I stumbled yesterday upon my first website I had created. This sure brings back memories on my old desktop PC, and keyboard sitting, and typing away at late nights 😉
http://www.naiksblog.info/shantibhushan/default.html
On another note, it does have some useful notes on Chasen (Japanese language morphological analysis tool), Mecab, Using Python with Chasen, Cygwin etc.
It’s not just an old woman, or a man… if you look carefully.
Hurray ! I received my bike license today in Japan ! In my first attempt itself ! Wish me congratulations !
Ok some background – I had a bike license from my country. I had not converted it to International License, so I had to opt only for conversion into Japanese license – 外国免許切り替え. I do have a car license obtained in Japan, so I was exempted from written test (which by the way is too difficult, trust me). Instead, I simply had to appear an actual driving test (which is again difficult, mind you). I was required to produce a translated copy of my original license from my country, which can be done in 30 mins in JAF offices. Rest are your passport (both old, new ones), an application form, few stamps which you can buy right there. I live in Tsukuba, so I had to goto Ibaragi License Center, which is situated in Mito. You can go during weekdays, from 09:00AM. Believe me, you better arrive early. There is plenty of crowd, for all sorts of licenses, and usually you have to spend almost whole day there, in case you pass the test and obtain the license. I spent close fo 6 hours today, but in the end I was a happy guy.
Once they receive your application, they ask you few questions about your original license – How did you obtain it? Where did you practice? What kind of test did you appear for this license? How many cc bike? Learner’s license? etc. Unless there are any problems, you are then handed over a course map, and timings when your test will start. Mind you, the course map is given so that you “memorize” it, period. You are required to drive the exact course map, observing lane rules, traffic signs, signal, right or left indication, speed or slow. The usual advice is that you have some 45 mins in hand before your test starts. Thus, you should actually take the course map in hand, and walk the entire course by foot atleast once. I did that, making a mental note of the lanes, the distance around which I should turn on the indicator, and so on – till I burnt the course map into my brain cells !
The most difficult are – Ipponbashi, and Slalom – for me. And I did literally walk on foot imagining I was on bike before my test started.
I believe I was the only one appearing a bike test today – why I was alone sitting in the waiting room till my turn came. The instructor was kind enough to walk me (verbally) through the course map once again. He also gave me a brief about the bike – Honda CB750 – and for my own safety, in case I should fall, had me wear elbow, knee, body protector before the test.
When the actual test started, the instructor actually sits in a watchtower, from which he had a complete view of the course. Once he gave a go, I just drove the same path I had walked on foot earlier. I was particularly careful about slow down sign, lane change, and making sure that I move my head from left to right wide enough to show that I am taking visual confirmations before proceeding. At one point when making a turn I did step down, but I guess that was OK, because if I’d had done the same on Ipponbashi or Slalom, or even S-letter, or Crank, I am out without any further discussion. Phew, I did feel once the bike will stop during Crank, but I was lucky enough to make it till the final stop.
In the end, the instructor appraised my driving skills, and gave me the golden word – “合格” !
I was having trouble with my computer. So I called Richard, the 11-year-old next door whose bedroom looks like Mission Control, and asked him to come over.
Richard clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.
As he was walking away, I called after him, “So, what was wrong?”
He replied, “It was an ID ten T error.”
I didn’t want to appear stupid, but nonetheless inquired, “An, ID ten T error? What’s that? In case I need to fix it again.”
Richard grinned. “Haven’t you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?”
“No,” I replied.
“Write it down,” he said, “and I think you’ll figure it out.”
So I wrote it down: I D 1 0 T
1)On solr.master: +Edit scripts.conf: solr_hostname=localhost solr_port=8983 rsyncd_port=18983 +Enable and start rsync: rsyncd-enable; rsyncd-start +Run snapshooter: snapshooter After running this, you should be able to see a new folder named snapshot.* in data/index folder. You can can solrconfig.xml to trigger snapshooter after a commit or optimise. 2) On slave: +Edit scripts.conf: solr_hostname=solr.master solr_port=8986 rsyncd_port=18986 data_dir= webapp_name=solr master_host=localhost master_data_dir=$MASTER_SOLR_HOME/data/ master_status_dir=$MASTER_SOLR_HOME/logs/clients/ +Run snappuller: snappuller -P 18983 +Run snapinstaller: snapinstaller You should setup crontab to run snappuller and snapinstaller periodically.
Remember way back when – when you got your first management job. What do you wish someone had told you then? What would be the one tip you would give to a manager just starting out?
My desktop, a Dell Dimension 5150c, purchased about 3-4 years ago, was annoyingly noisy for a while. Last time when I changed the PSU, I thought the annoyance would go away. But it didn’t. The CPU fan, San Ace 80, was the main culprit. At sometimes (which was almost everytime) it used to power the CPU fan so loud, that to listen to music or watch a video, we had to pump up the volume to almost twice than usually should be.
Today I took up in my mind to replace it, and switched to a Kama-Flex.
Superbly quiet, about 2500 rpm, and cooling efficiency nothing comparable to the older one.
Was worth the try!
When i see such advertisements, it really infuriates me.
Are people so “dumb” as to expect this as something new offerred during Golden Week holidays in Japan? In today’s age, is there any ATM closed during holidays? Why then still make such catchy adverts claiming something already people expect, and present it as a beneficial service?
