admin pages were not affected) and was surprised to find the site redirecting to various shady sites wanting to sell me things. I don’t know how long … Continue reading

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Some Things for Sale: DS Japanese Games; Casio Dictionary CD

Cleaning up around here, I created a stack of stuff that someone can use, but I don’t really want to make a product page for it at TheJapanShop.  If something interests you, I’m willing to negotiate   Also email me … Continue reading

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Wii Price Drop — Now $199

The one game system Yumi will actually play is $50 cheaper now. The  Nintendo Wii is the family-friendly alternative to slashing aliens and zombies with chainsaws on your TV.  I’m not sure what the non-family-friendly alternative would be…

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Laying Low

I have a new project in the works that has sucked all my time.  It isn’t related to Japanese or the iPhone but pulling me from all directions. I will probably not post much around here for the next month … Continue reading

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How to ReTweet & Harvey’s Kansai-ben iPhone App

Harvey of Japan Newbie fame emailed me this morning that his iPhone app (which we helped with a little bit) was on sale at iTunes!  (more on this with the next post) He mentioned several of his Twitter followers had … Continue reading

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I Found out the iPhone has a Password Lock

When we were in Japan a few months last year, I let Makoto (then two years old) play with my iPhone quite a bit. I had my SIM card out of the phone so short of dropping it in the … Continue reading

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おおきに! Ta!

We are watching a movie on TV Japan.  It has very good subtitles–obviously done by a professional, but for some reason every time someone says, 「おおきに」 (thank you) it just says “Ta.”  It has kind of bugged us since they … Continue reading

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Katydid the Hopping Leaf

Yesterday, Makoto found an interesting insect. It was a grasshopper that looks like a leaf. Doing a quick Google search, I think it may be called a ‘Katydid.’ Has anyone seen this before? It is kind of hard to see … Continue reading

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Jack Bauer is Back!

I don’t watch a lot of live TV now that I have a DVR. I just set it to record various programs on the History Channel, and just to spice things up, the History Channel International too. I rarely ‘channel … Continue reading

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Blu-ray Sale at Amazon

Buy two Blu-ray discs, get one free at Amazon (Offer runs from January 6th to the 16th)

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