I passed the Japanese driving test! Thanks to Matt who lent me the text books and sample papers, and Ga-chan who let me use his car on the Samezu test course for a couple of weekends, I passed the infamous Ippatsu Shobu. It only cost about ¥30,000 – not bad compared to the ¥350,000 it [...]
Started playing Camelot. This is another MMPORG (Massively Multi-Player Online Roleplaying Game) like Everquest. I play Claomh Nutcracker, a Hibernian Hero in an Australian based guild called Nocturnal. We defend the Hibernian realm againt the Albions and Midgards.
Some friends were looking for Internet Providers so I updated a survey I first did back in 1995 and a followup in 1995. It’s not all inclusive (there’s a LOT of ISP’s in Japan now) and it just gives costs of basic services like dial-up access, but it should give a rough comparison of some [...]
Hiro’s web server was hacked by a worm. Everyones pages were changed to say “Ramen Crew. Hackers love noodles”. He shut his server down so I moved my pages to CI Host.
For Yukie’s birthday we planned to take her to an Italian restaurant for a nice quiet meal with just a couple of close friends. Or so she thought…. For months before the actual event, Reiko, Yuka, Junko and Yasuko had planned something completely different. Bugger the small dinner party! Lets invite EVERYONE! To Velfarre, one [...]