Kingston USB Drive Not Working With MacOS El Capitanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10355-kingston-usb-drive-not-working-with-macos-el-capitan

05 February 2016 I upgraded to MacOS El Capitan and to my chagrin my Kingston USB drive no longer works. I get some stupid "Unable to start DTXX application" or "ERR_COULD_NOT_START" error. Luckily, there's a solution--you simply have to upgrade the USB drive firmware...

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• Author: Japanatron
• Category: IT

Working Around the Limitations of the Sony a6300/a6500 Camerahttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10362-working-around-the-limitations-of-the-sony-a6300-camera

20 April 2016 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

My Horrible Vistaprint Experiencehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10380-my-horrible-vistaprint-experience

04 February 2017 I had been a contented Vistaprint customer for several years. While they don't make the highest quality business cards in the world, they're inexpensive, and their online design tools and templates are swift and painless to use. However, after the...

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• Author: Japanatron
• Category: General

Polite but Direct Refusal in Japanesehttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/studying-japanese/10408-polite-but-direct-refusal-in-japanese

20 June 2020 never failed to stress this. The language has countless examples of indirect communication via subtle queues that you just have to discern and somehow figure out. Japanese culture values politeness in speech, so indirect is always considered far more...

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• Author: Japanatron
• Category: Studying Japanese