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of its own. Elementary school textbooks described it as a "melting pot" of other cultures, or more accurately, a "salad." However, much to my chagrin, America does indeed have a distinct culture of its own; and it's one of those things I never realized...
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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
goes to every floor. I get to the 2nd floor and find Snow Leopard, and I'm holding it like a moron trying to figure out how to pay. No registers. No checkout. Just a big brushed-aluminum party with a bunch of assholes in black shirts. I ask this...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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air inhaled into lungs you never knew you had. I'm writing this not to serve as any professorial lecture or authoritative "how to," but merely as a list of things that have worked for me thus far. I still am, after all, a consumerist American living in...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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cycles in transit and then magically wake up when they arrive at their stop. It’s like an Asian superpower that I have somehow been able to adapt to in my gaijin way. It's no wonder every time I go back to the States, everyone wonders why I fall asleep...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Japanese Studyhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10415-japanese-study
* Free (with paid add-ons), so no risk in trying it out. * Responsive and functional dictionary search that sorts based on how common the word is. I love how it gives you the "Best Matches" to help you determine the most natural Japanese-sounding...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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function (usually control/command +F) to find "international." Note that the list of sellers could be a few pages long. * But how much is it? You could read the seller's shipping info or simply add it to your cart and start going through the check-out...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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The Sony a6300 camera is an amazing little guy, and overall I've been fairly satisfied with its performance thus far. However, as is the case with small form-factor mirror-less cameras that feature big-ass sensors and 4K video recording, it's not...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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Take Off Your Shoeshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10092-take-off-your-shoes
any American living in America, I wore my shoes in the house. Shoes on the sofa, shoes on the bed, shoes in the shower, shoes in the backyard, then back in the house. I didn't think twice about it. Living in Japan opened my eyes. Take your fuckin' shoes...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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is. SPF is designed to prevent spoofing, but receiving servers have to be configured to check SPF DNS records. Here's how I enabled SPF checks in Zimbra: Setting Up SPF on Zimbra Running on Ubuntu Country Blocking My next goal was to implement country...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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battery charger. Jabra Halo2 Good * No cables. None. * Great battery life * Slick touch controls * Nice portability--I love how they fold up * Pretty good sound when I could hear it (see below) * Charged with standard micro USB cable Bad * Poor sound...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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More Like a Scam * Their fake "5-star Google" rating is gone. It was fake to begin with because it didn't exist. FYI - Here's how to report such abuse of Google's trademarks: https://services.google.com/fb/forms/trademark/ * Their fake "McAfee Security"...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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can and will sell you just the SIM card and service. Most resell NTT Docomo, and I have yet to see one that resells Softbank; however anything is possible as Japan looks as if it is finally embracing SIM-only solutions. NOTES * I focus solely on...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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new language and it can be unspeakably frustrating; there are often things you do not like or understand about the language. However, this is not an excuse to be rude, resentful, or insulting. The rulebooks for English and Japanese are vastly different,...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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which allows you to study for up to 2 years, and you can hold a part-time job up to 28 hours a week with special permission. How much does it cost? Most language schools are the same price, roughly $8,000 USD per 12-month term and $2,000 for short...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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日本でアメリカのネットフリックスをみる方法https://japanatron.com/ja/ja-blog/10264-how-to-watch-netflix-in-japan-jp
日本で海外生活をすると、母国にあるクールなものが恋しくなります。アメリカのネットフリックスやパンドラは主な例です。アメリカに帰った時、友達が一律料金で見放題のストリーミングサービスの無限の利点を説明してくれました。うらやましくてよだれを拭きました。私もその魔法の流行りものが欲しくてたまりませんでしたが、様々な法的理由から、ストリーミングサービスを多くの国々で利用することはできません。私の次の自宅でのITプロジェクトは明確でした…。 ステップ 1: 選ばれたDNSプロキシーまたはVPNサービスの使用...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: ブログ
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東京にある近所のフードコートで夕食をしていた時、年配の紳士が目立った金属のタバコを吸っているのを目撃しました。よく考えたら、それは「電子 タバコ」だとわかりました。英語のスピーカーには「electronic cigarettes」としてよく知られているものです。以前にも電子タバコを聞いたことがありましたが、電子熱の元素を使ってただタバコを燃やすだけだ といつも思っていました。しかし、この男性は煙を発しながらどんどん息を吐いており、かっこいいスモーカーのジェームス・ボンドと、喘息患者が使...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: ブログ
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Summer is here, and so are the bugs. I discuss how I deal with 3 Japanese bugs particularly active in summer.
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Podcast
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For some reason Joomla 2.5 lost the ability to show nice horizontal menus in the footer; instead the items appear vertically. I personally used this in Joomla 1.5 to show the privacy policy, terms of use, etc. links at the very bottom of every page....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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so png, aif, wav, etc. can also be used. UPDATE * On Ubuntu at least, ffmpeg has been replaced by the avconv command; however, the exact same command format above works with avconv. Here it is again for copy/paste convenience: avconv -loop 1 -i...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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SPF is awesome for stopping delivery of spoofed spam and junk back-scatter, but many of the articles on how to set up SPF in Zimbra are old and out-of-date. It took a bit of research and trial-and-error, but I finally got it working. 1. Install the SPF...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT