Maxくんはもう帰ってきた、主のもとに。泣かなかったけど、やばり悲しいよ。
私、あなたのことよくぞんじませんでした。だけど、ありがとう、Maxくん。あなたはよくがんばった。ご苦労さまでした。
お休みなさい、Maxくん。
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
晚上的時候店裡發生了一件很詭異的事。
事情是這樣的。當我休息時間結束的時候, 我直接到後面印東西然後準備把一車的遊戲拖出去。在弄的時候聽到門被打開的聲音, 可是沒有人進來(大概是看到了我)。正好那時候我也弄好了就拖著推車出去, 然後看到一個人站在廁所門口, 帶著一個大背包跟滑板。他看到我就走出去, 然後我很理所當然地跟在他後面, 到不能繼續跟的時候就遠遠盯著。很明顯地, 我不是唯一注意到他的人, 其他人也在盯他, 經理還叫人到廁所裡去搜。他大概也發現自己被盯上了, 找了個藉口問我 PDA 在哪裡, 看了幾秒以後又跑到廁所去。在外面的通道都聽的到裡頭傳來一聲很大的聲音。他在裡面一陣子以後就直接走出店。經理又叫人去廁所搜, 這次在垃圾桶底找到一個外帶用測重器。
雖然終究沒能檢查他的大背包, 所以不能確定他到底有沒有帶走任何東西, 不過至少保住了測重器, 他在短期內大概也不敢再回來了。
事情是這樣的。當我休息時間結束的時候, 我直接到後面印東西然後準備把一車的遊戲拖出去。在弄的時候聽到門被打開的聲音, 可是沒有人進來(大概是看到了我)。正好那時候我也弄好了就拖著推車出去, 然後看到一個人站在廁所門口, 帶著一個大背包跟滑板。他看到我就走出去, 然後我很理所當然地跟在他後面, 到不能繼續跟的時候就遠遠盯著。很明顯地, 我不是唯一注意到他的人, 其他人也在盯他, 經理還叫人到廁所裡去搜。他大概也發現自己被盯上了, 找了個藉口問我 PDA 在哪裡, 看了幾秒以後又跑到廁所去。在外面的通道都聽的到裡頭傳來一聲很大的聲音。他在裡面一陣子以後就直接走出店。經理又叫人去廁所搜, 這次在垃圾桶底找到一個外帶用測重器。
雖然終究沒能檢查他的大背包, 所以不能確定他到底有沒有帶走任何東西, 不過至少保住了測重器, 他在短期內大概也不敢再回來了。
Saturday, June 25, 2005
あれはまさか... お久しぶりの緒方恵美?!
I was casually sampling the episode when I got zapped by the voice. It sounds like her and her acting, but her name is not shown in the credit... Am I getting senile already? And I was sure I'd be able to recognise her anytime. T__T
But the character's name didn't seem to appear in the credit, so there's still hope.
I was casually sampling the episode when I got zapped by the voice. It sounds like her and her acting, but her name is not shown in the credit... Am I getting senile already? And I was sure I'd be able to recognise her anytime. T__T
But the character's name didn't seem to appear in the credit, so there's still hope.
Thursday, June 23, 2005
I'm still trying to catch up on the old posts (and stuck on a particular long translation post), but I just reminded myself earlier today that my English writing has degraded so much since my paper-writing days so I'd need to write something now and then to slowly get my edge back (not that it was sharp to start with...)
Anyhow, just read the articles on PC Magazine comparing three web mail services: Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail, and thought I'll put in my two cents on the subject.
First of all, to be fair, I stopped using Hotmail before it got the facelift and all the upgrades it has now so I'm judging from past experience. My first ever email account was with Hotmail and I had no complaint. Until the amount of junk mail escalated, that was. I got another account and separated public and private use, and all was well again. Alas, most of the online activities I was involved in were art-related, and the measly 2MB provided by Hotmail was obviously not enough for frequent image transfers. I had to constantly monitoring my storage to make sure it's not full and thus blocking any more incoming emails.
In search of more space, I got a Yahoo.com account which gave me 4MB. The more I used it, the more I liked it better than Hotmail. Later I got two more Yahoo account for different purposes, one Yahoo.ca and one Yahoo.co.jp, each with 6MB. I'm still using all three now and the Yahoo.com one was my main email account for the longest time. The scene didn't last, however, and now the bulk folder of my Yahoo.com account gets an average of 4-5 junk mails everyday.
In April 2004, I got an invitation for Gmail beta from Google. I was first shocked by the whopping 1GB offered when I read about it and then stunned by the beautiful and sleek interface. Since it was labelled beta, I wasn't sure how long this huge email account bubble would last and didn't really use it, fearing that if I got too used to it, it'd be difficult and painful when the bubble burst. Thankfully it's here to stay, and it's improving everyday (I'd like to think that I played a role in the feature of displaying the number of spam since I sent in a suggestion on the matter after a small chat with Bob).
That's roughly my journey of migration from one web mail service to the next over the past couple of years (ignoring the other one I've used as this is focusing on the three reviewed). Everyone's offering big storage space now so it's not really a factor anymore when one chooses a web mail service. So what cuts it for me? Interface and usability.
Back in my Hotmail days I had dial-up and used Netscape. It was all fine until one day they 'updated' and changed the interface. Granted, more people and most of my friends were on cable by that time, but my adaptation was a lot slower than everyone else when it comes to technology hardware. It took way longer to load the pages and the ads were getting annoying, too. Not to mention that the interface was broken in my Netscape! My brother used IE (and still does, regretfully) so I knew what it could look like. It was still usable, but that was one of the biggest driving force for me to move out. I never looked back.
