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Moving over from Feedburner to URI.TV 7 May 2013 | 06:12 pm
I'm in the process of updating all of my sites, including this one. (Although I'm not sure I'm going to update the design here. I do like my falling purple leaves.) One of those changes is migrating a...
Twitter archive and memories 26 Feb 2013 | 05:01 am
I downloaded my Twitter archive today for my main account @makiwi. In March 2011, I tweeted 7,041 times. Most of that were my desperate efforts to try to keep people updated with news regarding the ea...
Year of the Dragon 4 Jan 2013 | 02:51 am
Every year, Apple Japan creates a great New Year image for their 'hatsu-uri' (first sales of the year) email newsletter. This year is no exception. Happy New Year to everyone. Hoping that 2012 will b...
One morning 28 Nov 2012 | 03:11 am
I woke up, and no longer felt like I wanted to go right back to bed. Progress.
A little bit more about my father 17 Aug 2012 | 11:35 pm
This piece was originally posted on Quora in response to this question. I wanted to re-post it here with some additions, as a part of my own history and that of my family. It contains some painful and...
A short biography of my father 25 Jan 2012 | 09:42 am
As I've already mentioned online somewhere, my father died in late November. His memorial service will be held in February, at the church he attended. I wrote up a short biography for the pastors at t...
Why I will or will not promote your Japan related organization 2 Nov 2011 | 10:26 am
Because I have a certain profile as a Japanese person who happens to write a lot in English about things Japanese, I periodically get asked to support this or that cause or organization related to Jap...
In twilight 28 Oct 2011 | 11:49 am
I am not well. There's no getting around it. I am not well, physically or mentally, though I am relieved that I am a bit better mentally. I have, in the past, felt far worse on that front, so I can t...
Thank you, Steve. 6 Oct 2011 | 06:38 pm
In 1999, I found myself suddenly without a job in my regular field (graphic design) and feeling lost. I was also going to a very bad patch, relationship-wise. To get me out of my deepening rut, my mot...
Radiation good and bad 13 Sep 2011 | 08:48 am
(ETA: If you're interested in what's going on, or could have happened, at Marcoule, the radioactivity level monitoring page operated by the Commission de Recherche et d'Information Indépendantes sur l...
