A Busy Day
Today has been a busy day.
Besides a lot of routine works, an incident had occurred and a crisis meeting were called urgently. I thoug...
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How To Kill Time At Shinjuku
Today I took my daughter to Shinjuku in order for her to take a special course of her cram school. The course hour was more than five hou...
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Levon Helm - My Image Of America
Levon Helm died on Thursday. He was 71.
Levon Helm, Drummer and Rough-Throated Singer for the Band, Dies at 71
http://www.nytimes.co...
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Coursera - One More Online Education Venture
A short while ago I wrote an entry about Udacity - a free online education site on computer science. Udacity was founded by Dr. Thrun. He...
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My 100th Entry
This is my 100th entry. I wanted to have time to feel satisfied with my achievement but unfortunately I am very busy today. I have no tim...
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Parechesis? Tautophony?
I read this article.
Path, FamilyLeaf and Pair, Small-by-Design Social Networks
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/15/business/path-famil...
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Rabies Shot
Today my dog, Peter, took a rabies shot. In Japan every dog must take a shot once a year. It is forced by a law called Rabies Prevention ...
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Women In Computing 2
The day before yesterday I wrote an entry about women in computing (http://lang-8.com/11658/journals/1423078). I cited a NYTimes article ...
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Cherry Blossoms Like Pink Snow
Five days ago I wrote an entry about the cherry blossoms in full bloom in the park near my house.
http://lang-8.com/11658/journals/141...
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Women In Computing
There are very few women in the field of computer science and information technology. Women are only 10 to 20 percent of the people in t...
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Is It Possible To Improve TOEIC Score By 250 Points With 80 Hour Lesson?
I came across the above banner ad which says that a TOEIC score increases by 250 points with 80 hour lesson. Is it true?
I was skeptic...
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In Spring One Sleeps a Sleep That Knows No Dawn
Recently I feel sleepy because of the good weather in spring. At times like that, I always remember a famous phrase:
春眠暁を覚えず
（しゅん...
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Udacity
I have just enrolled the course "CS-101: Building A Search Engine" at Udacity and I am watching lectures.
http://www.udacity.c...
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Cherry Blossom
I took the first photo in a park near my house a few weeks ago. It was before the cherry blossoms started to bloom. Today I took the seco...
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My New Headphone
I bought a Sennheiser IE 60.
http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/home_en.nsf/root/private_headphones_portable_504769
I heard that...
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Effective Period of Knowledge and Skill
Our resources, such as time, money, the power of focus etc., are limited. We have to choose target knowledge and skill that we invest our...
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Should Kids Be Taught Computer Science At School?
I read a series of Guardian's articles about a reformation of the ICT (information and communication technology) curriculum in the UK...
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電脳メガネ - Augmented-Reality Glasses
Yesterday I read the following article:
Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses - NYTimes.com http://bits.blogs.nytimes.co...
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Apple + Foxconn vs. Hitachi
Recently the Apple and Foxconn issues have been reported frequently, such as in the following article:
Apple’s Suppliers Pressed to Im...
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Lower Back Pain
When I wake up this morning I felt a slight pain on my lower back. I never did anything special. I didn't know the cause of pain.
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