Turning Japanese

broderic on May 1, 2008

The previous post is a test of your system. I just wanted to see if that Japanese characters would show up on your browser.

It works for all my Macs. I just love that.

At work, the computer at my desk chokes on that and I get nothing but empty squares or some other junk. The computer I use in the lab renders the kanji well. I posted that quote from there. It’s interesting to see it, too, a cut and paste job from a browser into an email. I was surprised XP kept up.

Anyway, here’s the translation for those interested. It’s the first verse.

Quote of the Day [4.30.08]

broderic on April 30, 2008

答えはいつも私の胸に・・・
なんでだろう　あなたを選んだ私です
もうとまらない　運命様から決められたけど
I believe 真似だけじゃつまらないの
You'll be right!
感じるまま感じることだけをするよ冒険でしょでしょ！？　ホントが嘘に変わる世界で
夢があるから強くなるのよ　誰の為じゃない一緒に来てくださいっ
どこまでも自由な私を見てよね
明日過去になった今日のいまが奇跡
I believe you… Bouken Desho Desho?
From The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Link of the Day [4.30.08]

broderic on April 30, 2008

Thomas Friedman is almost always wrong, but, like the cliché of the stopped watch, he's right at least once on occasion. In this opinion piece in the NY Times, he's making sense that the way to a national energy policy is not through taxation. The Clinton-McClain gas tax holiday is a bogus way out of dependency for oil. Those two candidates are wankers and are only pandering to the stupid people of the US with this proposal. We got us into this mess, relaxing the cost won't get us out. We need to reduce our dependency on oil, not increase it. The decrease in cost should raise the demand. Something this dumb should disqualify them both from being president.http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/30/opinion/30friedman.html?
ex=1367294400&en=0588e238277893d6&
ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Quote of the Day [4.29.08]

broderic on April 29, 2008

"The only kind of voter fraud that SEA 483 addresses is in-person voter
impersonation at polling places. The record contains no evidence of any
such fraud actually occurring in Indiana at any time in its history.
Moreover, petitioners argue that provisions of the Indiana Criminal Code
punishing such conduct as a felony provide adequate protection against
the risk that such conduct will occur in the future. It remains true,
however, that flagrant examples of such fraud in other parts of the
country have been documented throughout this Nation's history by
respected historians and journalists, that occasional examples have
surfaced in recent years, and that Indiana's own experience with
fraudulent voting in the 2003 Democratic primary for East Chicago
Mayor-though perpetrated using absentee ballots and not in-person
fraud-demonstrate that not only is the risk of voter fraud real but that
it could affect the outcome of a close election."Supreme Court Justice Stevens writing for the majority in Crawford v
Marion County Election Board

God Bless Haruhi Suzumiya

broderic on April 29, 2008

This song actually rocks. And the English version isn’t bad also. Someone should cover it. What’s the chords and stuff?! RockBand

Quote of the Day [4.28.08]

broderic on April 28, 2008

"Consumers don't want to be treated like criminals and artists don't
want their valuable work stolen. The iTunes Music Store offers a
groundbreaking solution for both."Steve Jobs, Apple CEO on the iTunes Music Store which opened 5 years ago
today

Link of the Day [4.28.08]

broderic on April 28, 2008

Bike sharing is coming to our nation's capitol. This is the idea where
for a slight fee you can borrow a bike to get from one point of town to
another. It's going to service a small area. I hope it gets popular.
I hope the bikes are available and not stolen. I hope you get out and
use it when you don't have to take the car.http://www.smartbikedc.com/

Live

broderic on April 27, 2008

Aya Hirano is so cute in this. Much better than how she looks like on the extras from the DVD.