Yahoo's interface was sleeker compared to the Hotmail then, and the ability to customise the look was a big plus for me. All three accounts sport different colour themes for the mail part and My Yahoo! part. I especially loved (and still love) My Yahoo! My Yahoo.com has the email centre, briefcase, Garfield, a US/CAN/NTD/YEN currency converter, and RSS feeds from PC World, mozillaZine, Mozilla.org, NYT Technology, PC Magazine, and NASA. My Yahoo.ca has the email centre, briefcase, word of the day, and my groups. My Yahoo.jp has the email centre, briefcase, dictionary (my default Japanese dictionary of choice, btw, and also included in the dictionarysearch extension for Mozilla and Firefox), avatar (unlike the Yahoo.com one, this one can be shown without Yahoo Messenger), and new site listings from Yahoo.co.jp in various categories including anime, seiyuu, astronomy, geography, game music, and dogs. As you can probably guess, My Yahoo! is pretty much what I use most of the time for Yahoo's service now. The former main email Yahoo.com is still active, but I'm liking it less and less. It's getting slower when loading and the ads are also getting on my nerves.
Gmail's interface... Need I say more? Clean and simple yet beautiful, sleek and smart, lightning fast response, no annoying and distracting graphical ads (and no text ads either now for non-English conversations), super convenient conversation for discussions, powerful search... You get the point. Of course, Gmail is not without its flaws (eg. no quick link to contacts when needing the email address in the compose mode, no support for non-Unicode encoding), but it is also in beta. There is room for improvement but I believe they will do a sound job in fulfilling it.
My verdict? Gmail, obviously. You didn't see that coming, right? XD
Anyhow, just read the articles on PC Magazine comparing three web mail services: Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, and Hotmail, and thought I'll put in my two cents on the subject.
First of all, to be fair, I stopped using Hotmail before it got the facelift and all the upgrades it has now so I'm judging from past experience. My first ever email account was with Hotmail and I had no complaint. Until the amount of junk mail escalated, that was. I got another account and separated public and private use, and all was well again. Alas, most of the online activities I was involved in were art-related, and the measly 2MB provided by Hotmail was obviously not enough for frequent image transfers. I had to constantly monitoring my storage to make sure it's not full and thus blocking any more incoming emails.
In search of more space, I got a Yahoo.com account which gave me 4MB. The more I used it, the more I liked it better than Hotmail. Later I got two more Yahoo account for different purposes, one Yahoo.ca and one Yahoo.co.jp, each with 6MB. I'm still using all three now and the Yahoo.com one was my main email account for the longest time. The scene didn't last, however, and now the bulk folder of my Yahoo.com account gets an average of 4-5 junk mails everyday.
In April 2004, I got an invitation for Gmail beta from Google. I was first shocked by the whopping 1GB offered when I read about it and then stunned by the beautiful and sleek interface. Since it was labelled beta, I wasn't sure how long this huge email account bubble would last and didn't really use it, fearing that if I got too used to it, it'd be difficult and painful when the bubble burst. Thankfully it's here to stay, and it's improving everyday (I'd like to think that I played a role in the feature of displaying the number of spam since I sent in a suggestion on the matter after a small chat with Bob).
That's roughly my journey of migration from one web mail service to the next over the past couple of years (ignoring the other one I've used as this is focusing on the three reviewed). Everyone's offering big storage space now so it's not really a factor anymore when one chooses a web mail service. So what cuts it for me? Interface and usability.
Back in my Hotmail days I had dial-up and used Netscape. It was all fine until one day they 'updated' and changed the interface. Granted, more people and most of my friends were on cable by that time, but my adaptation was a lot slower than everyone else when it comes to technology hardware. It took way longer to load the pages and the ads were getting annoying, too. Not to mention that the interface was broken in my Netscape! My brother used IE (and still does, regretfully) so I knew what it could look like. It was still usable, but that was one of the biggest driving force for me to move out. I never looked back.
Yahoo's interface was sleeker compared to the Hotmail then, and the ability to customise the look was a big plus for me. All three accounts sport different colour themes for the mail part and My Yahoo! part. I especially loved (and still love) My Yahoo! My Yahoo.com has the email centre, briefcase, Garfield, a US/CAN/NTD/YEN currency converter, and RSS feeds from PC World, mozillaZine, Mozilla.org, NYT Technology, PC Magazine, and NASA. My Yahoo.ca has the email centre, briefcase, word of the day, and my groups. My Yahoo.jp has the email centre, briefcase, dictionary (my default Japanese dictionary of choice, btw, and also included in the dictionarysearch extension for Mozilla and Firefox), avatar (unlike the Yahoo.com one, this one can be shown without Yahoo Messenger), and new site listings from Yahoo.co.jp in various categories including anime, seiyuu, astronomy, geography, game music, and dogs. As you can probably guess, My Yahoo! is pretty much what I use most of the time for Yahoo's service now. The former main email Yahoo.com is still active, but I'm liking it less and less. It's getting slower when loading and the ads are also getting on my nerves.
Gmail's interface... Need I say more? Clean and simple yet beautiful, sleek and smart, lightning fast response, no annoying and distracting graphical ads (and no text ads either now for non-English conversations), super convenient conversation for discussions, powerful search... You get the point. Of course, Gmail is not without its flaws (eg. no quick link to contacts when needing the email address in the compose mode, no support for non-Unicode encoding), but it is also in beta. There is room for improvement but I believe they will do a sound job in fulfilling it.
My verdict? Gmail, obviously. You didn't see that coming, right? XD
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