Category Archives: Technology

Amazon’s Kindle Turns Two

The Kindle is almost one, but Amazon just announced they are releasing Version Two on February 24th. If you bought a Kindle 1, Amazon is putting you first in line for Kindle 2, but it doesn’t look like you will … Continue reading

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iPhone makes me hang up on Customers

I use Vonage for the store toll free number.  Last week I started having Vonage forward calls to my cell phone.  One small problem: I hang up on every customer. The most annoying thing is when a call comes from … Continue reading

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Using Furigana in Microsoft Word

I received an email from someone asking how to add furigana (small hiragana) over Japanese text on her computer.  I mentioned I do it with Word using the Phonetic Guide.  She only had Works and Works doesn’t appear to have … Continue reading

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A Very Nice Comment from a Very Nice Customer

From time to time we get really nice emails from customers. Here is one about our $5 instant downloads for Beginners: Thanks Clay and Yumi. These $5 downloads are by far, the best help a beginner can get! And for … Continue reading

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Brand new Instant Japanese Reader Download

注文の多い料理店 Chuumon no Ooi Ryouriten The Restaurant with Many Orders by Miyazawa Kenji We’ve been working feverishly to get this e-book reader done before Yumi enters the hospital (tomorrow!). It took longer than I anticipated (Can you say ぎりぎり?), but … Continue reading

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いよいよ – iPhone – 日本へ

In less than 30 minutes the new iPhone 3G will begin selling in Japan. According to the news just now, Japan will be the first country to be able to grab the new iPhone today. I’m sure this is due … Continue reading

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Project Word – Define your Website in a Word

I just got an email from a group in England with an interesting marketing idea.  Well, I guess it builds on the One Million Dollar website idea of a few years ago, but essentially, you ‘buy’ a word, any word, … Continue reading

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iPopcorn – Undocumented Uses for your iPhone or iTouch

When my sister got her iPhone almost a year ago, her parents-in-law (with mere mortal cell phones) used to joke, “Can your iPhone get us a drink?” or “Make your iPhone change the channel.” or “Let’s see if your iPhone … Continue reading

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憧れのKindle Just got (a little) Cheaper

No doubt the recent price drop move by Apple encouraged Amazon to lower their Kindle price, but unfortunately they didn’t lower it much. Apple $400 -> $200 ($200 lower!) Amazon $400 -> $359 (not as much lower!) I am still … Continue reading

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Upcoming $5 JLPT 4 kyuu Vocabulary Part II

We are working hard on the second (and final) part of our JLPT vocabulary 4 kyuu $5 download. It *should* be ready by Monday. This has been the most ambitious of our $5 downloads, but I hope one of the … Continue reading

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