Archive for August, 2007

North Korea photos

North Korea Day 3 697 (Photo by Ryuugakusei.) A Western traveler to the hermit kingdom of North Korea has posted some great photos of his trip. The one shown here is on Flickr, where he has a few; click that link for a larger set on Picasa. Nice timing on this shot, showing the instant [...]

Twitter: 2007-08-29

Translating piece on LDP upper house defeat. Now on page 25. Ack. # Finished! 5,800 words. I think I did 3,800 of them today. Time for beer and sleep. # Powered by Twitter Tools.

The world of (*honyaku*)

More exciting translation-related stuff! Namely, this stuff. A sample: “T-Cube (tentative name)” is half applied product which made the best use of the result of this T-Engine project. It is possible to use it widely as a computer for a high function and an efficient built-in control in standard T-Engine board besides being able to [...]

Twitter: 2007-08-27

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Chile trip

In November 2004 I went to Santiago to translate a press conference transcript. The APEC summit took place here that year. Chile is the farthest APEC member from Japan, so it doesn’t get any more distant than this. Flying there took about 12 hours to Dallas, a 6-hour layover, and another 9 hours to Santiago. [...]