Category Archives: General

Everything else, or if I’m just too lazy to catagorize it in another category.

i ^ i ^ i ^ … ?

Posted on October 25, 2007 by admin

Today on the internet I saw the calculation for i^i, where i is the square root of -1. It can be solved pretty easily using Euler’s formula, where any number z in the complex plane can be expressed as \(\textstyle{}\) … Continue reading →

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Oldies but goodies

Posted on March 17, 2007 by admin

This conversation a week or so ago on sakeriver brought on some nostalgia for great games of the past. So I dug through some of my old CD roms, and found some goodies. I have the CD for Dark Forces, … Continue reading →

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Clash of the cultures stereotypes

Posted on February 5, 2007 by admin

I read an article at 1up called “Clash of the Cultures” that talked about the differences between American and Japanese games and directly correlated those differences with the differences in American and Japanese culture, mind-set, history, etc. My feelings on … Continue reading →

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Linux may be finally arriving

Posted on February 3, 2007 by admin

I have an old computer. I got it as a gift 8 years ago, and it wasn’t even top-of-the line then. It is an Acer Travelmate 512T laptop, which comes with a whopping 330 MHz processor, 64 MB of ram, … Continue reading →

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Japan making the Bomb

Posted on November 30, 2006 by admin

Reading this news article piqued my interest. What I found interesting is not that Japan’s foreign minister proclaimed that Japan was capable of producing a nuclear weapon should it wish to, but that such a declaration was even necessary. Japan … Continue reading →

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Baby girl

Posted on October 23, 2006 by admin

Ack… I haven’t posted anything here in quite a while. Well, Ryoko gave birth to a baby girl on Sept. 25th. Everything went fine, and we have named her Eren. The spelling is what it is because we wanted no … Continue reading →

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Technical Japanese = technically difficult

Posted on August 30, 2006 by admin

I’ve decided to try and use my communting time on the bus to and from campus every day more effectively. Up until now I have been reading books on my older Sony Clie, mostly Sci-Fi books that my brother emails … Continue reading →

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Yamanote line train stations

Posted on August 22, 2006 by admin

Have you ever had trouble rememering all the station names on the Yamanote line in Tokyo? Well, here is a song that will help you remember them. Fast-forward to the 4:00 minute mark. Quite a catchy tune, if I do … Continue reading →

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Toilet training, the Shimajiro way

Posted on June 21, 2006 by admin

Those of you who have children 2 years old or older have dealt with or are dealing with the joy of potty-training them. The main problem with potty-training can be summed up as follows: Forcing children to use toilets will … Continue reading →

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Fist of the North (Korean) Star, part 2

Posted on May 22, 2006 by admin

As truly awesome as Fist of the North Star may be though, it’s sheer awesomeness is not the point of these two posts. There is an interesting addition to the Hokuto no Ken family, something else that a Japanese friend … Continue reading →

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