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I work in Japan as a Software Engineer. I love obscure programming languages, open-source, cycling and Japanese culture.
Author Archives: Eddie Gonzalez
Opera Mini 4
I Just installed Opera Mini on my Treo 650. It’s pretty amazing. Not exactly a safari but good enough, and much faster than the browser the Treo comes with. It’s pretty amazing that this Java app can out-perform the C-based … Continue reading
Quote
I think Mark really hit the nail on the head with this sentence he used on a recent blog post on Inkscape changing to Launchpad for bug tracking. “We don’t have money on our side, but we do have the … Continue reading
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Workrave
I learned about this program from Sacha Chua’s blog. Workrave is a cool time-to-take-a-break-reminder program that doesn’t just lock your screen (like the default typing break program in Ubuntu). It has micro-breaks which are great to remind me to get … Continue reading
EMobile D01NE on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn
The EM D01NE is a (I think) HSDPA PCMCIA card. The driver for the modem comes with Ubuntu 7.04 (Maybe before). I get about 2Mbps from it (max is 3.8). Getting this setup in Ubuntu is easier than getting it … Continue reading
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Japanese Keybaord-Fu
For the benefit of the Internet, the key combination Control+Shift+Hiragana_Katakana puts the keyboard to and from the qwerty layout. Unfortunately the story doesn’t end there. Control+Shift+Hiragana_Katakana actually alternates between half-width katakana layout and qwerty layout modes. If you are unlucky … Continue reading
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Work
Some of the buildings over here at Panasonic make half-life-like noises… I should probably keep a crow-bar handy…
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Dear AACS LA lawyers…
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Ubuntu 7.04 Installation Notes
I added a new page to my website with some of my notes on installing Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” on my iBook G4. Even though PowerPC computers are no longer supported by Canonical I’m impressed with how little I had … Continue reading
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久しぶり
Well, it’s been a really long time since I’ve written an entry but I’ll try to get everyone up to speed about what I’ve been up to in the last few months. The biggest news is that I’ve been accepted … Continue reading
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