January 18, 2003April 16, 2024General TLUG elections and spam filtering Today’s meeting was going to be very informal with Jim Tittsler doing a small presentation on spam filtering. It turned out to […]
January 16, 2003April 16, 2024General Blog Meetup Finally have my first RSS feed up, thanks to Jim and Stuart, though Im still updating it by hand. Last night’s meetup […]
January 10, 2003April 16, 2024General Missed alarm Had set my clock and phone alarm to about 4am, but missed both. Good thing Rainer called me and I was up […]
January 9, 2003April 16, 2024General Spicy curry Woke up at about 4 am this morning feeling terrible. Must have been the spicy curry I had last night at a […]
January 4, 2003April 16, 2024General Out of milk The first of my neighbours who were on holiday returned today so it won’t be as quiet now. Spent a gruelling 4 […]
January 2, 2003April 16, 2024General Asmat and The Matrix Went to the embassy and met lots of people. Stayed at Asmat’s place tonight and watched The Matrix (again). Can’t wait for […]
January 1, 2003April 16, 2024General New Year 2003 Celebrated the new year by having dinner at an Italian restaurant with some friends. Met an Italian celebrity there, Girolamo Panzetta. They […]
December 25, 2002April 16, 2024General Christmas and Bonenkai Christmas today but it doesn’t feel like it here in Japan. Few people officially celebrate it, though some Santas and decorations can […]
December 23, 2002April 16, 2024General Snowboarding gear shopping I had decided on getting my own snow-board boots after the last, very painful, experience with rentals. Went to Jimbocho with Rainer […]
December 22, 2002April 16, 2024General Dan’s house-warming Dan had a house-warming party at his new place. Met lots of new Japanese people.