文書は英語ですが、写真は共通
(though I'm taking a break from blogging for a while)
Archive for February, 2006This is starting to sound like a broken record, but this time it's shame on Volvo for not having LATCH car-seat mount points (called "ISOFIX" outside America). I posted earlier about Audi not having LATCH points on some of their models offered in Japan. Today we were at a Volvo dealership, and while browsing one of the catalogs noticed a quote from the founder along the lines of "because cars are driven by people, safety must always be our primary concern." Very nice, but why does it seem that none of their cars offered in Japan have this [...]
My horribly flaky hardware had a resurgence of horribleness yesterday with my ill-conceived idea to windowsupdate the thing. After installing 52 security updates, rebooting, installing Service Pack 2, rebooting, then installing the cumulative SP2 security updates (Lord knows how many in there), and rebooting again, my machine is now just as flaky as it was last September. Sigh. "WindowsUpdate™ -- keep up to date on all the latest bugs and inconveniences."Despite the clear connection between WindowsUpdate and the problems, I believe it's somehow also related to my hardware, and that if I replace it I might [...] 
View full post » This is a followup to my previous post on testing a Transcend 4GB 120x Compact Flash card. In that post, I found that its write speed was actually slower than the 80x version of the same card (tested in a separate post). I contacted Transcend Japan about the slow card, and to their credit they replied very quickly at each step along the way. However, their initial reply was full of wishy-washy ways to avoid the issue, saying that there could indeed be situations where tests shows the 80x is faster than the 120x and that the speed [...]
Two weeks ago I complained that I was sick of being sick, and the very next day I felt great. Well I'm sick again, so maybe complaining will help again? I started to have a mild cold on Thursday, and just this morning I was thinking that I'm finally better when boom, this afternoon it takes a nosedive and now I feel more miserable than before. Yuck. So here goes again: I'm sick of being sick!!!!!! View full post » Oh, what a fun day. Too many toys! But not for Anthony.... for me! I try to be prudent with our funds, so I don't buy a lot of "toys" for myself. Last year I got an iPod. The previous year I got Photoshop and other Adobe "Creative Suite" software (although at a nice discount, thanks to the kindness of some friends). I probably have a number of other things on which spending money I've conveniently forgotten, but in general, my idea of pampering myself usually centers more around Orville Redenbacher's Smart Pop Microwave Popcorn and a beer than trendy [...] 
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