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story short, Japan's Subway Sandwich totally sucks ass, and USA wins this one hands down. Here's why... The Price If I remember correctly, a basic footlong sub in the USA is around $5 or so. Here in Japan they do 15cm (6") and 30cm (12"). With...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I am the Office Farterhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10091-i-am-the-office-farter
air filtration/conditioning systems, they're the perfect location to release post-lunch worries. I actually wanted to be a doctor, but my digestive system had other plans. Only those closest to me know of the real degree of my circumstances. I once...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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It's tough to beat a credit card's convenience, so I felt naked and demoted after moving to Japan and encountering a sea of rejection when trying to apply for a local credit card. True...I could use my US credit card, but that weak dollar / strong yen...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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living in or visiting Japan is no stranger to walking around with a bucketful of coins in their pants/purse. The excitement before your first Tokyo subway ride soon quells as you're greeted by a flurry of coins spraying from the ticket machine like a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why I Hate the Apple Storehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10149-why-i-hate-the-apple-store
the Apple store in Ginza looking for Snow Leopard (for a client). Of course, there's no sign indicating what is on each floor because signs would dirty the clean, minimalist approach. So I ask them where the Snow Leopard upgrades are, and they say 2nd...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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NOTE: Yes, I know that Netflix is now available in Japan. However, the services I explain below have proven extremely valuable to me for viewing streaming services from other countries, such as the USA. Since Netflix Japan doesn't have nearly the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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PC I used this for years during my time in Japan, and it worked quite well. Kodi (formerly known as XBMC) is by far the best software I found for this, and using a bare-metal distribution like those listed below delivered a fast-booting seamless system....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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the Japan Apple Store would finally start selling unlocked iPhones (yeah!), but my fortune-telling skills are something to be desired. At least it will be easier to get an unlocked iPhone 6 in Japan. 2. I put my B-Mobile SIM card in and restored my...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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trials. Despite the commitment, I found it a rewarding experience both in monetary value and blog-worthiness. I described the experience in detail here: The Clinical Trial Since I'm on their mailing list, I receive occasional invitations and information...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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8.8.8.8 that goes to the loopback address (127.0.0.1). Called a "null route," all traffic going to Google's DNS will simply be dropped. Problem solved. Add a Rule to Your Firewall If you have something more feature-rich than a basic home router, you can...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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$SystemFontsPath = $SystemFontsFolder.Self.Path $rebootFlag = $false foreach($FontFile in $FontFiles) { # $FontFile will be copied to this path: $targetPath = Join-Path $SystemFontsPath $FontFile.Name # So, see if target exists... if(Test-Path...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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If you cat this file, you should see that it contains your proper voicemail user configuration. * Backup voicemail.conf to be safe. * Restore the data in the backup file to voicemail.conf. You can copy/paste, cp, etc. * Make sure the permissions, owner,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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the one-time password (OTP) to your phone upon login. The problem I have is that sites like Paypal require a USA phone number to send the SMS to. But I don't have a USA phone number because I live abroad. Am I forever doomed to answer recycled personal...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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returned it as I endured the tortuous balancing process--a process that could have gone smoother had the cryptic manual been better. Even after watching a couple YouTube videos, I still couldn't get it to work properly. The motors made an nasty grinding...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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human interaction (aka social pressure, aka a kick in the rear-end). My fear with the online thing was like that of a gym membership. Would I sign up and never go? That would be a damn shame... A long-time free member of JapanesePod101.com, I decided to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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本当に問題児３https://japanatron.com/ja/ja-blog/73-sp-2030333581
僕のように皆遠慮するかもしれない。 だから、直接じゃなく遠回しに正直な事を言うと思う。 間接な言葉とかボディーランゲージを使う。 そんな言葉を読めるようになりたいよ。 That would be sweet.
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: ブログ
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Miss About LA the mahi-mahi burrito (baja style) from La Salsa drinkin' wine and playin' NBA Jams for Super Nintendo with my best friends having stuff in English movie theaters that seat like 1500 people and make you go deaf watchin' laker games having...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Kettle of Legendshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/1006-kettle-of-legends
a ton of tea. The design looks exactly like my old kettle, so that made me happy. I like my new kettle, but there will always be a place in my heart for my old kettle. By the way, is a kettle considered "burnable" or "non-burnable?" I put it in with the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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used to make fun of my mommy because of the way she sleeps. She expertly wraps herself in countless blankets much like ancient Egyptian embalmers going to town on the latest deceased pharaoh. The only sign there is a living being under all the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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I checked out this club in Tottori that bands play at (called After Hours). It was really interesting because almost every band sang in English, but they couldn't actually speak English. This one cover band had like 10 musicians. The singer tried to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside