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How To Look Awesomehttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10098-how-to-look-awesome
you want to look awesome like I do, then follow these simple rules. Do something about losing your hair. If you're losing your hair, then do 1 of 3 things: Shave your head. Or at least crop your hair short. Take hair meds like Propecia. Get a hair...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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2 things that I honestly don't think about much and things that Japan isn't really known for, but for that very reason they deserve befitting acknowledgement. Before moving to Japan I never realized that Japan is really really good at building stuff and...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Strong Yen Weak Dollarhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10132-strong-yen-weak-dollar
in an engaging conversation with a learned compatriot, the staunchly patriotic father of one of my best friends. I bragged about my enjoyment of the current strong yen / weak dollar situation. I am a rich man in my home country--almost as rich as...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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USA vs. Japan - Beerhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10133-usa-vs-japan-beer
bock--God bless America. And shame on you, Japan. Your beer is overpriced and all tastes the same. Well, now that I think about it, maybe it's not all bad. At least I'm thinner than most of my beer-drinking American friends because I simply can't afford...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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you can catch flies. You've corrected a Japanese person's kanji stroke order on multiple occasions. You feel guilty about leaving work on time. When someone asks you how long you've lived in Japan, you simply reply, "Too long." When someone compliments...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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empowers us customers with incredible clout. Continue posting, commenting, linking, blogging, tweeting, facebooking, etc. about your experience with Alesis. With any luck our posts will be all that appears when googling "Alesis." * Contact customer...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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How to Look at Internet Pornhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10142-how-to-look-at-internet-porn
the "bare" necessities. If a site keeps opening random windows and sending you to Russian Rolex replica sites, then forget about it. There are plenty of fish in the sea. The key is to find the ones that don't bite! What? You want links? I don't look at...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Why Linux is Coolhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/it/10147-why-linux-is-cool
swap partitions, and chmod'ed files all from that arcane, voodoo-like Linux command line. He soon inspired me to learn all about this mysterious free operating system. He was my Yoda. Remember the scene early in "Return of the Jedi" where newly-crowned...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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impact on my user experience. Other Ideas Here are other manufacturers I investigated. I've heard and read positive things about their hardware, so I list them here as potential starting points for those diving into the world of media center PCs. ASRock...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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dumb as we do everyday. 10. IT: a department that slipped through the cracks. 11. IT: yes, we read your email (and we know about your pregnant 14 year-old daughter). 12. IT: yes, we know where you go on the web (and pornosluts dot com is WAY better than...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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my Mac audio device (Apogee Duet2) to control the master volume. Unfortunately, the PS3 has no master volume control. How About Headphones? PS3 has no headphone jack, so I got a simple converter to change the RCA audio plugs to mini-plug. I connected...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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Mobile Phones in Japanhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10168-mobile-phones-in-japan
customer portal website, I switched to the standard white plan and now enjoy a slightly lower monthly bill. Japan is good about giving you flat-rate unlimited data, but their voice service is a rip-off. If you're a big phone talker, consider using a...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Company-sponsored visas usually lock you to a particular industry, but with PR you're free to do whatever you want. * It's about as close to becoming a Japanese citizen without actually becoming a citizen. * PR makes you instantly awesome. As you'd...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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signal bars now. Apparently, the previously-mentioned "no signal bars" thing only affects their data-only offerings. * I pay about 3060 yen per month, and outbound calls are extra of course. I'm planning to use VoIP services like Skype whenever possible...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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Muji's stuff encourages minimalization; while Ikea's stuff encourages organization. I hope you've enjoyed my ramblings about minimalist Zen living. Now get to it, grasshopper!
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- Author: Mondaiji
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News with Brian Williams," so I now catch my news using the built-in Roku news channel. * Amazon is being a big baby about shipping electronics to Japan due to customs. This really sucks. Some available-in-Japan streaming alternatives come to mind: -...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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may not be for everyone. I'm including it here because someone will inevitably leave a comment that says, "Hey, what about Amahi?" To be fair, Amahi is a home server for people new to Linux, and not a NAS with enterprise-level aspirations. Good * Tons...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT
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You live in Japan, and your computer is acting up. Perhaps you prefer communicating about the problem in English. Perhaps you manage or work in a branch office of a foreign firm with lots of English-speaking employees. Perhaps you just want some IT...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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format: http_proxy='http://127.0.0.1:3128/' apt-get update CNTLM does the authentication for you, so you can relax and think about more important things. NOTES * Enable remote hosts in cntlm.conf to allow other hosts to use this child proxy.
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- Author: Mondaiji
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Nginx Webmin module--search Webmin's 3rd party modules: http://www.webmin.com/third.html Nginx - General * Nginx complained about some default setting upon start, but I quickly found the mentioned setting commented-out in nginx.conf. Enabling the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: IT