Minimalism - Online Income - ESL - Japan
I’m still reading through books on influence and persuasion, and in particular, how companies sucker consumers into buying their latest products. Here’s a tip I learned that I’d like to share with parents who might soon be asking what their children want for Christmas. Christmas sales and the after-shock The run up to Christmas is booming business for toy stores, but what happens in the couple of months after they […]
When I saw Tori’s blog post “A lazy J-blogger’s hack“, I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. If an audience of “Japan bloggers” wasn’t unique enough, Tori has aimed his latest article directly at lazy Japan bloggers. Both my wife and my mother would say I’m the perfect example of a lazy Japan blogger, but I would have to argue that I’m not this lazy… Soon we will be looking […]
I’ve always been frustrated with anti-virus software. Reducing your computer to a sloth as it scans for viruses, delaying your system’s start-up while it checks for updates, and then blocking you from opening various applications, email or websites because of potential risks. This pre-emptive “war on viruses”, is enough to drive you mad. Third-party access to Vista When Vista launched, I was hoping Microsoft had gotten their way and blocked […]
A few days ago I found the Virtual Training Company, a website with 70,000 video tutorials on how to use different kinds of software. How can you watch 70,000 videos? I can’t, but you don’t need to. There are over 650 courses to choose from covering everything from C++ and MySQL to Adobe Photoshop and Windows Vista. Right now, I’m going through one of the PHP courses which has 9.5 […]
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 […]