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Archive for August, 2008

@bpick Um… it was on purpose. :p

— August 22nd, 2008 2:47 pm

Got my wisdom checked out. The doctor says it looks alright.

— August 22nd, 2008 6:14 am

Listening to the latest episode of The World’s Election Podcast… A bunch of experts discussing McCain’s ridiculous foreign policy naivety.

— August 20th, 2008 3:17 am

Free licenses for Mailplane 2.0—Mailplane 2.0 の無料ライセンズ

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

I’ve written before about Mailplane, a high-quality Gmail client with some great Mac-specific features. I’ve been happy to be associated with the project as its Japanese localizer. I recently completed the localization for the upcoming version 2.0. As a result, I’ve received twenty free licenses for Mailplane 2.0 from the developer, Ruben Bakker. Email me if you’re interested in one, and keep your eyes peeled for the 2.0 gold release.

前にもここで話題にしたことはあるが、今日は Mailplane の新バージョンを発表しよう。 Mailplane は Mac 的な機能満載の Gmail クライアントで、Gmail 2.0 対応の最新バージョン (2.0) が近々リリースされる。 自分は Mailplane の日本語版担当なので開発者のルーベン・バッカーさんから Mailplane 2.0 の無料ライセンズを20件頂きました。欲しい方はこちらにメールしてください。

尚、日本ではもうすぐ Mailplane が MacFan で紹介されるとのこと。楽しみ!最後に、日本語版で問題があると思ったら、勝手に書き上げる前に直接教えてね。^^ お願いします。m(__)m

@bpick :p

— August 19th, 2008 11:59 am

My Palace Mansion

Monday, August 18th, 2008

I’m certainly not the first one who’s noticed that Japanese apartment buildings often have weird English names (I can think of Tony László in one of the ダーリンは外国人 books.) In fact, I moved into my very own “Palace Mansion” myself a couple weeks ago. No, really. That’s the name of the place.

A mansion? By Japanese standards, yes.1 A palace? Um… not quite. Take a look—here are some pictures from my move-in.

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  1. マンション (“mansion”) in Japanese actually refers to an apartment complex of at least a certain size. It’s an instance of 和製英語—English-sounding words in the Japanese lexicon which, for some reason or another, do not actually exist or mean the same thing in English. 

Just heard that I got a paper accepted for publication!

— August 18th, 2008 11:46 am

OMG Phelps is unreal: http://tinyurl.com/64v3xa (via @gruber)

— August 18th, 2008 12:56 am

Found some PDB files on my computer… don’t you remember the good old days, @ejenk?

— August 17th, 2008 1:09 pm

When you’re a dual citizen, you can root for whoever is doing better at that moment.

— August 17th, 2008 2:52 am

Some African runner was on TV saying he had to run five kms to get to the nearest TV growing up… Well that would do it.

— August 17th, 2008 12:59 am

@mwieg yeah, and you’re just going to blow it on a concert by foreign artists anyway. ^^

— August 17th, 2008 12:57 am

Translating @Mailplane 2.0… going to bed soon.

— August 16th, 2008 3:18 pm

@gruber I wonder if any of your readers still own Dell stock.

— August 16th, 2008 2:48 am

Um, I have a tooth coming out. Is it a wisdom tooth? Does that mean I’m wise now?

— August 14th, 2008 3:14 pm

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