Yearly Archives: 2012

How about a beer after doomsday?

According to newspaper articles (like this), doomsday will take place tomorrow Dec. 21, 2012. Prognosticator are quite sure about the date, but differing about how the apocalypse will look like. While some talk about huge flooding or Earthquakes, most of

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The Tokyo Boss

Yesterday Japan did not only vote for a new government, but also many local politicians were running for offices in their prefectures. The biggest vacant position among those was the Governor of Tokyo Metropolitan Government. With a direct responsibility for

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Bye-bye to Adsense

This morning I received an email from Google telling me that my Adsense account has been suspended due to “invalid clicks”. Actually I have no idea what that means and how Google decided to stop my account. I have used

Posted in computer

The man who moved a mountain

Since Christmas is coming closer, I think it is time for the really heart-warming story of a man from from India who literally moved a mountain. Five decades ago, the landless farmer Dashrath Manjhi from Bihar, India suffered the loss

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Anamorphic Illusions

Watch this video and see how anamorphic illusions play tricks on our brain …

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The 300 million yen incident

When reading a Japanese newpaper yesterday I got aware of an event that happened exactly 44 years ago, not far away from the place I am living. This event is called 三億円事件 (the 300 million yen incident), although Wikipedia calls

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This year’s elections in Japan

In five days, i.e. December 16, Japan will see the next general election in order to appoint members of Diet to seats in the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. Well, in other countries

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The flying PC cluster

Modern in-flight entertainment systems play video-on-demand, provide you with information about your flight or just let you listen to some music. It is interesting to read that most of these systems rely on Linux (or similar OS like Android) in

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Posted in computer, physics, programming, travel

The missing two seasons

I am living in Japan for quite some years and there is one thing which is really different from Central Europe – the seasons of the year. Here in Tokyo area we are experiencing long, extremely hot and humid summers,

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永住許可 – permanent residency

Last week I had a notification from the immigration office in my post box, saying that they approved my application for permanent residency in Japan. So this morning, before going on a business trip, I stopped by their office, payed

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