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Day to day happenings and the odd whinge.
Cold, wet and miserable
Written by: adekun on 7 September, 2008 6:02 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
The above could be a fair reflection of the weather for the second half of August. To be dispassionate, temperatures were in the mid twenties, there were no typhoons, and perhaps it is me being miserable.
I managed to get sunburnt in the September sun as the weather quickly changed. We have had week of warmer weather. It brought some relief, as I worried about the puddles forming above the potatoes and garlic. Although the rain has now returned, I’m pleased to have spotted that one of the garlic cloves has already speared it’s way through to the surface.
Changing Google Chrome language
Written by: adekun on 3 September, 2008 9:41 am - Filed under: blog — 4 Comments »
Google have just launched a beta version of their browser Chrome. I’m keen to try it out despite being a big fan of Firefox.
Upon install the language is selected automatically from a big pool. Those like myself living overseas and being illiterate in the native speak may want to take the following steps: (more…)
A new month, a new leader
Written by: adekun on 1 September, 2008 9:22 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
Perhaps in a last ditch attempt to improve his approval ratings, Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda today announced his surprise resignation. The expectation is there will be an internal election sometime soon to choose conservative Taro Aso to press on with the many reforms.
This will give the replacement about the same time the other two enjoyed, since the general election must be within a year.
Kento no ni sai no tanjōbi
Written by: adekun on 23 August, 2008 10:49 am - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
Kento's second birthday
Today is Kento’s second birthday. After opening his cards and gifts we went for an early bike ride. Over the past month he’s really started talking. At times putting three words together. It was nice to come back from work the other week to find him against the window calling “Daddy”.
Kento's second Birthday
Check at sixteen weeks
Written by: adekun on 20 August, 2008 3:14 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
I missed out going as I had to work. Ritsue took Kento and his runny nose along to the clinic. This gave the nurses an excuse to fuss over him. Four of them looked on as he lay next to his mother. Apparently the baby was waving a lot.
The doctor said he couldn't see anything to determine the sex
Another cooked card
Written by: adekun on 18 August, 2008 4:20 pm - Filed under: blog — No Comments »
I can add a second whinge today. As I was publishing the last post some patterns appeared on the screen. Having to reboot, the only thing to reappear was a blank screen. I just popped the previous faulty card in, which at least brings up a garbled Dell logo. Seems as though the replacement graphics card is cooked along with the replacement battery. Maybe I should be sitting in an air-conditioned office or something? 
It didn’t appear to be running too hot and if it was shouldn’t there have been a warning? In a quandary, yet not flustered. There isn’t much I can do about it. Anyway, I hope to somehow continue posting every couple of days.
2008 Summer Olympics
Written by: adekun on 1:54 pm - Filed under: blog — 2 Comments »
While across the globe the world watches the Beijing* 2008 Summer Olympics, here in Japan it’s the Peking Olympic. In this second guise the viewer gets to see Team Japan take on the world’s top athletes along with prejudiced commentary.
Fortunately those interested in watching the rest of the games (those events in which Japan is not good), have at least the internet.
