fjef

That's not the camera - looking at photos on different computers is different - they normally come up brighter on a Mac. To optimize for PC browsers, you need to lighten them - usually about 10 to 15%. Easy to do in Photoshop - use the 'Levels' control for best results.

I started a company here 13 years ago - now I am stuck here forever I think...

Unfortunately, even though your skill set may be in demand, most headhunters get paid for finding bilingual Japanese. Most employers that require IT skills look for 1) bilingual Japanese, 2) Bilingual non-Japanese and 3) people who don't speak Japanese but have the necessary skills (in that order). A slight exception is the financial industry (in some cases) where the skill set is the priority but then you need to be 100% on spec if you are not Japanese and don't speak japanese....

demonoid has just about everything you can think of for the Mac - use search - Applications--->Mac and browse a bit...

Bill is back as of today - Real Time with Bill Maher is downloadable from Bit Torrent sites as of a couple of hours ago...

I do - f9, f10, f11, for Expose in OS X and f12 to bring up dashboard. I probably use f11 most often. ...and with windoze, f8 (or f5 or whatever depending on your computer) is how you get into the bios to fix things and reinstall when you try repairing and find out it doesn't work...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function_key

Quote: Originally posted by spook: anyway, i've got a mac and am using azureus. but what sort of conveter program do i need to view movies. any movies i download (even quicktime format ones) won't play on my computer. apologies if these questions are incredibly basic. oh yeah, and once i get into this whole torrent thing, how do i then share stuff, as oppossed to be a hit and run user? You need to get VLC from www.videolan.org - it will play everything on your Mac (there is a windoze version too). To share stuff, the easiest way is to leave the bit torrent application running afte

The last guy in the video crashed worse than your PC...

after listening a second time, I hear you now, sunrise...!

video on how to install Vista in 2 minutes on

you can watch the news clip here.

I was in China last May and tried to get to the Changbaishan ski area but the lifts closed a few days before I arrived. It was hard to get information. There is some info here: http://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/ski/changbaishan.htm Do be careful about being in captivity during your stay should you try free style. There is a place in this area where if you look behind you on the chairlift, your view is of North Korea...

Short notice again but I will be driving up tonight - making a stop in Shibuya about 7 pm if anyone needs a lift. We won't make the dinner but will arrive in Echoland sometime between 10 & 11 pm. 090-6100-3969 if you want a ride..

Quote: Originally posted by slow: Sorry MH, I was thinking of driving up to Hakuba Friday night but other three girls can't drive (useless...) and two of them decided to come to Hakuba by train Saturday morning. I'm taking Shinkansen Friday night. How about fjef, he is not coming? Still not sure if I can make it - if I can, I'll post before I leave...

This is really last minute but I am leaving for Hakuba now - will pass through Tokyo about noon today if anyone wants a lift. Will return Tuesday or early Wednesday am. 090-6100-3969

Quote: Originally posted by keba: Our in-car navi is in Japanese only, so we have only the map and the arrows to guide us... Ask the rental agent to program the Navi for Hakuba - you don't need it English to follow the arrows - it will also warn you before you need to make decisions about where to turn and which direction to take. If you ask them to set for highway for the whole route, it should make navigation easier. It will also let you know which Parking Areas have food and how far the next one is - it will be very useful even in Japanese. You might want to ask them to turn the v

If you are leaving from Narita Saturday morning, I'd try and miss the early traffic and leave about 9am. You'll pass through Tokyo sometime after 10 and miss the morning rush. Maybe. All it takes is an accident (even a small one or a car with a flat tire can jam the highways here) or construction on the road and you may get held up. Saturday morning rush toward the mountains is not worth getting stuck in -everyone in Japan tends to leave at the same time. Maybe its because their cars are nicer to sit in then their homes and they can still watch TV so they don't mind being stuck in the ja

Don't get off the highway - there are 2 main routes through Tokyo from Narita - North and South. The Southern route (follow Bayshore signs from Narita) is slightly longer than the Northern route (follow #7 Hakozaki signs) but traffic is usually better and you get to go over the Rainbow bridge - a sight worth seeing. The Northern route is only slightly shorter in distance but just before Tokyo it narrows to one lane near Hakozaki and the traffic can be really bad. I usually avoid this route unless its late evening because of traffic. Once in Tokyo on either route, the Shuto Expresswa

Quote: Originally posted by sydneybound: thanks to all. i have a japanese/aussie lawyer here in sydney, so he'll take care of the details once i get to that step. i'll have to go visit. i'm not interested in a local company who 'helps' me out with the process. they would be charging fees that i'm not willing to pay. hmmmm -you would be wiling to pay lawyer's fees but not pay for local assistance? This will not earn you a red carpet into a Japanese community where personal relationships are most important. In a very non-legalistic country, I would say that this is exactly the wrong w

Quote: Originally posted by tsondaboy: If you commit suicide like that in Japan, not only you mast hate yourself, but you must also hate the guts of your family too. The fines that the family has to pay after one of their members dives in front of a train start from 10,000,000 ￥ and can go up to 100,000,000 depending on how long the trains were stopped if it was on rush hour etc. From Wikipeadia: 'People who kill themselves by jumping in front of a train in Japan are often charged by the railway company for the cost of the delays and cleanup. Of course, with the person being dead, the mon

Forget Limewire on any computer - torrents are where its at...

sorry - its here

For a really accurate and unbiased comparison, try this article

use gmail - it's much better than hotmail...if you need an invite, let me know...