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I don’t know if it’s quite right to say it bit my lip, because it actually stabbed me with its long pointy nose, but either way, this mosquito got me good… I did eventually track it down and it paid dearly for giving me a frenchie in my sleep. If you like, you can find me on Twitter at @nick_ramsay. I’d love to hear from you!
I’ve downloaded EasyPHP, a package containing PHP, MySQL and Apache, so that I can write and test PHP scripts without uploading my files to my web host all the time. However, I was getting this errror: Apache cannot be runned : another Web server use the Web port or port is blocked by firewall. After a fair bit of head scratching, I discovered that Skype was using the same port. […]
My wife gave me a choice of ice cream recently. I can’t remember the name of the other one, but as soon as I heard “giant cone”, I knew that’s what I wanted… Unfortunately, like all the other small things in Japan, this was no exception… Bear in mind that bottle of coke is just 350ml! If you like, you can find me on Twitter at @nick_ramsay. I’d love to […]
It’s been a long day. Mami was helping set up our neighborhood festival at 8am while I stayed home with Rikuto and nursed my broken toe. Later in the day, Ricky’s grandma and aunt came to look after him while I joined Mami at our “Mitarashi dango” stand where we ended up making 720 sticks of dango. We didn’t get home till after 10pm, both exhausted, but at least we […]
Rikuto loves hiding behind things then surprising us. Sometimes he hides behind the curtain, other times he ducks down behind the coffee table than pops his head up with a beaming smile… before he ducks out of view again. Here he is playing peekaboo with his towel. If you like, you can find me on Twitter at @nick_ramsay. I’d love to hear from you!
I’ve installed WP-Syntax, a great plugin for WordPress that lets you add code snippets to your blog posts without losing all the formatting. You can use all manner of languages and even include line numbers if you want. Here’s a snippet from one of my math worksheet makers written in Perl: 5 use List::Util shuffle; # Use the Shuffle moduleuse List::Util shuffle; # Use the Shuffle module 166 167 168 […]
What did I do today? I made a math worksheet about bus timetables, then I spent the rest of the day babysitting Rikuto while his mum was at work. We watched some Olympic volleyball, then played in the street on his little Thomas the Tank Engine train. Rikuto is suffering from diarrhea at the moment which means after holding him for a while, my arms smell of poo. What did […]
I’m so active around the net these days that this blog is starting to gather dust. Probably the biggest reason is because I’m always on JapanSoc.com and the JapanSoc Community Blog. Usually, whenever I get the urge to talk about Japan, I turn to one of those two sites rather than my own blog. It’s much easier to post a one paragraph comment than put together a large blog post. […]