http://www.mattromaine.com Tokyo and tech through the eyes of a split pea Tue, 19 May 2009 17:45:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quick tip if you were unsuccessful in convincing a client it's not worth supporting Safari 2.0, and you want to use jQuery but it's not working (crashes, etc.): check for any .hide() / .show() in your Javascript code, and replace with .css('display','none'). Particularly if you're calling hide / show on ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/05/20/safari-20-and-jquery/ Rather good op-ed in the NYT on genius, from which the following quote is pulled: By practicing in this way, performers delay the automatizing process. The mind wants to turn deliberate, newly learned skills into unconscious, automatically performed skills. But the mind is sloppy and will settle for good ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/05/03/on-creating-the-genius/ Interesting read I'm posting more for me reference than anything else, but thought it might be of interest to my Asian and European readers :) Asian regionalism: How does it compare to Europe's? (h/t to Gen) http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/04/24/asian-vs-european-regionalism-how-do-they-compare/ Most people start their year on the 1st of January. In keeping with Japanese custom, this year I've decided to start a fresh look on April 1st. My wonderful girlfriend, business partner, and personal sanity-checker whipped together this new design in an afternoon after being fed-up with the bland previous ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/04/01/look-new/ I'm still scratching my a head a bit on this one, but figured I'd at least post my solution to an issue I came across parsing PHP on CentOS 5.2. (If you know the reason for the below, do post in the comments!) The main problem was that PHP files weren't ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/03/06/php-on-centos-plesk-vps/ In December of 2005 I had the opportunity to invite Umair Haque - who was then running a consultancy called Bubble Generation - to Sony during an internal week-long technology and strategy sharing event. I had been following Umair via his blog and felt Sony should hear what he was ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/02/15/crisis-of-nihilism/ Had dinner with Danny Choo last week at the Gotanda Kua Aina, and he toured our building afterwards. As part of his "Week in Tokyo" series he posted a few photos from inside our building, apartment, and a few views from our balcony. You can check them out on his ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2009/02/03/the-stormtrooper-visits/ From "'Dilbert' on how to save your career", an interview with Scott Adams: Q. I know you don't like to give advice, but do you have any general thoughts on how to cope with hard times? A. The best plan now is to have as many bosses as ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2008/12/13/boss-diversity/ With Paul Krugman recently being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics, I was reminded of a paper of his from 1978. I think I originally got it from Gruber (Daring Fireball) ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2008/10/14/krugmans-interstellar-paper/ In collaboration with the folks at Web Directions East and in anticipation of their first conference in Japan, we've put together a 2kurabe widget with a custom "skin" (theme)! ... http://www.mattromaine.com/2008/10/04/2kurabe-web-directions-east-2008-themed-widget/