Archive for February, 2009

Dekopon

Written by: adekun on 26 February, 2009 12:37 pm - Filed under: japan — No Comments »

A dekopon

We were recently given a couple of boxes of the revered dekopon. The fruit are certainly the most agreeable oranges I’ve ever tasted.

Tags: food and drink, fruit, japan

A new card

Written by: adekun on 21 February, 2009 10:58 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

I’m really happy to have received a replacement graphics card inside a week. I was entitled to a repair or replacement. Instead the supplier met my request to exchange it for one produced by Sapphire, another manufacturer. Japan gets an extra point. Continue reading

Tags: craptop

ASUS EAH4870 another dead fan

Written by: adekun on 15 February, 2009 7:25 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »

Three months have passed since I received my replacement graphics card. The fan on the first stopped spinning after a week causing the card to overheat. Despite an assurance from the manufacturer’s technical support, the same fate has befallen the successor. Reading similar stories elsewhere, there clearly is a problem with the particular model I have and I would hope a recall. Continue reading

Tags: craptop, whinge

Poor garlic

Written by: adekun on 8 February, 2009 9:31 pm - Filed under: garden — 6 Comments »

Despite the bad photo, it's still clear to see how poor one half is. Weeds are good though.

The winter vegetables have been bad this season. After the snow had gone the previous month, it was noticeable how poor the back half of garlic looked. It seems odd as that end was the first to come up and was looking good at the end of last year. It would be nice to think it will come good with a bit of sunshine. Continue reading

Tags: garden, garlic

The Delight Factory

Written by: adekun on 1 February, 2009 11:48 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »

I left the UK around the time the announcement to ban smoking in enclosed public spaces was made. Despite an expectation that Japan would have a differing stance, I was astonished to see the national volleyball team sporting the logo of a tobacco company. That has got to surpass McDonalds and Coca-Cola at the Olympics. Most developed countries have laws to prevent sports tobacco advertising. Why is Japan different? Well, the Ministry of Finance still retains a 50% stake in the diversifying corporation. Despite the poison dumplings Japan Tobacco is a model company.

At JT, we want to make society and people’s lifestyles more relaxed and more abundant. We want to go on creating unique delight that only JT can offer.

A great deal of money has been invested to offer the smoker clever behavioural pointers. It is called “Smokers Style” part of their Manners campaign. Whatever the underlying reason, I certainly welcome it. Here’s a few graphics off their website that make up the stickers, posters, adverts etc.