JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

Monday September 12, 2005 [PC (9/365) LW (5/365) SH (4/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (9/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (5/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (4/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (49/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (54/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (48/365) SH-slightly humid (52/365)

Okay, this Japanese cell phone and blog image thing (I’m using Flickr) is getting to be a real challenge. Why is it only the images of the sun, moon, or rainbows show-up on my phone? I’ve tried various formats and file sizes, to no avail. Maybe, that’s all that the provider will allow to be viewed on this particular service. It’s almost as if “sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t” is the theme for this situation. Anyway, since I’m new to this I guess I’ll just have to keep pluggin’ away until I find a solution to this nonsense.

Sunday September 11, 2005 [PC (8/365) W (5/365) SH (3/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (8/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (5/365) LW-light winds (4/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (3/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (48/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (31/365) LW-light winds (53/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (48/365) SH-slightly humid (51/365)

If you are over forty or remember cooking in the “stoneage” (pre-microwave) I ran across this hack on popcorn that left both Taki and me in stitches. If you want further entertainment read the feedback on the “this is stupid” trackbacks!

One suggestion to improve your hack Kottke, instead of stirring the popcorn try placing a lid over the pot and lightly shaking the pot back and forth over the burner to prevent burning and UFOs. This particular method also works well over campfires!!! LOL

I just found out that the Japanese writing that I so painstakingly translated for the Weekly Hogen☺” section doesn’t translate properly on my Japanese cell phone. Even though I used the Japanese IME for the written translation, all that appears on the Japanese cell phone is a bunch of garbledy goop. Trying to get the foreign written language to display properly is only one frustrating aspect of computing and being a native English language speaker in Japan. Why can’t the developers of computer languages agree upon one universal language so it translates properly no matter what system a person is using?

Saturday September 10, 2005 [C (3/365) SR (1/365) W (4/365) H (8/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (7/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (1/365)
W-windy (4/365) LW-light winds (4/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (8/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (47/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (10/365)
W-windy (30/365) LW-light winds (53/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (48/365) SH-slightly humid (50/365)

Here’s another view of a September sunset on Okinawa that I was able to capture while at the studio where JET is recording their new CD.

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Friday September 9, 2005 [PC (7/365) D (2/365) LW (4/365) H (7/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (7/365)
D-drizzle (2/365)
W-windy (3/365) LW-light winds (4/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (7/365) SH-slightly humid (2/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (29/365) PC-partly cloudy (47/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (9/365)
W-windy (29/365) LW-light winds (53/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (47/365) SH-slightly humid (50/365)

I was visiting the studio where the band is recording the new JET CD and was able to capture this scene of an Okinawan sunset cruise.

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