For shame. I am terribly irresponsible, and missed the deadline for my monthly Japanese correspondence course test. I can submit it late, but only once. If I do it more than this one time, I lose the ability to drop one of the grades. I don’t think I’ll do badly enough on any of them [...]
Tagged culture, English, JapaneseTuesday night was Xconomy’s Battle of the Tech Bands, a technologist social gathering and band competition rolled into one. My company, Aerva, was a sponsor and we provided the interactive display setup for the event. We had people voting for their favorite bands using SMS, and also sending chat messages and live photos [...]
Tagged aerva, cell phones, digital signage, music, startups, workTexting in Japan is kind of a big deal. That is, to say, that it’s analogous to actually talking on the phone in America. If you talk as much on your cell phone as you do in America, you’re going to end up paying a ridiculous amount of money. Which isn’t to say that I [...]
Tagged cell phones, culture, English, Heath LedgerAs a software developer, I sometimes find myself searching the net for answers to obscure programming questions. My best resources are often the forums and blogs populated by fellow programmers. Somewhere between the reiterated basics and hidden gems of ingenuity, you can usually find something helpful if you lurk long enough. For a [...]
Tagged programming, software, techperimentsWow, this week has been hectic. I wanted to write something earlier, but I couldn’t seem to find a moment when I wasn’t horribly distracted by countless other things. Much of that has passed, though, and I find myself with a welcome moment of respite.
My work load for the past semester was pretty [...]
Sean just informed me that our Anime Boston 2008 panel was waitlisted. Our panel, titled “Cowboy Bebop - Anime’s Outstanding Ambassador,” is probably not the most standout application, but I hope the organizers will still give us the opportunity to present something that should interest both experienced connoisseurs and newcomers to the material.
For those [...]
I’m currently working on some materials and plans for next week’s classes. More specifically, I’m concocting an elaborate vocabulary review game for seventh graders as well as preparing Jeopardy questions for my eighth graders. Fun times to be had by all, I assure you.
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Thoughts on this weekend’s football games:
Seahawks at Packers: Green Bay [...]
This just in: Bill Richardson is dropping out of the race for president. Unfortunately, he’s still in the race for VP or a cabinet position.
I’ll admit, I thought his experience would have made him a good president at first. Then he proceeded to remind me of it at every turn. Here’s a [...]
It seems my dance card might be getting more full in the next coming month.
Right now, my job description is as follows: Assist teachers in ESL instruction in middle school classrooms, and lead ESL instruction in elementary school classrooms. They’re different in expectations, curriculum and techniques required, but still fairly similar. That could [...]
It’s all going digital. Here’s my prediction: over the next 5 years, any static sign, billboard, menu or other piece of plastic with something to say will be on its way out. More and more LCD, plasma and LED screens will crop up as the digital signage trend grows. I’m not just writing [...]
Tagged digital signage, neighborhood, work
