Archive for January, 2007

Code Igniter goes full steam ahead!

« 30 January 2007 | 23:16 | Internet, geekery, web2.0 | 1 Comment »

(This is for you web-application developers out there)
I remember playing with PHP back in 1998 while interning at The Motley Fool and thinking it was fun to use, but was still quite young.  Microsoft’s ASP was a pretty dominant player, and Open Source Software hadn’t quite gained the respect it has now.
PHP has come a [...]

BarCamp Update

« 25 January 2007 | 14:49 | Internet, web2.0, worklife | 1 Comment »

If you’ve been looking forward to Tokyo’s first BarCamp this weekend, turns out it’s been postponed to the 17th of February.  Further details can be found on the BarCampTokyo page.  Looks like a location has been picked, and there are 3 organizers - all going by their handles (maybe this is really a 2600 meeting [...]

Region Unfriendly Wii

« 5 January 2007 | 18:56 | geekery, scitech | 1 Comment »

So, how were your Christmas and New Year’s celebrations? Did you get anything and everything you were hoping for?  For this year’s winter vacation I decided to get some quiet fresh air in Central Oregon.  Santa did not disappoint, even in this remote part of the U.S.
One of the first things I do after landing [...]

Happy New Year!

« 5 January 2007 | 12:14 | diary | No Comments »

First post for 2007 - Happy New Year everyone!  I’ve put this year’s 年賀状 (nenga-jou) online just for my dear visitors.