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Honshu, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Administrator

Just monitoring the tsunami activity after the Honshu, Japan 8.9 earthquake: “At 9:46 PM Pacific Standard Time on March 10, an earthquake with preliminary magnitude 8.9 occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan . (Refer to the United States … Continue reading →

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Documentaries on Japanese I-400 and Midget Submarines

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Administrator

It seems like Japanese WW2 submarine documentary week on PBS … “Japanese SuperSub” talks about the I-400, which was a 400′ submarine with a hangar large enough for 3 Seyron bombing aircraft, each with a 1,700-pound bomb and a 85′ … Continue reading →

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SVLUG: Greg Lindahl on Blekko Search Engine

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Administrator

Greg Lindahl from Blekko gave a talk tonite at Silicon Valley Linux Users Group (SVLUG.) Blekko is positioned as an alternative search engine to the currently entrenched ones. Some of the alternative features are: slashtags UI feature for end users … Continue reading →

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FileMaker Pro 11 Notes

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Administrator

I recently had the opportunity to review a medium-sized database application written in FileMaker. General History FileMaker is a non-SQL RDBMS that can be aptly described as a “Desktop Database.” It stores an entire database in a single file, including … Continue reading →

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IMUG: Game Localization: Are We Having Fun Yet?

Posted on June 17, 2010 by Administrator

Tonite at the International Multilingual User Group (IMUG), Anthony Fitzgerald from SimulTrans gave a good talk, “Game Localization: Are We Having Fun Yet?” Anthony has extensive experience in game localization, going back to Sierra On-Line’s Leisure Suit Larry franchise (challenging … Continue reading →

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