Category Archives: Japan

My first Arduino

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Eduardo Gonzalez

Yesterday my wife decided to buy yet another sewing pattern book and I decided to tag along.  As a Kindle user, there’s usually very little for me to do at a bookstore.  I usually just look around the IT section … Continue reading →

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Announcing Better Mail

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Eduardo Gonzalez

Better Mail for Android on AppBrain About a year ago I bought the first Android phone available in Japan for the sole reason of making apps. Unfortunately I’ve had very few itches that needed scratching. About a month ago that … Continue reading →

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Valentine's Day

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Eddie Gonzalez

I got Valentine’s day Chocolate from my Girlfriend!  I’m so happy.   It’s a box from Kobe Morozoff.  The company that brought Valentine’s Day to Japan. I need to work double hard now to work off the calories.  f^_^;

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EMobile D01NE on Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Eddie Gonzalez

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

Posted on July 26, 2007 by Eddie Gonzalez

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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久しぶり

Posted on March 16, 2007 by Eddie Gonzalez

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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リアクション

Posted on November 14, 2006 by Eddie Gonzalez

Today I made myself a chicken curry rice so good I nearly had a Yakitate Japan style reaction!

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Miss Universe 2006

Posted on July 24, 2006 by Eddie Gonzalez

This post is all in Japanese this time. 今日ミス ユーニバスというビューティ パーゲント行われた。今度のMiss Japan （知花くらら）がめっちゃ美人です。 結果はMiss Puerto Rico（Zuleyka Rivera)が勝って、二番目が知花さんでした。日本の方がもっときれいで、頭よくて（スペイン語、フランス語，英語も話せる）、ドレスも素敵だと思い ます。 何点でPuerto Ricoが勝ったか分からない。（＞＿＜） でわ春菜からのバトン行きます。英語の言葉使います！ 【Ｑ１】自転車のことを何と呼ぶ？ Ａ＞ Bike 【Ｑ２】マクドナルドのことを何と呼ぶ？ Ａ＞ McDonalds (also sometimes Micky Ds) 【Ｑ３】パソコンのことを何と呼ぶ？ Ａ＞ Laptop, PC 【Ｑ４】お父さんのことを何と呼ぶ？ Ａ＞ Papa 【Ｑ５】お母さんのことを何と呼ぶ？ Ａ＞ … Continue reading →

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Sukiyaki

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Eddie Gonzalez

Today I went to the mall for lunch because I can only stand Subway for so long.  The mall in Carolina had a Little Tokyo restaurant in it.  The signs showed a really good looking Chicken Katsu and Sukiyaki combo, … Continue reading →

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A Japanese update

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Eddie Gonzalez

Well, since I’ve finally found some free time I’ve decided to post some results (of one of those personality tests) that I stumbled upon when I was reading Haruna’s blog. You can take it at Love type check! Here are … Continue reading →

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